The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) presented a report on the humanitarian situation in Haiti. Through this document, he warns of the difficulty encountered in the process of delivering aid to displaced Haitians due to gang activities in the country.
For more than a month, the Haitian capital has been under siege. The gangs who grouped together into a body called “Viv ansanm”, have paralyzed almost everything, particularly in Port-au-Prince. This accentuates the movement of the population towards other areas and other spaces in order to be able to breathe.
Data from several reports have already shown a city of Port-au-Prince which is emptied of its population. The latest attacks suffered by the Carrefour-Feuilles district had caused several refugee camps for displaced people, particularly in several schools. And following recent shows of force by gangs since the start of the year, it has been reported that thousands of people have fled the capital to provincial towns, the majority of whom have migrated to the southern peninsula of the country.
In its report published on April 16, 2024, on the humanitarian situation in Haiti, OCHA warns of the difficulties encountered hindering the arrival of aid to the needy. He cites the supply problem caused by the paralysis of the country’s ports and main airport. He also mentions the cost of transport due to the establishment of pay stations by gangs almost everywhere on the main roads.
OCHA also emphasizes that humanitarian structures have already distributed since March 1 to the present day 5.2 million liters of drinking water to 89 thousand displaced people spread across 87 sites in Port-au-Prince. He also specifies that 250 thousand students receive school meals from WFP every day and that 38 thousand metric tons of medical supplies from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) were transported from the stocks of the Panama.
If the challenge is chronic insecurity, OCHA clarified in passing that among the 362,500 internally displaced persons recorded in Haiti as of April 9, 2024, 36,000 are placed in 22 sites managed by PAHO/WHO. In the process, specifies the report, the IOM continues its work of assistance to migrants, particularly in Cap-Haitien and near the border areas, notably Ouanaminthe and Belladères.
