Haiti: Emergency Situation Report No. 34 (As of 14 September 2024)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Armed clashes in Cité Soleil and Delmas, within the Port-au-Prince Metropolitan Area (ZMPAP), displaced over 2,300 people.
• The UN and NGO partners mobilized to support authorities after a tanker truck explosion killed at least 25 people in Miragoâne.
• Two weeks before the start of the school year, humanitarian partners are supporting authorities to facilitate the return to classes.
• Suspected cholera cases continue to decrease throughout the country.
• The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is calling on the international community to fund emergency agricultural activities.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

Haiti is facing a worsening humanitarian crisis, with growing insecurity limiting access to basic services. Attacks by armed groups and clashes between rivals are causing more people to flee. In the ZMPAP, more than 2,300 people fled due to violence in Boston, Cité Soleil, on 11 September, and 2nd Cité Saint Martin, Delmas, on 10 September. While most are staying with host families, three new temporary sites have been set up.

Despite these challenges, humanitarian partners are still delivering aid and working to keep access to help open. They are also supporting the Government to reopen schools on 1 October, even though many schools are being used as shelters, making it harder for thousands of students to return. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that more than 100,000 displaced children in Grand Sud may miss out on education. By 1 August, UNICEF had only secured $5.4 million of the $87 million needed for a successful school reopening.

On 14 September, a fuel truck explosion in Miragoâne, southwestern Haiti, killed at least 25 people and injured others. The UN and NGO partners helped the Directorate of Civil Protection (DGPC) and the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) to evacuate victims to hospitals in Port-au-Prince, with others taken to nearby medical centers.

FAO is asking for $48 million to support 608,000 people through emergency farming activities as part of the Humanitarian Response Plan.

There has been some progress: cholera cases have dropped due to efforts by health authorities and aid groups, and no new cases of mpox have been reported—a positive sign for the already weakened health system.