Commission provides EUR 2 million in humanitarian aid for flood victims in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

On the 04 June 2004, the European Commission decided to provide €2 million in humanitarian aid for flood victims in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The Humanitarian Aid Office of the European Commission (ECHO) provided €2 million in humanitarian aid for the victims of the floods that struck Haiti and the Dominican Republic on 24 May. The funds were earmarked mainly for water/sanitation activities and for emergency supplies of essential items including shelters, cooking equipment and hygiene products.
ECHO responded promptly to the flooding, immediately sending its expert based in Santo Domingo to the crisis zone to assess needs and, in liaison with other main humanitarian organisations, to identify where relief could be provided speedily and effectively. Despite access problems in the isolated flood-hit rural areas, ECHO partners have already been able to provide much needed initial aid for the stricken region, where up to 50,000 highly vulnerable people have been identified.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Relations between the Dominican Republic and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-between-the-dominican-republic-and-the-european-union/

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