7.4.a British Red Cross in Haiti

Check 7.1.c Cholera in Haiti

After earthquake

• 220,000 killed
• 300,000 injured
• 1,300,000 homeless
• Caused makeshift camps
• Port-au-Prince
  • 86% live in slums
  • 50% have no toilet access
• 60% of the population were being paid less than $2.5 per day
• Cholera
  • 720,000 cases of cholera
  • 8,700 deaths

• 2010-2012
• 700 Haitian red cross volunteers
• Distributed clean water to 300,000 people in Port-au-Prince 
• Built 1300 latrines for 250,000 people
• Provided medical supplies to the main hospital
• Treated 17,700 cholera cases inside treatment centres
• Raised awareness of
  • how to avoid infection
  • symptoms of cholera
• Spread information by
  • radio
  • newspapers
  • vans with speakers
  • one-to-one checks