Hurricane Matthew Updates

Please see the main Hurricane Matthew page to learn more about USAID's response and how you can help those affected by Hurricane Matthew.

October 4, 2017

À date, en réponse au cyclone Matthew, le gouvernement Américain a engagé un financement de $105,1 millions dont $11 millions du U.S. Department of Defense  et $ 94,1 millions de l’USAID. L'aide de l'USAID est assurée par plus de 20 partenaires d'exécution et des organisations locales basées dans les départements de la Grande Anse, des Nippes et du Sud affectés par l'ouragan.

October 4, 2017

To date, in response to Hurricane Matthew, the U.S. Government has provided $105.1 million in funding, including $11 million from the U.S. Department of Defense and $94.1 million from USAID. USAID's assistance is carried out by more than 20 implementing partners and local organizations based in the hurricane-affected southwestern departments of the Grand Anse, Nippes and Sud.

As shelter remains a critical need after Hurricane Matthew, USAID teamed up with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to train local staff on USAID’s Disaster Assistance Response Team in Haiti on how to install and use USAID plastic sheeting and shelter kits properly.
May 9, 2017

To date, in response to Hurricane Matthew, the U.S. Government has committed $101.3 million in funding, including $42.6 million from USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (FFP), approximately $39 million from USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), $11 million from the U.S. Department of Defense, and $8.7 million from the USAID Mission in Haiti. USAID’s assistance is carried out by more than 20 implementing partners and local organizations based in the hurricane-affected southwestern departments of Grande Anse, Nippes, and Sud.

April 6, 2017

WFP has reached nearly 925,000 people with food assistance since Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti in October 2016. Suspected cholera cases continue to decline, reaching lowest monthly caseload since August 2015. USAID programming in Haiti reaches more than 16,600 smallholder farmers with seeds and other agricultural inputs

Chargé D'Affaires Brian Shukan joins UNICEF partner in Les Cayes
April 6, 2017

Six months following the passage of Hurricane Matthew,  American Embassy Chargé d’Affaires, Brian Shukan, traveled to southern Haiti to assess USAID hurricane response and recovery activities.

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