Irish NGO fighting cholera in Haiti amid 'power vacuum' and civil unrest

Rose Delpe cries as people displaced by gang war violence in Cite Soleil walk on the streets of Delmas neighborhood after leaving Hugo Chaves square in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Image: Alamy Stock Photo AN IRISH AID agency has spoken about its fight against a major cholera outbreak in the violence-ravaged capital city of Haiti.

In his comments to The Journal Paul d’Anglejan, GOAL Country Director in Haiti said that while the gang violence has made it very difficult his teams are working with local groups to bring aid to the most affected areas. Such is the catastrophic descent that Irish diplomats based at the UN Security Council have found themselves at the centre of a major push towards a military intervention on the ground.

“We have significant expertise and operational capacity to respond to infectious diseases outbreaks like the cholera outbreak in Haiti, in support of the Haitian Ministry for Health and National Directorate for Potable Water and Sanitation ,” he said. A woman displaced by gang violence reacts after she and others were removed by authorities from the Hugo Chavez Square where they had taken refuge. Source: Alamy Stock Photo

Dieudonne Leroy, GOAL’s Head of Security in LAC Region, spoke about how the heavily armed gangs have capitalised on the political instability and Haiti’s poorest and most vulnerable people. “The cholera threat is also heightened because of a lack of access to clean water for a large portion of the population, lack of basic sanitation facilities in communities, including open defecation practices and a health system which is in a precarious state.

Last week Haitian police, following a battle with gunmen, took back control of the country’s main oil import terminal for two months. A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs said Irish diplomats are continuing to work their colleagues in the UN in New York on a potential resolution that could get a mandate for a military intervention in the country.

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