Haiti: Storm leaves camp dwellers in need

“Our tent collapsed on us,” says Geannot Matacha, a single mother with five children, after Tropical Storm Isaac lashed Haiti on its way toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.

While no deaths or serious injuries were reported at Camp Neptune in Port-au-Prince, where Geannot’s family lives, the storm displaced more than half of the 147 families in the camp.

Camp Neptune is one of four camps where World Vision works with families affected by the 2010 earthquake.

The storm’s powerful winds tore apart or uprooted 74 tents. Eight residents suffered minor injuries.

No one in Geannot’s family was hurt and they were given shelter by a neighbour.

Camp residents were concerned flooding could contaminate their water source, bringing on more cases of cholera. 

Nearly 600,000 cases of cholera and 7,500 deaths have occurred in Haiti since October 2010.

Kathryn Reid and Eugene Lee contributed additional reporting from the U.S.