The Government, through the Economic and Social Assistance Fund (FAES) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), signed a partnership agreement on Friday to create 28,000 emergency jobs in the regions affected by the hurricaneMatthew, with financial support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) of nearly US $2 million.

Nearly 2.7 million people have been affected by Hurricane Matthew. In this context, livelihood rehabilitation, with a particular focus on women, is crucial to ensuring immediate income for the most vulnerable and creating the conditions for a long-term recovery.

UNDP initiatives in the field (Cash for work) will focus on the management of waste and debris (destroyed trees and houses), repairing infrastructure (such as irrigation canals) and the rehabilitation of roads and community structures. Their objectives will be to enable the resumption of agricultural activities in time for the planting season and the revitalization of markets and economic activities in the affected communities. In addition, UNDP teams, in partnership with FAES, will provide technical assistance to municipalities and associations in these regions.

In terms of geographical scope, UNDP emergency employment projects will focus on the affected departments of the South and Grand'Anse, beginning with 9 communes in the Grand'Anse (Abricots, Anse d'Hainault, Beaumont , Bonbon, Chambellan, Dame Marie, Jérémie, the Irois and Moron).

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