UNICEF UK Achievements 2009

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HAITI : 01/2010
UNICEF helped reunite Itse
Mui with his five-year-old
daughter after a month
of separation.
At the start of 2010, an unprecedented emergency
confronted the children of Haiti. On 12 January,
a massive earthquake struck the island nation.
The epicentre lay close to Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s
crowded capital. The earthquake killed more than
150,000 people, injured around a quarter of a
million and left 1.5 million homeless.
The impact on children was shattering. In addition
to the dead and injured, the earthquake left many
thousands orphaned or separated from their parents,
roaming the streets in search of safety.
The earthquake hit an already desperately fragile
population. The 4 million children of Haiti live in one
of the poorest nations on Earth. They suffer the
highest rate of infant death in the western world.
Lack of schools and hospitals mean that nearly 50
Adeline, age 8, protects herself
from the rain at a UNICEFsupported
camp for people
made homeless by the
earthquake in Port-au-Prince.
per cent of children do not go to primary school and
around 60 per cent of people lack basic health care.
Thanks to donations, UNICEF launched our
humanitarian relief effort within 24 hours. By the end
of January, UK supporters had donated £3 million,
helping us to deliver life-saving health, nutrition,
water and sanitation supplies. On 27 January alone,
we provided nearly 350,000 people with clean water.
Please help children caught in emergencies such
as the Haiti emergency. Please help protect the
rights of every child to clean water, nutritious food,
education and protection from abuse.
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right for children in Haiti and around the world.
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