News Monitor
Nearly 580,000 people are internally displaced. In addition to the displacement in and around Port-au-Prince, the violence and siege imposed by armed groups have pushed more people to nearby provinces.
"We need to ... shift from responding to crises after they occur to more proactive approaches, prevention and resilience building to help vulnerable communities cope with upcoming shocks" - FAO chief.
After more than two months of blockages due to violent clashes between armed groups, WFP has made important progress, delivering truckloads of food to the highly vulnerable neighbourhood.
Children are experiencing a âvicious cycle of sufferingâ as violence continues to spike in Haiti
The latest estimates show that more than half a million children in Haiti are living in neighbourhoods controlled by armed groups, which puts them at higher risk of violence, and child recruitment.
Six out of 10 hospitals in Haiti are barely operational as recent escalating violence in Port-Au-Prince has continued to deprive children of critical health supplies and medicine, UNICEF warned.
As of mid-March, more than 360,000 people were internally displaced, a 15% increase since December 2023. More than half are women, and children account for more than a third of the displaced.