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Haiti: Key figures after one year of action
Human resources
(c)William Daniels for Handicap International
- Some 540 people, including around 60 expatriate staff.
- Since 14 January 2010, some 170 expatriate staff from more than 20 different countries have been sent to Haiti by Handicap International.
- Since January, more than 600 Haitian staff have been provided with training.
Health
- More than 10,000 beneficiaries of Handicap International’s health activities.
- More than 82,000 basic care and physical rehabilitation sessions performed.
- Some 5,600 technical aids (mobility aids, orthopaedic devices and specific equipment) have been distributed.
- Prostheses: 426 beneficiaries recorded (fitted or currently being fitted).
- Orthoses: 465 recorded beneficiaries (idem).
Psychosocial assistance
- Some 25,000 beneficiaries, including 500 provided with regular follow-up care.
Logistics/distributions/“cash for work”
- Some 20,000 tonnes of aid transported (food, basic emergency equipment, medical equipment and reconstruction equipment) since 14 January 2010 for around one hundred organisations.
- More than 5,000 tents distributed to more than 26,000 people.
- More than 30,000 items of equipment distributed to over 43,000 people.
- More than 36 tonnes of food supplied to more than 10,000 people.
- More than 4,000 people have benefited from “cash for work” activities.
- More than 80 transitional shelters have been supplied to 330 beneficiaries.
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