In Numbers
419 mt of food assistance distributed*
USD 7 m cash-based transfers made*
USD 135.7 m six-month (November 2023 - April 2024) net funding requirements, representing 81 percent of the total
673,799 people assisted* in OCTOBER 2023
Operational Updates
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As part of its emergency response, WFP transferred USD 3,6 million to 138,260 beneficiaries and distributed 199 mt of food commodities to 51,710 people. WFP also distributed 286,179 hot meals in October in two towns at the border with the Dominican Republic to repatriated Haitians and to support internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, especially to those displaced due to violence in the Carrefour-Feuille and Savane Pistache neighborhoods.
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Through the school feeding programme, WFP reached 340,473 school children with 825 mt.
This includes 192,595 school children assisted through the home-grown school meals programme with 429 mt of locally sourced products. -
As part of WFP’s resilience activities, 9,650 households conducted rehabilitation activities and construction of community assets. A total of USD 1,1 million was distributed to the participants and their family members (48,250 people).
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In addition, as part of its nutrition activities embedded in emergency, resilience, and social protection activities, 5,817 children were screened for malnutrition, of which 142 were found moderately acutely malnourished, and 46 were severely acutely malnourished. The latter were referred to health centers for further care.
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Furthermore, WFP supported the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor in implementing the Adaptive Social Protection for Increased Resilience project (social protection), supporting 117,615 people with USD 1,6 million.