Nearly 1.3 million people in the Caribbean country have fled their homeswith additional 15,000 uprooted last week after armed attacks in the communes of desaline and verettes in the department of Artibonita.
In addition, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners have examined more than 217,000 children due 129,000 children who are projected that they need life salvation services this year.
This malnutrition comes from severe food insecurity throughout the country. Integrated Food Security Phase (CPI)
Education emergency
Haiti’s children also face an educational emergency. More than 1,600 schools remain closed in Haiti, an increase of more than two thirds compared to the beginning of the year.
“Without access to education, children, of course, are more vulnerable to exploitation and recruitment by gangs,” said UN spokesman Stéphane Durric, to journalists at the New York headquarters
In response, UNICEF has provided learning opportunities to more than 16,000 children, and the agency has provided more than 100,000 mental health children and psychosocial support.
Insecurity and lack of funds for access
Despite the terrible humanitarian needs and the commendable efforts by the UN agencies, the current support “is just a fraction of what is needed in Haiti,” Dujarric emphasized.
Insecurity continues to limit the humanitarian response, causing access challenges, supply shortage and the closure of health centers.
Subsequently, the many displaced families in urgent need for hygiene, food, emergency shelter, medical assistance and other essential items often cannot access them.
The humanitarian response is also hindered by a serious lack of funds.
“Haiti remains, as I said here many times, the least funded from our country appeals with insufficient funds worldwide,” Dujarric emphasized. More than half of the year, the Haitian humanitarian response plan has received less than 9 percent of the required $ 908 million.