Crisis in Haiti: Provide Food Relief for Displaced Haitians

Gang Violence Throws Haiti Into Food Crisis

Partners on the Ground: You Fund the Food, We’ll Get it to Hungry Haitians

As violent gangs overrun Port-au-Prince, children and families in Haiti are fleeing for safety. More than 90,200 residents are displaced within the capital city, 80% of which is controlled by gangs, according to reports by the Associated Press. Nationwide, the estimated number of displaced Haitians is 360,000.

Even for people who have money and transportation, escaping Port-au-Prince is dangerous. Those who can are crossing the bay for La Gonâve island, where World Hope International partners with the island’s only hospital. Others are seeking refuge in coastal Léogâne, 29 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince. As more people are fleeing to these safer communities and others, the food supplies there are dwindling at increasing rates. But you can keep hungry children and families fed with your gift right now. Every gift you send means our partners on the ground on La Gonâve and in Léogâne can get food to more Haitian families so they can experience relief, gratitude and hope because you answered their cries for help.

The people of Haiti need you now. Only with you can we reach our goal of raising $350,000 to feed thousands of displaced children and families.

Current Haiti Estimates

Haiti never recovered from a humanitarian crisis after a 7.0 earthquake killed some 220,000 residents in January 2010.

In July 2021, foreign mercenaries assassinated the island country’s president. Nearly two years later, gang violence erupted at unprecedented levels when the government still had not held elections. From Feb. 29 to March 3, 2024, gangs armed with more powerful weapons than the police broke into prisons and released some 4,000 prisoners. As a result, the UN estimates:

• 90,200 people are displaced in the Port-au-Prince metro area.
• 360,000 people are displaced nationwide.
• 5 million people are “acutely food insecure.”
• 1 million+ people are in IPC Phase 4. At this emergency level of hunger, children and families experience high or above-usual acute malnutrition. Some families can meet minimum food needs if they give up other life essentials. Aid supplies are running out on the ground.
• 2,500+ people have died from gang violence since January.
• 13,000 Haitian migrants were sent home by neighboring countries in March.