{"id":21513,"date":"2021-08-18T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adra.org\/?p=21513"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:31:21","slug":"news-update-adra-focuses-on-long-term-aid-for-survivors-in-haiti-in-aftermath-of-earthquake-and-tropical-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/news-update-adra-focuses-on-long-term-aid-for-survivors-in-haiti-in-aftermath-of-earthquake-and-tropical-storm","title":{"rendered":"News Update : ADRA se concentre sur l'aide \u00e0 long terme pour les survivants en Ha\u00efti apr\u00e8s le tremblement de terre et la temp\u00eate tropicale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humanitarian agency teams up with local Adventist Hospital to assist wounded and helps internally displaced communities affected by violence on the island<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(HAITI) August 18, 2021 \u2013 Since a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the southern regions of Haiti, death tolls continue to climb days after ongoing search and rescue efforts. Preliminary reports, still in early stages, indicate that there are now nearly 2,000 deaths, 6,900 injuries, and significant infrastructure loss, with over 37,000 houses destroyed and over 46,000 buildings damaged, including hospitals, schools, and churches. There are also reports of road blockages.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cities of Les Cayes, Camp-Perrin, St. Louis de Sud in the South department,\u00a0J\u00e9r\u00e9mie, Beaumont and Pestel in Grand\u2019Anse department, and Anse \u00e0 Veau, Baraderes and L\u2019Asile in Nippes department were the hardest hit and suffered extensive damage and destruction to buildings and homes. In Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, there are reportedly downed phone lines, which has left the city with limited to no communication service. Haiti\u2019s capital city, Port-au-Prince, was rocked by the earthquake but no major damages were reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An ADRA worker checks a building for damages after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. Photo credit: Evan Bernardini<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Three days after reeling from the recent quake, Haiti was additionally impacted by Tropical Storm Grace, which left torrential flooding in areas of the country adding to an increase of people in need of humanitarian assistance. On top of this, gang violence has reportedly escalated displacing more than 19,000 people in the country\u2019s southern peninsula. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe southern peninsula is a hotspot for gang-related violence and has been unreachable for the past two months due to road blockages and security concerns, while humanitarian personnel have allegedly been the targets of repeated attacks,\u201d says Fritz Bissereth, country director for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Haiti.  \u201cAdditionally, the surge in COVID-19 cases has tapered off, but the possible displacement of thousands of people has created ripe conditions for a spike in coronavirus infections potentially overwhelming an already weak and overstretched health system that has to provide assistance to those injured by the earthquake and tropical storm.\u201d According to local authorities, only one percent of the population in Haiti are vaccinated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ongoing damage assessments will be conducted under the leadership of national authorities, which according to local findings may take weeks to fully determine the extent of damages and humanitarian needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADRA has been working on several relocation projects to assist internally displaced survivors of gang violence, and is working closely with the Haiti Adventist Hospital in Diquini where injured people being brought to the facility require critical orthopedic medical care and treatment. The hospital has already been saturated with many wounded and injured people since the earthquake struck on August 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cADRA is working closely with the local Adventist hospital to offer logistical and coordination support and provide assistance for transport, food and purchase of medicine,\u201d says Bissereth.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He adds that as ADRA assesses the needs of affected populations, it will scale up its plans to provide urgent non-food items for up to 6,000 people in St. Louis de Sud, Les Cayes, and Camp-Perrin. Purchases of tents, tarps, shelter kits, food and water were of great need according to findings from people impacted in those areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany people have been affected and families are still recovering, some of whom are trying to make sense of the devastation and unfathomable loss of loved ones,\u201d says David Poloche, ADRA’s regional director for the Inter-American Division. \u201cThank you to everyone who has fervently been praying for Haiti and for ADRA. We continue to appeal for your thoughts and prayers as we find the strength to help people in Haiti recover through these unforeseeable ordeals. As we join forces with local officials, the Adventist Church, partners, and other agencies, what matters most is working together to ensure people in Haiti get immediate access to essential items, and that they receive ongoing aid in hopes of getting to a recovery stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour manifester votre soutien, visitez le site <\/strong>ADRA.org<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>ou appelez le 1-800-424-ADRA (2372). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les journalistes qui souhaitent obtenir des interviews pour cet article peuvent envoyer un courriel \u00e0 l'adresse suivante<\/strong>\u00a0press@ADRA.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 propos de l'ADRA <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

L'Agence adventiste de d\u00e9veloppement et de secours est le bras humanitaire international de l'\u00c9glise adventiste du septi\u00e8me jour, pr\u00e9sent dans 118 pays. Son travail permet de renforcer les communaut\u00e9s et de changer des vies dans le monde entier en fournissant un d\u00e9veloppement communautaire durable et des secours en cas de catastrophe. L'objectif de l'ADRA est de servir l'humanit\u00e9 afin que tous puissent vivre comme Dieu l'a voulu. Pour en savoir plus ADRA.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Depuis qu'un tremblement de terre de magnitude 7,2 a frapp\u00e9 les r\u00e9gions m\u00e9ridionales d'Ha\u00efti, le nombre de morts continue de grimper plusieurs jours apr\u00e8s les op\u00e9rations de recherche et de sauvetage en cours. Les rapports pr\u00e9liminaires, qui n'en sont qu'\u00e0 leurs d\u00e9buts, font \u00e9tat de pr\u00e8s de 2 000 morts, 6 900 bless\u00e9s et d'importantes pertes d'infrastructures, avec plus de 37 000 maisons d\u00e9truites et plus de 46 000 b\u00e2timents endommag\u00e9s, dont des h\u00f4pitaux, des \u00e9coles et des \u00e9glises. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[590,930,284,1052,614,11],"tags":[1094,774,6,7,8,1085,41],"class_list":["post-21513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emergency","category-haiti","category-health","category-inter-america","category-news","category-press-release","tag-adventist-health","tag-covid-19","tag-disaster-relief","tag-earthquake","tag-emergency-response","tag-internally-displaced-persons-idps","tag-tropical-storm"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21513"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45842,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21513\/revisions\/45842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}