Gregoire Goodstein
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Global News Podcast
Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
Basically, you have a city that's under siege. There are no roads that you can actually take to leave the city. You have to think that the sort of secure radius that you can live in, meaning that is not under gang control, is only about 15 to 20% of the entire city. And the rest of the areas are either controlled by gangs, or influenced by gangs. There are sirens going off all the time.
Global News Podcast
Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
People who are close to the gang violence hear shooting all the time. There's a lot of stress. It's very difficult to move around and to support the people who need it the most. There's close to a million people now that have been displaced by gang violence. Some people were able to leave the city probably early on. People are still hoping they can leave the city.
Global News Podcast
Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
So out of the one million people that have been displaced, there's close to 260,000 trapped inside of Port-au-Prince. Those who have left and gone to the provinces, mostly to the south, they're living with host families. It could be their family or it could just be people taking them in. IOM is providing support inside the campsites. We have teams that are providing dignity kits, hygiene kits.
Global News Podcast
Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
There's also hot meals that are provided by the World Food Program. We are providing also mobile clinics, psychosocial support, and we're also trying to get people out of the camps. These are very crowded, unsafe areas where there's a lot of gender-based violence. You have to keep in mind that there's such a small area left
Global News Podcast
Ukraine says Russia broke pledge not to attack
in Port-au-Prince that is safe and secure, there's not a lot of housing available. So even families that could take them in, they're overwhelmed themselves.