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UN chief to visit hurricane-hit Haiti

Ban Ki-moon arrives in devastated Haiti after only $6.1m raised – just 5 percent of UN’s flash appeal for funds.

One week after Hurricane Matthew, as schools re-open across the country, more than 100,000 children will be missing out on learning after their schools were either damaged or converted into shelters [LeMoyne/UNICEF]

14 Oct 2016

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travels to Haiti on Saturday to visit areas devastated by Hurricane Matthew after a UN funding appeal for the Caribbean nation drew few donors.

Ban will visit Les Cayes on Haiti’s southern coast, one of the cities hardest hit by Matthew, and meet Haitian leaders.

The United Nations launched a flash appeal for $120m to help Haiti cope with its worst humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake.

Only $6.1m has been raised so far – equal to 5 percent of the total appeal, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.

At least 546 people were killed when Matthew crashed ashore on October 4 as a monster Category 4 storm, packing winds of 230km per hour.

According to the United Nations, 1.4 million people in the impoverished Caribbean nation are in urgent need of help.

Haiti’s Civil Protection Department said on Friday more than 500 people are now infected with cholera.

“This is everyone’s worst nightmare,” said Marc Vincent, UNICEF’s representative in Haiti. “Less than two weeks after the hurricane, cholera may be spreading in areas where it previously barely existed and diarrhoea is preying on already vulnerable children.”

MyLove Theogene, 8, stands outside her collapsed home. 'I thought I was going to die.' [LeMoyne/UNICEF]

A tanker truck in the area provides chlorine-treated spring water to temporary shelters for the displaced. [LeMoyne/UNICEF]

An estimated 500,000 children live in the Grande Anse Department and Grand South Department in southern Haiti, areas worst hit by Hurricane Matthew. [LeMoyne/UNICEF]

A health worker disinfects the home of a person who has been taken to the hospital for cholera treatment. [LeMoyne/UNICEF]

Patients suffering from diarrhoea and cholera are treated on the grounds of a hospital in St-Antoine. [LeMoyne/UNICEF]

Laura Simon stands in front of debris of her home which was destroyed by Hurricane Matthew. [LeMoyne/UNICEF]

UNICEF had prepositioned emergency supplies with national authorities to reach up to 10,000 people. [LeMoyne/UNICEF]

A woman opens a hygiene kit distributed in a cholera-affected area. [LeMoyne/UNICEF]

Water purification tablets are distributed in an area where there has been a case of cholera. [LeMoyne/UNICEF]

Ban Ki-moon said on Monday that a 'massive response' was needed to cope with the destruction, with 1.4 million people in need of urgent assistance. [LeMoyne/UNICEF]

Coastal towns were severely damaged, as were many homes in remote mountainous regions. [LeMoyne/UNICEF]

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