Update

- Efforts in support of contingency planning and disaster preparedness are being accelerated by the Department of Civil Protection (DPC) and the humanitarian community

- 685 displaced people relocated from Fleurieux Camp to Corail Camp with further movements pending

- Agriculture cluster partners conduct a food security mission and assessments

- SMS based early warning system for cyclone/hurricane season piloted by IFRC

SITUATION OVERVIEW

Contingency Planning

As the peak of the hurricane season approaches, all actors in Haiti are stepping up contingency planning and disaster preparedness efforts. A series of meetings between the humanitarian leadership and the Department Protection Civile (DPC) which leads on disaster response in Haiti have been held in the past two week, including specific discussions on the particularly vulnerable camp populations. Other key areas of discussion have included early warning systems, provision of emergency hurricane shelter and ensuring effective public information and communication at all stages of any potential response.

The DPC and Ministry of the Interior have held meetings in the seven communes of the West department and are undertaking a simulation exercise on 29- 30 July. National and departmental contingency plans are being finalized. An information campaign has begun in collaboration with local authorities to help local populations. Evacuation locations have been identified in Cite Soleil, Croix-des-Bouquets, Gressier, Carrefour, Delmas, Port-au-Prince and in Léogane.

Key areas of work on the humanitarian side include providing all necessary support to DPC in preparedness, early warning and response phases, ensuring sufficient prepositioning of all emergency supplies and mapping all existing stocks to ensure gaps are identified, ensuring sufficient additional support is in place to manage contingency planning and response for those in camps and working to ensure logistical capacity in place as well as testing all such systems through practical simulation exercises. Assessment of camp vulnerability continues, alongside ongoing mitigation work in camps already assessed.