This week, as part of the project "Support to Resilience to Natural Disasters" implemented by the United Nations Development Program of Haiti and funded by the Government of Japan, the Ministry of the Interior organized the 3rd meeting of the Technical Group on the Urban Risk Prevention Plan (PPRU) for Cap-Haitien.

The meeting was attended by the Secretary General of the North Delegation, the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Women's Affairs, the Haitian Red Cross, Oxfam-Haiti, the Center for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI-Haiti), the Office of the Secretary of State for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities, Firefighters, Scouts of Haiti, King Henri Christophe University and the Consultative Committee of Civil Society of Cap-Haitien, was the opportunity for the authorities to present the provisional zoning and the multi-hazard map of the Cap-Haitien commune. Documents that will allow :

• The delimitation of risk areas ;

• Identifying the nature of the risks and dynamics that develops there ;

• Identification of issues and means, setting out the roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder and developing a targeted and effective local strategy for safeguarding.

Recall that the Region of the Great North is considered by experts as one of the zones of the country most exposed to seismic and tsunami risks. The high population growth, combined with the weakness of urban planning regulations, makes the large cities in the north of Haiti particularly vulnerable to all natural hazards.

According to a study by the Miyamoto International firm, in the event of a major earthquake in the Great North, probable damage in the four main cities would amount to at least 75,000 deaths, 350,000 people temporarily relocated and more than 50% of the building surface would be damaged.

HL/ HaitiLibre