The European Commission has allocated 3 million euros in emergency funds to aid groups to help the victims of the deadly magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti last weekend.
“The European Union is rapidly mobilizing support for this already extremely fragile country, and the hurricane and heavy rainfall have further exacerbated the terrible situation,” the European Union’s Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarcic said on Tuesday (August 17). Said in a statement.
The EU executive emphasized that the funds will “solve the most urgent needs”, such as providing medical assistance to overwhelmed hospitals and providing water, shelter and sanitation facilities for the most vulnerable.
The statement pointed out that the crisis in Haiti has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the destruction of long-term insecurity.
On Saturday, a major earthquake occurred west of the capital Port-au-Prince, killing more than 1,400 people and razing thousands of buildings to the ground.
The impoverished Caribbean country is now at risk of flash floods and mudslides as the storm tropical depression Grace hit it on Tuesday.
Haiti has not fully recovered from the 2010 earthquake that destroyed Port-au-Prince, and the country is still shocked by the assassination of its president last month.
