News Monitor
The surge in violence has adversely affected poor householdsâ income sources, disrupted market functioning and supply, and impeded food assistance distribution.
The documented crimes at Wharf Jérémie occur in an alarming context of violence and human rights violations in Haiti, involving criminal gangs, self-defense groups, and unorganized members of the population.
More than 50,000 Haitians have been displaced in the past two weeks alone due to insecurity related to armed groups, while across the country, 5.4 million people are facing acute hunger.
The unprecedented spike, registered between the second quarters of 2023 and 2024, points to a worsening protection crisis for children. Up to half of all members in armed groups are children.
The WFP-run UNHAS provides vital passenger and light-cargo transport within Haiti for the entire humanitarian community including local and international NGOs and UN entities.
Heavy rains in Sud department have caused severe flooding, affecting more than 3,500 families. Humanitarian partners are mobilizing to provide food, hygiene kits, school kits, and WASH supplies.
The recent trends in Haiti concerning sexual violence against children, particularly girls, are deeply alarming with a more than 1000% increase in 2024 compared to 2023 according to UN figures.
More than 760,000 children are experiencing emergency food insecurity (IPC Phase 4), characterised by acute malnutrition and a heightened risk of hunger-related death. This is a 21% spike since March.
These latest figures show a 22% rise in the number of IDPs since June, highlighting the worsening situation. Gang violence has forced more than 110,000 people to flee home in the past seven months.
Approximately 5.4 million people struggle to feed themselves and their families every day. But humanitarian agencies are short of $230 million to implement programmes until the end of the year.
Latest figures documented by the UN Human Rights Office indicate that at least 3,661 people have been killed since January this year, maintaining the high levels of violence seen in 2023.
Over the past school year, more than 900 schools closed, affecting about 200,000 childrenâs access to education. Many of these schools will likely remain closed as they are being used as shelters.
Since February 2024, escalating violence and increased population displacements have significantly reduced agricultural production and disrupted markets, leaving half of Haitiâs population in acute hunger.
The blockage of the main drainage systems by trash is impeding the recession of water levels, while there are growing concerns about increasing water-borne diseases and social tensions.
Nearly half of Haitiâs population suffers from acute hunger, a situation worsened by gangs controlling key transport routes, including up to 90% of the capital.
More than 112,000 people live in 96 informal sites in Port-au-Prince. Many of these sites lack water supplies and sanitation facilities, resulting in increasing risk of waterborne diseases.