By Jeremy Kraut-Ordover | Vice President, Habitat International
FACTS: According to UN (OACHA)
• 337 deaths
• 153,545 damaged houses (of which 24,526 were completely destroyed)
• Almost 10,000 schools affected
• More than 32,000 people live in temporary shelters
RESPONSE PLAN: HFH Mexico takes actions in 4 states of the country (Chiapas, Morelos, Oaxaca and Puebla) in addition to Mexico City, which involves around 26 municipalities and one delegation (district) in Mexico City.
Main criteria:
With around 15 projects, it will attend a maximum of 2,817 families (at the moment) with direct intervention and through partners. Centralized the response majority with new housing and a minimum of actions for repairs or home improvements (also few actions in water and sanitation issues), and with social component in Healthy Housing and Resilience.
Families are served through a mix of funding/resource strategies:
• FONDEN - National funds for disaster response (government)
• FONDEN + private
• Private
Status:
With a total of 700 families in progress, 575 of homes are in construction phase.
Funding. private raised funds $6.5 Million USD (including a recent commitment of $2.3 Million from a major donor) and $7.95 Million USD government fund (FONDEN), Total 14.45 million USD
HFHM is seeking remaining funds to complete the target.
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