Port-au-Prince, 1st July 2010 (Tdh) - Six months after the earthquake of January 12th which stricken more than two million people and killed more than 220,000 people, the major concern remains the risks associated with floods and hurricanes. For several weeks, the humanitarian actors and national authorities have been active in preparing for disaster risk management while the emergency phase remains critical. Terre des hommes child relief (Tdh) works in the western department in the municipalities of Leogane, Grand Goave and Petit Goave and in the southern department, in Les Cayes and the surrounding communities to help vulnerable families who camp near their former homes and people in some spontaneous temporary gathering sites. The overall target population of the emergency response programme planned following the quakes for an initial period of nine months is of 50'000 persons, of which around 30'000 are children and adolescents. People receive humanitarian assistance and direct services to improve their living conditions and level of protection across four complimentary areas of activity:

1) Provision of temporary shelters and distribution of essential household items for 20'000 people

2) Provision of safe water, constructions of latrines and hygiene promotion campaigns for 15'000 people

3) Mother and child health care and the evaluation of the nutritional status of 20'000 infants under 5 and pregnant and lactating women

4) Setting up of child protection measures, with a psychosocial support for 5'000 children