The initiative aims to raise 33 million dollars from partners and actors in the international community to provide assistance to nearly 150,000 people in San Antonio del Sur, Imias, Maisi, and Baracoa, the hardest-hit municipalities by the storm.

UN Resident Coordinator in Cuba, Francisco Pichon, stated that the appeal focuses on six vital sectors: water, sanitation, and hygiene; temporary shelter, housing, and early recovery; education; logistics; health; and food security and nutrition.

The plan, coordinated with national authorities, will support efforts to meet the urgent needs of the most affected people, restore basic services, and recover the territories and the livelihoods of their inhabitants.

First announced in Havana, the plan confirms the vitality of the United Nations’ collective work in the small island nation, which is accustomed to dealing with challenges such as Oscar, though not exempt from its consequences.

According to UN estimates, some 478,000 people were affected by the weather phenomenon, which lasted for nearly 25 hours on October 20 in the easternmost Cuban province of Guantanamo.

As a result, the region, which traditionally suffers from drought, experienced severe flooding, causing the loss of seven lives and essential goods.

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