Scenes this week from Haiti following Hurricane Matthew .
Kevin Jenkinson writes:
These pictures were taken by Concern’s Peter Doyle, a seasoned aid worker from Glasnevin, Dublin who is an emergency planning, response and distribution expert, and others working for the Irish aid agency in Haiti as they help survivors of Hurricane Matthew
Peter (pic 2) has been tweeting regularly from Haiti as he travels to its worst hit areas with other Concern staff distributing aid. He is worth following, Twitter handle @peter_emd
Concern’s is @ConcernOne image of his shows the forgotten beauty of Haiti, an incredible sunset from the hard hit Haitian island of La Gonave, which has a population of 90,000 with 25,000 of them in need of immediate aid. Concern already reached 800 families on the island.
Concern, who have been in Haiti since 1994, had 106 staff there when the hurricane struck, led by their Country Director Nellie Kingston from Clonakilty, Cork.
They have been distributing supplies, such as water cleaning aqua tablets, blankets and jerry cans, and working to prevent the spread of cholera, which killed over 10,000 people in Haiti after an earthquake killed over 300,000 people in 2010.
Haiti has a population of 10.1 million and almost 13 per cent, or 1.4 million, are estimated by the UN to be in urgent need of supplies.
Concern has launched an urgent appeal. All donations are welcome and can be made online here or by calling Concern directly on Freephone 1850 211 844.
