Three years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the EU decided to allocate an additional €30.5 million in humanitarian funding to this country. The EU supports projects based on awareness-raising campaigns in schools and the creation of local emergency-alert groups, which contribute to making communities and key institutions more resilient to future disasters.

The European Commission announced that it will be allocated €30.5 million in additional humanitarian aid in Haiti. The Commission made this announcement three years after of a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, taking more than 200,000 lives and making 1.5 million people homeless. In September 2012, the EU also allocated €3 million to Haiti to help the country to recover from tropical storm Isaac.

Access to clean water, primary health care, improving sanitation and promoting hygiene all remain as issues. A key area of humanitarian work in Haiti is the continuing response to the cholera epidemic and preventing its spread. For this reason, Kristalina Georgieva, the EU's Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response underlined that the EU needs to continue with its efforts to give Haiti a chance to rebuild itself as a country much stronger than before the earthquake.

This new money will mainly help those still homeless as a result of the earthquake, cholera victims and those badly affected by Hurricane Sandy. Since the earthquake struck in 2010, €213 million in EU humanitarian aid has been mobilised for Haiti.