In Numbers
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1,531 mt of food assistance distributed*
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USD 6.6 m cash-based transfers made*
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USD 120.9 six-months (July - December 2023) net funding requirements, representing 63 percent of total
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544,325 people assisted* in June 2023
*Preliminary numbers
Operational Updates
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In June, WFP reached 544,325 beneficiaries with USD 6.6 million in cash-based transfers (CBT) and 1,531 mt in food.
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As part of its emergency response, WFP transferred USD 5.4 million to 225,685 people in the Artibonite,
Centre, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest and Ouest departments. Additionally, WFP distributed 830 mt of food commodities to 106,370 people in the Artibonite, Nippes and Ouest departments. Since May WFP resumed its hot meals assistance in two towns at the border with the Dominican Republic and distributed 11,875 hot meals in June. 197,855 hot meals were also distributed in the Port-au-Prince Metropolitan Zone. -
In response to heavy rains and floods that affected Haiti on 3 June, WFP distributed 235 mt of in-kind food, 22,896 ready-to-eat meals and hot meals to 35,000 people.
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Under the school feeding programme, WFP reached 401,134 school children with 1,199 mt in the Artibonite, Grand’Anse, Centre, Nord, Nord-Est, NordOuest, Ouest, Sud-Est, Sud and Nippes departments, including 167,501 school children assisted through the home-grown school feeding programme with 518 mt of food.
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As part of WFP’s resilience activities, 4,156 people conducted rehabilitation activities and construction of community assets in the departments of Grand'Anse, Nord and Nord-Est. USD 314,503 were distributed to the participants and their families (20,780 people).
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As part of its nutrition initiatives (including emergency, resilience and social protection activities), WFP screened 5,543 children for malnutrition. 291 of them were identified as malnourished and were referred to health centers for proper care.12,112 people also participated in awareness-raising sessions on hygiene, nutrition and malnutrition.