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Haiti - Reconstruction : $4 billion U.S. assistance in 5 years 10/01/2015 10:26:09 To date of the $4 billion in U.S. post-earthquake assistance provided to Haiti since 2010, of which 77%, or $3.1 billion, has been disbursed as of October 2014. Key achievements to date of U.S. assistance to Haiti : Shelter : More than 328,000 earthquake-displaced Haitians housed by providing transitional shelters, repairs to damaged homes, support to host families, and rental vouchers. Rubble Removal : 2.7 million cubic meters of earthquake rubble removed—36 percent of the estimated 7.4 million cubic meters of total rubble removed. Infrastructures : Supported the reconstruction of Haiti’s University Hospital and other damaged health facilities. Seven police stations and the presidential security unit barracks constructed. Health : Nearly half of all Haitians have access to basic health services at U.S.- supported health facilities. Provided $95 million for cholera treatment and prevention, including clean water and sanitation activities. Food security : 400,000 vulnerable Haitians fed following tropical storms and drought conditions in 2013. Agriculture : More than 70,000 farmers helped to increase their crop yields and incomes. 33,000 hectares of farmland under improved watershed management. Energy : Five electrical substations in Port-au-Prince rehabilitated and upgraded. A 10-megawatt power plant constructed to serve the Caracol Industrial Park and 8,600 local households and businesses in Haiti’s north. Enironment : 65,000 businesses and households helped to convert cook stoves from charcoal to clean liquefied natural gas. Five million tree seedlings planted. Job creation : 5,000 jobs created to date at the Caracol Industrial Park, with more projected as facilities expand. Education : 600+ semi-permanent furnished classrooms constructed enabling 60,000+ children to return to school. Justice and security : 3,300 new Haitian National Police (PNH) officers trained and commissioned. Created a new PNH community policing unit, which has grown to over 80 officers, in partnership with the New York City Police Department and the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah). Trained and equipped the PNH counter-narcotics unit (BLTS), increasing its size from about 40 to almost 200 officers and adding a 20-dog K-9 unit with support from the Miami-Dade Police Department. Reconstructed 32,000+ judicial case files following earthquake loss or damage. HL/ HaitiLibre
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