UNICEF Ireland Blog

Providing water and sanitation for earthquake survivors beyond Haiti’s capital
LEOGANE, Haiti, 24 February 2010 – Pierre Fuijee used to be a lawyer in the small town of Leogane, an hour’s drive from the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. But like many others in the town, he lost everything in the 12 January earthquake.

Field Diary: Children’s ward treats Haitian quake survivors in the Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, 18 February 2010 – The moment I arrived at the children’s ward at Dario Contreras Hospital, I heard cries from the wounded. About a dozen injured young people lay in one room, some crammed two to a bed. Some had [...]

Young people enlisted to help meet sanitary needs in quake-stricken Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 22 February 2010 – Sanitation is among the most urgent concerns in Haiti following January’s earthquake. UNICEF estimates that overall, 1.1 million displaced people require emergency latrines. The agency and its partners plan to install over 10,000 latrines in the short term and [...]

A month after the 12 January earthquake that leveled densely populated areas of Haiti, UNICEF Director of Emergency Operations Louis-Georges Arsenault travels by helicopter over the cities of Port -Au-Prince and Leogane, and on to the southern port of Jacmel. He is here to assess UNICEF’s response to the quake and the continued needs of [...]