Emergency relief in HaitiAn estimated 500,000 children live in the hardest-hit areas.

Provide humanitarian assistance to hundreds of thousands of people in need.

UNICEF estimates that 590,000 children are in need of assistance. These children and their families are predominantly in the South and Grand’Anse districts of Haiti. However, parts of the interior and the coastline between Port-a-Piment and Dame Marie have still not been reached. The number of those needing assistance is therefore expected to rise.

• Provide emergency kits (water treatments, a mosquito net, a bucket and soap)

In the days following the hurricane, UNICEF has been working with the Government and the humanitarian community to pre-position crucial stocks for 10,000 people in three areas: the South, Artibonite and Northwest. In each of these areas, aid kits for 650 families are ready to be distributed.

Helping communities in Haiti recover from hurricane Matthew

Hundreds of children are in need of assistance (video)