Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #25

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

- Heavy rainfall in Nippes and Sud departments led to flooding on 27 February, killing at least 13 people and causing the temporary evacuation of 3,428 others.

- The road at Malpasse by Lake Azuei remains at risk of flooding once the rainy season begins, causing a threat to the main land corridor from Dominican Republic into Haiti.

- The registration process at Champ de Mars is complete; a total of 26,658 people (4,943 families) were registered between 24 and 26 February.

- The Prime Minister of Haiti has approved five plots of land to set up transitional settlements, as well as eight plots to collect and treat debris in the metropolitan area.

- WFP and partners have provided food assistance to more than 4.3 million people in Port-au- Prince and the rest of the country. General food distributions will gradually be replaced by food-for-work and cash-for-work programmes targeting an estimated 1.1 million people.

- There is an urgent need to allocate funds to the Agriculture sector in time to support the forthcoming planting season. This will not only provide food and income in the rural areas, but will also contribute to alleviate a deteriorating food security and nutritional situation in the country.

- Six child protection messages on prevention of violence, exploitation and abuse have been transmitted by SMS in Creole to over 1 million cell phone owners and will be disseminated further through national radio broadcast and printing on posters and leaflets.

- The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice President of the European Commission, Ms. Catherine Ashton, and the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, are visiting Haiti to meet Haitian Government authorities, evaluate the impact of European humanitarian aid on the ground and assess needs to be addressed in the future.