Sunday August 22, 2021, the plane carrying Spanish humanitarian aid announced last week https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34522-haiti-humanitarian-update-on-international-aid.html , landed at Port-au-Prince International Airport in the presence of Prime Minister ai Ariel Henry.

This aid from the Spanish Cooperation is co-financed by the Civil Protection Mechanism of the European Union as a European response to the earthquake of August 14 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34559-haiti-flash-the-death-toll-rises-to-2-207-dead-and-12-268-injured.html . It consists, first of all, of 30 tonnes of very diverse products : tarpaulins, kitchen kits, health materials, medicines, etc...

A portable TRICEL SETA wastewater treatment plant which will be added to the two others already positioned in the country, donation from the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID) to the National Directorate of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DINEPA) and 3 experts from the "Spanish Technical Aid Response Team" (START) who will operate five micro portable wastewater treatment plants across the areas affected by the earthquake.

Prime Minister a.i. Ariel Henry, during a press briefing at the airport diplomatic lounge praised the merits of bilateral cooperation. He took the opportunity to salute the departure of the Ambassador at the end of his mission Pedro Sanz Serrano "Mr. Ambassador, I salute your departure after about three years in the country and I take this moment to thank you for your dynamism and the determination you have shown to strengthen the bonds of friendship and solidarity that exist between the Republic of Haiti and the Kingdom of Spain during your mission here in Haiti."

In addition, the Head of Government has guaranteed all donors that his team will continue to demonstrate rigor and efficiency in the management of aid. He acknowledged that the work was enormous and that he remained aware of the constraints faced by the country, in terms of the delivery of this disaster aid, in view of the difficulties in reaching certain areas, affirming that no one, will not be left out and the State is multiplying strategies to reach the maximum number of suffering compatriots.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34522-haiti-humanitarian-update-on-international-aid.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34559-haiti-flash-the-death-toll-rises-to-2-207-dead-and-12-268-injured.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34479-haiti-flash-magnitude-72-earthquake-in-the-nippes.html

HL/ SL/ HaitiLibre