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UN says Haiti faces severe funding gap ahead of hurricane season as millions lack food and shelter
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The United Nations warned that Haiti’s humanitarian response is critically underfunded ahead of an expected above-average Atlantic hurricane season, leaving millions food-insecure and hundreds of thousands displaced without contingency stocks.
The United Nations said Wednesday that Haiti is starting the Atlantic hurricane season with critically low contingency stocks and severe funding shortfalls, leaving millions exposed to extreme weather and food insecurity. The UN humanitarian country team reported that 5.7 million people face severe food insecurity and about 230,000 people are living in makeshift shelters.
The Spokesperson said Haiti’s humanitarian response plan for the year is 8% funded, with $75,000,000 received of $908,000,000 required, and warned that contingency stocks are at their lowest level on record. UN agencies said preparatory work is under way but that additional funding is urgently needed to preposition food, hygiene kits, tarpaulins and other emergency supplies.
UN teams have led missions to explore how aid operations can be safely resumed in areas where insecurity suspended operations on May 26. The missions aim to secure safety guarantees and enable the resumption of humanitarian operations along the National Road and in parts of metropolitan Port-au-Prince, the Spokesperson said.
Background: The Spokesperson also said limited prepositioned stocks of hygiene kits, tarpaulins, trauma supplies and nutrition support exist, and that UN partners plan anticipatory cash transfers to vulnerable households once conditions allow.
