The insecurity and instability of the situation make it impossible to establish an overall picture of the number of people who have moved due to the clashes, either in host families for the most part, or in one of the 14 spontaneously constituted sites, (at least 16,828 displaced between April and May 2022) according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

The majority of these people come from the communes of Croix-des-Bouquets and Cité Soleil. Among the displaced persons belonging to vulnerable groups have been identified : people with disabilities, pregnant and breastfeeding women, children heads of households, separated, unaccompanied and orphans, people injured or with urgent medical problems, people with chronic diseases, people living with HIV.

Of the 14 sites identified at the height of the crisis, only three are still open today "Kay Castor" (Tabarre), the Adventist Church of Eben-Ezer (Tabarre) and the Classic Center of Terre Noire (Cité Soleil) .

Friday, July 15, the Citizen Protection Office (OPC) urged the authorities to take care of displaced families, denouncing the conditions in which displaced people from the Cul-de-Sac plain live, in particular those accommodated in the "Kay Castor" site which accommodates 303 people : 58 men, 76 women and 169 children (74 girls and 95 boys).

The OPC and its partners in the Protection Group were able to observe the inhuman and degrading conditions in which these people live, particularly in the "Kay Castor" site where there are 11 pregnant women, 8 breastfeeding women, 4 people with disabilities. and 7 elderly people with special needs.

Within this site, the rights to food, drinking water and health do not exist. Both men and women live in promiscuity inside an unhealthy space that undermines their dignity. The sanitary situation leaves much to be desired, as there are only 2 latrines for the 303 people. Girls as well as pregnant and breastfeeding women, while being exposed to the risk of sexual violence, do not benefit from any specific medical care.

S/ HaitiLibre