“These small improvements in food security figures should not lead to complacency,” warned Wanja Kaaria, WFP director in Haiti. “High fuel prices and the resulting rise in food costs risk reversing these gains, pushing already vulnerable families into deeper crisis and further destabilizing the situation.”
For nearly a decade, Haiti has experienced a deepening food security crisis, driven by violence related to armed groups, political unrest, economic crisis, and high levels of vulnerability to extreme weather conditions, such as Hurricane Melissa that hit the south in late 2025.
The aid is distributed by the World Food Program in a neighborhood in the center of Port-au-Prince.
WFP calls for strong measures and financing to provide emergency aid and invest in long-term solutions to address food insecurity affecting more than one in two Haitians. “Addressing hunger is vital to restoring stability in Haiti,” said Ms. Kaaria. “We cannot build peace when families have nothing to feed their children.”
WFP needs $332 million to sustain its critical operations over the next 12 months and, if sufficient funding is secured, plans to reach more than 2.7 million people with critical emergency support and resilience-building. The $880 million Haiti Humanitarian Response Plan is just under 20 percent funded, and only $172 million has been received.
Violence and displacement spread throughout the country
Armed attacks earlier this week have displaced hundreds of people from the Southeast department. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the violence on April 13 in the municipality of Marigot displaced more than 1,300 people.
The IOM notes that this is the first time that displacement of this scale, directly related to armed attacks, has been recorded in the Sudeste department, an area that previously served as a reception area for people displaced by violence in other parts of the country. Currently, more than 165,000 men, women and children are privately housed throughout the department.
The conflict has displaced more than 1.4 million in Haiti, leaving approximately 300,000 people living in overcrowded and unsanitary temporary shelters in the capital, Port-au-Prince.