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In Numbers
1,837 MT of food distributed*
USD 2.7 M cash-based transfers made*
USD 76.7 M six-month (June 2024 – November 2024) net funding requirements, representing 54 % of the total
735,639 people assisted* in MAY 2024
*Preliminary numbers
Operational Updates
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In May, after three months of airport disruptions due to violence, a humanitarian cargo flight operated by UNHAS and the Logistics sector successfully landed in Port-au-Prince. This flight, originating from Panama, delivered 15 MT of essential medical supplies, supporting crucial UNICEF and PAHO initiatives. Earlier in May, WFP through the logistics sector also facilitated three ECHO-funded flights from Panama to Cap Haitian between 18 – 21 May, delivering 32 MT of medical and non-food supplies for IDP response and UNICEF/IOM operations. Additionally, on 24 May, UNHAS transported 1.68 MT of medical supplies for PAHO from the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince airport.
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In May, WFP supported 735,639 people with over USD 2.7 million in cash-based transfers (CBT) and 1,837 MT of food.
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Through the emergency programme, WFP reached 189,840 people with 1,094 MT of food, and 256,237 hot meals to 38,130 people, the majority of which were distributed to 28,457 internally displaced people in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince (236,902 hot meals) and the remaining to 9,673 returnees from the Dominican Republic. WFP also transferred USD 1.46 million of CBT to 60,710 people.
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Through the school meals programme, WFP reached 392,057 school children with 743 MT of food. This includes 208,672 school children assisted through the Home-Grown School Meals programme (72 MT).
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As part of its nutrition-specific activities embedded in emergency, resilience, and social protection activities, WFP partners screened 13,012 children. Out of those, 339 were moderately malnourished. In addition, 7,602 people participated in Social and Behavior Change Communication sensitization activities. Additionally, 2,900 people were supported by the WFP nutrition top-up.
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As part of WFP's resilience activities, 3,669 households conducted rehabilitation activities and construction of community assets. A total of USD 553,135 was distributed to the participants and their family members (18,345 people).
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Furthermore, WFP supported the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour in implementing the Adaptive Social Protection for Increased Resilience project (social protection), providing support to 87,155 beneficiaries with USD 759,012 distributed.
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Heavy rains in May in Grand’Anse and Sud triggered insurance payouts under WFP’s Disaster Risk Financing actions through climate insurance for Smallholder Farmers.
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Of 18 communes in the departments of Grand’Anse, Nippes, and Sud covered through microinsurance, thresholds were met in 8 out of 8 communes in Grand’Anse, 2 out of 8 communes in Nippes, and 3 out of 3 communes in Sud, resulting in 5,570 households receiving a total of USD 119,160.