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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up its operations in Haiti to meet growing food needs in the face of a food crisis driven primarily by violence and displacement.
More than 50,000 Haitians have been displaced in the past two weeks alone due to insecurity linked to armed groups, while across the country, 5.4 million people face acute hunger – one of the highest rates of food insecurity per capita in the world.
“WFP stands in solidarity with the Haitian people during this difficult time,” said Wanja Kaaria, WFP’s Country Director for Haiti, speaking from Port-au-Prince. “We have provided record amounts of food assistance to Haitians in Port-au-Prince and across the country in recent months and we will do even more in the weeks ahead.” WFP teams remained active throughout the crisis, with staff working from WFP's central office in Port-au-Prince and four additional field offices across the country.
WHEN HUNGER CAUSES DISPLACEMENT: WFP PROVIDES HOT MEALS AND CASH ASSISTANCE
The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Haiti now stands at more than 700,000, mainly in the capital Port-au-Prince and the Artibonite region.
In response to the latest wave of displaced people, WFP and partners have scaled up their support with hot meals and cash assistance. The agency is currently providing meals to more than 50,000 displaced people per day, the highest number served each day since the crisis began.
In November, WFP and partners served a record 834,000 hot meals across 48 sites hosting displaced people, including those forced to flee during the latest upsurge in fighting.
So far this year, WFP has provided nearly three million hot meals, largely made from locally grown and sourced ingredients.
FOOD INSECURITY NEEDS CONTINUE TO GROW
The most recent IPC food security data show that one in two Haitians do not have enough to eat, two million people are facing emergency levels of hunger, and up to 6,000 internally displaced people are experiencing catastrophic levels of hunger (IPC Phase 5).
Haiti has seen a steady increase in hunger in recent years, with the prevalence of acute food insecurity rising from 35 percent in 2019 to 48 percent in 2024 – the highest level since the 2010 earthquake.
WFP OPERATIONS ADJUST TO MEET NEEDS
WFP plans to expand its food assistance operations to meet growing needs, targeting 1.85 million people with emergency assistance, while supporting initiatives to strengthen resilient national systems. To fund its operations over the next six months, WFP requires US$94 million.
Last week, the agency chartered two maritime vessels to transport 21 trucks loaded with food, medicines and medical supplies from Port-au-Prince to the southern region. This will allow WFP to pre-position food stocks for its operations and those of local partners in the southern region; medicines and health products that have been out of stock for months in health centres will also be replenished.
So far this year, WFP has reached a total of 1.7 million people across Haiti with emergency assistance, school meals, social protection and resilience activities. Families with pregnant or lactating women, as well as children under five, are receiving supplementary food to prevent malnutrition.
More than 470,000 schoolchildren across Haiti receive a daily meal thanks to WFP and the government, most of which are prepared entirely with locally grown ingredients.
WFP this month regained access to Croix-des-Bouquets, in the north of the capital, which had previously been off-limits to aid workers due to violence by armed groups. With this breakthrough, WFP has now delivered rice, beans and cooking oil to 50,000 people, as part of a large-scale distribution in several neighbourhoods reaching nearly 150,000 people.
The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), managed by WFP, is supporting these scale-up efforts, providing passenger and light cargo services to nine destinations in Haiti, providing a vital lifeline for the entire humanitarian community.
