Haiti Humanitarian Action and Recovery: Mid-Year Review of the 2010 Humanitarian Action Report
Summary: UNICEF's mid-2010 update on its Haiti humanitarian action, written six months after the earthquake against the inter-agency Flash Appeal.
Key Findings
- Puts damage at more than 120 percent of Haiti's 2009 GDP.
- Records over 220,000 killed, over 300,000 injured and up to 4,000 amputations.
- Written against an inter-agency Flash Appeal of US$222,757,000 for the main humanitarian needs.
- Notes that 70 percent of the population was living on less than US$2 a day before the earthquake.
Full Description
UNICEF's mid-2010 update on its Haiti humanitarian action, written six months after the earthquake against the inter-agency Flash Appeal. It states the scale of destruction in the terms used at the time, including damage estimated at more than 120 percent of the previous year's GDP, which is the figure that framed every subsequent recovery plan.
How to cite
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Haiti Humanitarian Action and Recovery: Mid-Year Review of the 2010 Humanitarian Action Report, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/unicef-2010-haiti-humanitarian-action-mid-year-review