Post-cyclone shelter support
Client: MSF
Location: Haiti
2017
Hurricane Matthew struck south-western Haiti near Les Anglais on 4 October 2016. This was the strongest storm to hit the nation since 1964. It left widespread damage in the impoverished nation and a partial damage assessment on 8 October indicated that more than 200,000 houses were severely affected. The hurricane affected 1.4 million people, and 750.000 of them were considered as requiring urgent and immediate assistance.
Hurricane Matthew struck at a time when Haiti is still to recover from the 2010 devastating earthquake and has been faced with a multi-annual drought, food insecurity and outbreaks of cholera, hence leading to high levels of vulnerability in many parts of the country.
MSF’s strategy consisted of curative and preventive activities to treat the victims of the hurricane through support of existing facilities and mobile clinics; treat and prevent the spray of cholera and other water borne diseases through medical and WASH activities; and provide essential core relief items and shelter and reconstruction materials to the affected households in hard to reach areas. This emergency intervention lasted from 6 October 2016 to 20 February 2017.
The purpose of this evaluation was to evaluate the shelter component of the emergency response and more precisely the distribution of reconstruction materials in remote and hard to reach areas
Views of houses rebuilt or repaired using materials distributed locally by MSF. The repairs are of various sizes and are more or less visible. The use of each scrap of new CGI roofing sheet shows the scarcity of this material in these very isolated areas.
