WFP / HAITI HUNGER
14-Oct-2022
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According to the World Food Programme, almost half the population in Haiti is currently facing acute hunger. WFP
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STORY: WFP / HAITI HUNGER
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TRT: 1:46
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WFP ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: CREOLE / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: PLEASE CHECK SHOTLIST FOR DETAILS
SHOTLIST
28 SEPTEMBER 2022, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
1. Various shots, piles of trash left uncollected in the streets after a stream of protests, rocked urban center
2. Various shots, people queuing outside a closed bank
30 SEPTEMBER 2022, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
3. Various shots, tires burn on the street as demonstrators gather at a nearby underpass
5 OCTOBER 2022, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
4. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Nanceline Michel, 30-year-old, mother of 2:
“I had to take out a high-interest loan to survive; they lent me 2000 Haitian dollars.”
5. Various shots, closed gas
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Martin Bauer, Country Director, World Food Programme (WFP):
“The Haitian people have gone through a gauntlet this year. First of all, with gang violence, with increasing food prices and inflation, and over the past four weeks, a lockdown that’s brought the country to a standstill. Schools are closed, hospitals are closed, and farmers are having trouble bringing their goods to the market; this is aggravating a very fragile food security situation. Haiti needs support now.”
19 JULY 2022, Cité SOLEIL, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
7. Various shots, WFP convoy, WFP food distribution
1. Various shots, piles of trash left uncollected in the streets after a stream of protests, rocked urban center
2. Various shots, people queuing outside a closed bank
30 SEPTEMBER 2022, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
3. Various shots, tires burn on the street as demonstrators gather at a nearby underpass
5 OCTOBER 2022, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
4. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Nanceline Michel, 30-year-old, mother of 2:
“I had to take out a high-interest loan to survive; they lent me 2000 Haitian dollars.”
5. Various shots, closed gas
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Martin Bauer, Country Director, World Food Programme (WFP):
“The Haitian people have gone through a gauntlet this year. First of all, with gang violence, with increasing food prices and inflation, and over the past four weeks, a lockdown that’s brought the country to a standstill. Schools are closed, hospitals are closed, and farmers are having trouble bringing their goods to the market; this is aggravating a very fragile food security situation. Haiti needs support now.”
19 JULY 2022, Cité SOLEIL, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
7. Various shots, WFP convoy, WFP food distribution
STORYLINE
According to the World Food Programme (WFP), almost half the population in Haiti is currently facing acute hunger.
An unrelenting series of crises has trapped vulnerable Haitians in a cycle of growing desperation, without access to food, fuel, markets, jobs, and public services, bringing the country to a standstill, warn the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and WFP.
Hunger has reached Catastrophic levels, or the highest level, 5 on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), in Cité Soleil, an urban neighborhood in Port-au-Price, Haiti.
According to the latest IPC analysis, a record 4.7 million people are currently facing acute hunger (IPC 3 and above), including 1.8 million people in the Emergency phase (IPC 4) and, for the first time in Haiti, 19,000 people are in Catastrophe phase (IPC 5).
Cité Soleil has seen a worrisome rise in food insecurity over three years.
Currently, 65 percent of its population, especially the poorest and most vulnerable, are in high levels of food insecurity, with 5 percent of them in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
Increased violence in Cité Soleil, with armed groups vying for control of the area, has meant that residents have lost access to their work, markets, and health and nutrition services.
Many have been forced to flee or hide in their homes.
Food security has continued to deteriorate in rural areas, with several going from Crisis (IPC 3) to Emergency phase (IPC 4).
Harvest losses due to below-average rainfall and the 2021 earthquake devastated parts of the Grand´Anse, Nippes, and Sud departments are among the shocks that worsened conditions.
For years, natural hazards and political turmoil have taken a toll on Haitians who were already in need in rural and urban areas.
The onset of the global food crisis, with rising food and fuel prices, has led to growing civil unrest that has plunged Haiti into chaos, paralyzing economic activities and transport.
The basic food basket is out of reach for many Haitians. Inflation stands at a staggering 33 percent, and the cost of petrol has doubled.
The situation is further exacerbated by a recent cholera outbreak and the lack of potable, which will likely push more people to the brink of survival.
Despite the volatile security situation in Port-au-Prince, WFP provided more than 100,000 people with emergency assistance in the metropolitan area in 2022.
In 2021, WFP reached 1.3 million people, and in 2022 plans to reach 1.7 million Haitians.
FAO has been providing emergency livelihood support to small-scale vulnerable farming households.
During the autumn agricultural season starting this month, FAO aims to reach close to 70,000 people with cash for work, food crop production assistance, goat and poultry breeding assistance, and food storage and processing support for school feeding programmes.
FAO aims to scale up operations in Haiti from 560,000 people targeted in 2022 to 876,000 people in 2023, corresponding to people in IPC phase 3 (crisis) and 4 (emergency) in rural areas of the great South of the country.
While the agencies continue operating in Haiti as the security situation allows, increased insecurity, violence, and lack of fuel hamper humanitarian operations, which are critical for the most vulnerable Haitians.
The United Nations and its partners recall the importance of respecting the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence to ensure support reaches Haitians.
An unrelenting series of crises has trapped vulnerable Haitians in a cycle of growing desperation, without access to food, fuel, markets, jobs, and public services, bringing the country to a standstill, warn the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and WFP.
Hunger has reached Catastrophic levels, or the highest level, 5 on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), in Cité Soleil, an urban neighborhood in Port-au-Price, Haiti.
According to the latest IPC analysis, a record 4.7 million people are currently facing acute hunger (IPC 3 and above), including 1.8 million people in the Emergency phase (IPC 4) and, for the first time in Haiti, 19,000 people are in Catastrophe phase (IPC 5).
Cité Soleil has seen a worrisome rise in food insecurity over three years.
Currently, 65 percent of its population, especially the poorest and most vulnerable, are in high levels of food insecurity, with 5 percent of them in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
Increased violence in Cité Soleil, with armed groups vying for control of the area, has meant that residents have lost access to their work, markets, and health and nutrition services.
Many have been forced to flee or hide in their homes.
Food security has continued to deteriorate in rural areas, with several going from Crisis (IPC 3) to Emergency phase (IPC 4).
Harvest losses due to below-average rainfall and the 2021 earthquake devastated parts of the Grand´Anse, Nippes, and Sud departments are among the shocks that worsened conditions.
For years, natural hazards and political turmoil have taken a toll on Haitians who were already in need in rural and urban areas.
The onset of the global food crisis, with rising food and fuel prices, has led to growing civil unrest that has plunged Haiti into chaos, paralyzing economic activities and transport.
The basic food basket is out of reach for many Haitians. Inflation stands at a staggering 33 percent, and the cost of petrol has doubled.
The situation is further exacerbated by a recent cholera outbreak and the lack of potable, which will likely push more people to the brink of survival.
Despite the volatile security situation in Port-au-Prince, WFP provided more than 100,000 people with emergency assistance in the metropolitan area in 2022.
In 2021, WFP reached 1.3 million people, and in 2022 plans to reach 1.7 million Haitians.
FAO has been providing emergency livelihood support to small-scale vulnerable farming households.
During the autumn agricultural season starting this month, FAO aims to reach close to 70,000 people with cash for work, food crop production assistance, goat and poultry breeding assistance, and food storage and processing support for school feeding programmes.
FAO aims to scale up operations in Haiti from 560,000 people targeted in 2022 to 876,000 people in 2023, corresponding to people in IPC phase 3 (crisis) and 4 (emergency) in rural areas of the great South of the country.
While the agencies continue operating in Haiti as the security situation allows, increased insecurity, violence, and lack of fuel hamper humanitarian operations, which are critical for the most vulnerable Haitians.
The United Nations and its partners recall the importance of respecting the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence to ensure support reaches Haitians.
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