Haiti has reached a grim milestone with 5.7 million people - half the population - now facing acute hunger. This includes over 2 million people facing “emergency” levels of hunger.

Around 8,400 internally displaced people face catastrophic levels of food insecurity, where people experience an extreme lack of food, severe acute malnutrition and risk of starvation.

Growing armed violence has driven massive displacement and increased hunger as armed groups seek to expand their control, forcing over 1 million people from their homes. 

In Port-au-Prince, displaced families are sheltering in schools and public buildings, enduring overcrowded and unsanitary conditions with limited access to clean water, food and healthcare.

The World Food Programme (WFP) and partners have significantly scaled up operations in Haiti, reaching more than 1.7 million people to date in 2025. This includes 1 million people reached in March, a record number in one month.

More support is urgently needed. However, humanitarian organizations continue to face challenges in accessing communities living in areas controlled by armed groups. World leaders must prioritize humanitarian assistance alongside security measures.

WFP urgently requires US$46.4 million up to November 2025.

What the World Food Programme is doing to respond to the Haiti emergency

Emergency assistance

WFP is providing first-line emergency assistance as well as long-term support, to internally displaced people. So far in 2025, WFP has supplied 740,000 hot meals to more than 112,000 recently displaced people, as well as cash for food and support to prevent malnutrition among children. WFP has also secured unprecedented access to areas controlled by armed groups, delivering lifesaving food to hard-to-reach communities in Croix-des-Bouquets, Cité Soleil, Lower Delmas and La Saline.

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