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Overwhelmed by devastation
MH staff helping unloading supplies and aid for the people of Haiti
Overview of MH Haiti phase 2 activities
Orphan and Child Care
- Provided treatment to almost 240 injured children
- Made provisions to provide artificial limbs and the wheel chairs to the physically handicapped children
Water supply to the camp sites
Water scarcity has been one of the biggest problems of Haiti as almost all the water supply links are damaged. Hopitals, both permanent and field-based, as well as most temporary camps are severely affected. Teams have donated 7 tankers of water to three camp sites across Delmas and Canapevert. Some of the 5000 litres of drinking water was also supplied to patients admitted in the general hospital.
Patient Care
MH Haiti teams delivered a high quality of patient care in which the following facilities were provided:
- Transportation of the injured victims from local camp sites to hospitals and clinics where essential treatment is available
- Delivering medical treatment to the injured victims by medical staff and doctors
- Provision of medicine, food and water to the patients
- Assisted neighbouring doctors flown in from participating countries
- Four of our volunteers where kept on stand by for three days for emergency patient care and transportation
Clearing up Programme
MH Haiti engaged team members for the cleanup of the rubble and the dead bodies. This kind of work is very important at this point of time as we fear another disaster may appear in Haiti due to the increasing epidemic of dead bodies buried under rubble.
MH also helped in cleaning up of the university campus in which hundreds of students lost their lives.
Co-ordination
After establishing a strong network in Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic (DR) and in Port au Prince in Haiti., our teams in Santo Domingo provided vital supplies of nutritional food and school supplies as well as logistics.
Whilst there, we are providing support and transport services to many NGOs from various countries such as Bangladesh, Trinidad and Tobago and the UK. Our MH teams in Port au Prince are providing security and means of transport to reach areas that are inaccessible or perceived to be insecure.
Continuing the short term work
Our second team continued to provide essential supplies of food and ,edicine in and around area Bois Verna No.96 and also carried out needs assessment for intermediate term in other locations like Delmas 18 and Pacot. As a result, we are running short term medical clinic in Bois Verna no.
96 and assisting another camp with medical supplies in Pacot area. Several hundred patients are treated on a daily basis and the most common illnesses highlighted are hypertension and diarrheal problems. Malaria is reported to be reaching epidemic proportions in and around Port au Prince.
Education and nutrition
Muslim Hands is co-coordinating with UNICEF and other aid agencies to ensure the most appropriate aid is provided to the most vulnerable and needy families. According to UNCEF, 40% of Haitians are children under the age of 14 and many of them are at risk. Schools in the unaffected areas have reopened on 1st February but the affected schools are numbered between 2500 and 4600.
As with similar situations like Darfur and SWAT (North Pakistan), the need to provide child friendly spaces for the short term in emergency situations is regarded an essential part of our work. The well being of children is threatened as many are suffering physically or psychologically as a result of conflict and natural disasters.
- A safe and supportive environment for over fifty children between the age of 4 and 15 years
- Nutritional meals.
- Schools bags, books and stationary.
- Play area and games.
Muslim Hands is planning in establishing at least ten such schools throughout Port au Prince insha’Allah.
Given our experience in setting up schools in difficult conditions, Muslim Hands is planning in establishing at least ten such schools throughout Port au Prince insha’Allah.Education services are one of the highest priorities for the people of Haiti and many children have been left in refugee camps with little routine or structure. As part of the long-term rebuilding of Haiti, schools will leave a long lasting impact on Haiti and local projects teams are currently looking into the set up and running costs of these.
Few could have predicted the scale of destruction which hit the Caribbean nation of Haiti and left tens of thousands dead. As the hours pass, over three million affected victims are awaiting emergency aid and this figure is set to grow.
Many survivors remain buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings as communication systems have broken down. The first priority for relief efforts is medicine, good and water supplies and these are already running drastically low.
Haiti has already been the victim of a series of natural disasters, including colossal hurricanes and storms which left over 800 dead in 2008.
As the poorest country in the western hemisphere, Haiti did not have the infrastructure to deal with a catastrophe on this scale and people within the country are struggling to maintain public order amidst the civil chaos and uncertainty of the situation. Fearing aftershocks from the earthquake, thousands of Haitians slept out in the open gathering in wide parks and streets.
Muslim Hands have mobilised aid teams to respond swiftly to the humanitarian crisis on the ground. Please donate generously and visit the website for regular updates.Muslim Hands has had a long track record of responding swiftly in natural disaster, and specifically earthquake regions. Emergency relief works in a number of stages, the first of which is to immediately find survivors and bring them to a place of safety.
When survivors are brought out of the rubble, they require a place if immediate shelter where their basic needs for food, water and where necessary, medical treatment can be sought.
As one of the greatest natural disasters faced, the people of Haiti are struggling to cope under the tremendous pressure of delivering aid where road routes are blocked and rioting breaks out amongst the desperate.- Emergency Relief
The world we live in is full of inequality. When conflict or natural disasters occur, countries that are not economically developed are usually unable to cope with and recover from destruction.
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