Blankets and other supplies slowly making their way to shelters in Haiti

Record ID: 82996

  • Title: Blankets and other supplies slowly making their way to shelters in Haiti
  • Date: 8th October 2016
  • Summary: LES CAYES, HAITI (OCTOBER 07, 2016) (REUTERS) WIDE OF THE LICEO CLAUDY MUZU HURRICANE SHELTER TRUCK CARRYING SUPPLIES BACKING INTO SHELTER AID WORKERS AT SHELTER BACK OF TRUCK OPEN WITH SUPPLIES PEOPLE AT SHELTER WAITING FOR SUPPLIES (SOUNDBITE) (Creole) A MAYOR OF LES CAYES COMMUNE, MARIE CLAUDETTE REGIS, SAYING: "This afternoon we are at a professional shelter. We are giving them sheets and hygienic supplies so they have better living conditions." VARIOUS OF AID WORKERS UNLOADING SUPPLIES FROM TRUCK (SOUNDBITE) (Creole) A MAYOR OF LES CAYES COMMUNE, MARIE CLAUDETTE REGIS, SAYING: "They are our brother and sisters and they're living in tough conditions. We have to help them. We are trying to get them out of these conditions." PEOPLE FROM THE SHELTER LINING UP TO GET SUPPLIES HURRICANE VICTIM LIVING AT THE SHELTER, BENITA MUSELAIS, WAITING IN LINE FOR SUPPLIES CLOSE-UP OF MUSELAIS PEOPLE BEING GIVEN BEDDING SUPPLIES (SOUNDBITE) (Creole) HURRICANE VICTIM LIVING AT THE SHELTER, BENITA MUSELAIS, SAYING: "The hurricane, thank God we are alive. If it wasn't for God or if we were in the house, we would have died." MUSELAIS RETURNING TO SHELTER WITH BEDDING MORE OF PEOPLE COMING OUT OF SHELTER FOR SUPPLIES GENERAL OF TRUCK OUTSIDE THE SHELTER
  • Embargoed: 23rd October 2016 02:53
  • Keywords: Haiti Hurricane Matthew Les Cayes aid shelter
  • Location: LES CAYES, HAITI
  • City: LES CAYES, HAITI
  • Country: Haiti
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
  • Reuters ID: LVA001530DMPZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hurricane Matthew killed more than 800 people and left tens of thousands homeless in Haiti earlier this week before it skirted Florida's Atlantic coast on Friday (October 7) and plowed northward over waters just off Georgia.
    The number of deaths in Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, surged to at least 842 on Friday as information trickled in from remote areas previously cut off by the storm, according to a Reuters tally of death tolls given by officials.
    Countless survivors have taken refuge in schools and other buildings set up as shelters, but for many, supplies are running low.
    The Haitian Red Cross and Catholic Relief Services delivered much needed supplies to some of the 750 people sheltered at the Liceo Claudy Muzu in the hard-hit Les Cayes commune.
    "This afternoon we are at a professional shelter. We are giving them sheets and hygienic supplies so they have better living conditions," said Marie Claudette Regis, one of the Les Cayes three mayors.
    "They are our brother and sisters and they're living in tough conditions. We have to help them. We are trying to get them out of these conditions," Regis added.
    One woman staying at the shelter, Benita Muselais, said she was lucky to be alive after evacuating her home to ride out the storm here.
    "The hurricane, thank God we are alive. If it wasn't for God or if we were in the house, we would have died," she said.
    Haiti was still recovering from a devastating 2010 earthquake before Matthew brought on new misery for the Caribbean nation.
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