Friday at the National Palace, the de facto President Jocelerme Privert, met Jean René Antoine Nicolas Minister of Social Affairs and Labour (MAST) and Marie Denise Claude, Minister for Women and Women's Rights, about the situation of the most vulnerable people in the areas affected by the hurricane Matthew.

The meeting, which was attended also by Jonas Coffy, Director General of MAST, Marie Micheline Fontélus, General Director of the National Program of Canteens School (PNCS) and Arielle Jeanty Arielle Jeanty Villedrouin Director General of Social Welfare, allowed the Head of State to review the arrangements and measures put in place to support the most vulnerable victims living in the communes concerned.

Stressing that pregnant women, the sick, children, the elderly and people with special needs https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18805-haiti-matthew-call-for-solidarity-with-people-with-disabilities.html , constitute a category that deserves special attention he said, "It is the State's responsibility to develop appropriate strategies to enable them to enjoy fully a suitable accompaniment..."

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https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-18805-haiti-matthew-call-for-solidarity-with-people-with-disabilities.html

HL/ HaitiLibre