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some of the hardest-hit areas. He visited the city of Les Cayes as the UN appealed for $120million to help the stricken island. So far $6.1million has been raised, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric. Aid agenciesg say it could take a decade to get people’s lives back to norma normal. In the most devastate tated areas in the southwe west region, more than 8 80 per cent of the population relied on selfsufficiency farming. I t was proudly known here as Haiti’s P Pantry, as it provided m most of the country’s fo food. With their crops des destroyed and livestock killed by th the hurricane, many are now going hungry and cannot afford to buy replacement seeds or farming tools. Jean Claude Fignole, programme director of Oxfam in Haiti, said: “The west coast of the country is still cutut off and we fear that the numbers are re going to increase considerably as emergency teams advance.

“What is most urgent now is too provide safe water to prevent disease,e, as well as food and essential supplies. s. Mobilisation of the internationalal community in support of the Haitiann people is urgently needed.”

Back in Port Salut, fisherman n Robert Labri, 37, a married dad off one, summed up the community’ss sense of helplessness.

He said: “God knows what we willl do now. We have nothing to live on and we have all lost our homes.

“We want to rebuild here but we don’t have the means. We cannot do this ourselves, we’re all in the same situation and desperately need help.

“We don’t know what to do. Please help us.” OXFAM has launched an appeal to save lives in Haiti. You can help with a donation by credit or debit card, or by PayPal, at donate.oxfam.org.uk/emergency/ hurricane-matthew. Donations can also be made by card on 0300 200 1300 or by sending a cheque – payable to Oxfam – to Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, OX4 2JY. You can also help by handing in a donation over the counter at any Oxfam shop.