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@http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2011/110110_Fisher.doc.htm

"Press Conference on Haiti’s Reconstruction, One Year after Earthquake." //Welcome to the United Nations: It's Your World//. Department of Public Information-News and Media Division-New York, 10 Jan. 2011. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. .


 * __15 Facts:__ **
 * 1) Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the country told correspondents at Headquarters today that most humanitarian targets had been achieved while reconstruction should be accelerated, though that would necessarily be a long-term process.
 * 2) He said that there were some 4,000 small, faith-based non-governmental organizations doing small, local projects in Haiti
 * 3) The target of building 30,000 shelters in the first year had been met
 * 4) In 2011, in addition, there must be a continued focus on multiple challenges including disaster risk reduction in the face of yearly hurricane threats and the reduction of deaths due to cholera.
 * 5) 1.5 million people had been provided with shelter
 * 11,000 latrines had been supplied
 * 1) basic water and sanitation was available to 1.7 million people
 * 2) As of now, 810,000 people were still living in the 1,150 camps that still existed, just over half of peak camp population
 * 3) He said that one half million people, some 40 per cent women, had participated in cash-for-debris removal and other work
 * 4) Since the earthquake, he said, some $3 billion in projects had been approved
 * 5) Mr. Fisher stressed that the initial response to the 12 January 2010 quake had been a success despite the tragic loss of 102 United Nations staff members and the already weak Government’s loss of some 40 per cent of its civil servants.
 * 6) Within 72 hours, the initial needs assessment had been completed and within four days, teams had been deployed to the field.
 * 7) Donors funded 72 per cent of emergency needs
 * 8) Congratulating the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and others for overcoming the shortfall.
 * 9) $1.28 billion in funding already transferred and $1.6 billion committed.