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WFP says 5.7 million Haitians face hunger; needs $46 million to sustain relief through July
Summary
Lola Castro of the World Food Programme warned that Haiti faces widespread food insecurity as WFP stocks run low, the U.N. humanitarian plan is 8% funded and the agency urgently needs $20 million of a $46 million six-month appeal to continue operations.
Lola Castro, regional director for the World Food Programme in Latin America and the Caribbean, told reporters that an estimated 5.7 million people in Haiti are facing emergency levels of hunger and that WFP’s food stocks were running low.
"We have only stocks to assist any emergency or any new displacement ... up to July," Castro said, and she added that WFP needs $46,000,000 for the next six months, with $20,000,000 required urgently to avoid cuts to assistance.
Castro said WFP and partners had reached about 1,330,000 people in Haiti through March but that the United Nations’ Humanitarian Response Plan for Haiti was only about 8% funded. She warned that the start of the Atlantic hurricane…
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