Stuart Leiderman leiderman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: leiderman: usaid: dollars for disasters
Per below, say $1.5 million relief aid - on the high side - to Haiti from
the U.S. Agency for International Development. With approx. 700,000 in
Haiti's South, say a third are in dire need, so 250,000. Take 20 percent
administrative overhead from $1.5 million = about $1.2 million, so less
than five dollar's help per victim for "safe drinking water, hygiene kits,
emergency shelter materials, blankets, and household goods." 'Doesn't go
very far. Won't cover the cost of a tetanus shot. Something's awry. How
would it be best spent? Notice, no Ringers lactate, oral rehydration
packets or other supplies for fighting cholera.
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http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18842-haiti-humanitaire-$1m-of-additional-assistance-from-usaid-for-haiti.html
Haïti - Humanitaire : $1M of additional assistance from USAID for Haiti
06/10/2016 09:27:46
Wednesday, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
announced an additional $1 million in humanitarian assistance for
communities in Haiti affected by Hurricane Matthew. This brings total
USAID humanitarian assistance for regional hurricane relief efforts to
$1.5 million.
This additional amount will help provide food vouchers, food rations,
cash transfers, and meals at evacuation shelters. It will also allow the
agency's network of humanitarian partners in Haiti to scale up relief
operations. USAID is also providing $500,000 to international partners
in Haiti to provide logistics support and distribute critical relief
supplies, including safe drinking water, hygiene kits, emergency shelter
materials, blankets, and household goods.
This new funding comes a day after USAID activated a Disaster Assistance
Response Team (DART) in the central Caribbean. The DART, an elite team
of disaster experts, has deployed to Haiti, Jamaica, and the Bahamas,
where they are coordinating with governments of the affected countries
and humanitarian organizations on the ground to bring vital humanitarian
assistance and logistics support to communities in need.
In addition to deploying staff throughout the region, USAID has also
pre-positioned relief supplies and is gearing up to airlift additional
needed supplies from its warehouse in Miami (Florida), for assist
victims of Matthew.
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