Overview
Haiti is regularly affected by natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, landslides, and droughts. At least 2.6 million people Haiti are in need of humanitarian assistance as of January 2019, out of which almost 50% are children. Food insecurity persists in Haiti, and is driven by the combined effects of natural hazards and poor socioeconomic conditions. ?
INFORM measures Haiti's risk of humanitarian crisis and disaster for 2019 to be high at 6.5/10. Lack of Coping Capacity is of particular concern, at 7.4/10.?
Latest Developments
Latin America and the Caribbean have become the global epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization. Measures taken to contain virus spread in the region are having negative impacts on the population. The regional economy is forecast to have its biggest contraction ever, particularly affecting those who work in the informal sector. As a result, the World Food Programme estimates that food insecurity across the region in 2020 will likely increase from the current 3.4 million to 13.7 million. In Haiti, the number of people in severe food insecurity is projected to rise from 700,000 to 1.6 million. In the Northern Triangle (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras), the number of people affected by severe food insecurity is projected to increase from 1.6 million up to 3 million. The number of vulnerable Venezuelan migrants and refugees experiencing severe food insecurity in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru is expected to increase from 540,000 to more than 1 million. ?
For more information on the humanitarian impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, please see the relevant paragraph below.
Key Figures
INFORM Global Crisis Severity Index
Crisis Severity: 3.3
Impact: 2.7
Humanitarian Conditions: 4
Complexity: 2.4
Access Constraints: 2
Information courtesy of ACAPS. https://www.acaps.org/
Projects
- Création d’un centre d’accompagnement Médico-psycho social pour les femmes et les filles victimes de violences dans les communes de Tabarre (Ouest) et de Jacmel (Sud Est)
- Opérationnalisation d’un mécanisme de plaintes, référencement des victimes et feedback pour les communautés en Haïti
- Renforcement des activités de prévention, de mitigation et de réponse aux Violences Basées sur le Genre durant les situations de catastrophes dans 8 départements à haut risque en Haïti
- Promotion du droit à la protection contre la violence dans le Sud et l’Artibonite
- Building Resilience of Communities through Promoting Security and Inclusive Development by Social Cohesion based on Women’s Capacity
- Création de réseaux communautaires de protection pour l’assistance aux victimes de violence pour les départements du : (Nord-Ouest, Nord-Est, Artibonite, Centre, Sud-Est, Nord, Ouest)
- Strengthening the protection referral mechanisms for vulnerable migrants at the border area between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
- Prise en charge des enfants non accompagnés et victimes de violence ou à risque d’être victimes et affectés par les situations humanitaires
- Renforcement de la résilience des familles et enfants affectés par le cyclone Matthew
- Renforcement des filets de protection familiaux et communautaires à Cité Soleil
- Integrating Women into Disaster Preparedness and Response (Fanm yo pare)
- Assistance Directe aux Familles et Enfants vulnérables dans le Sud et la Grand’Anse en vue de réduire le risque de séparation familiale et d’exploitations
| Title | Type | Theme | Attachment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti Camp Management Camp Coordination | Video | Site closure | |
| CCCM Case Studies vol. 1 | Lessons Learned | Care/Maintanance, Coordination, Displacement, Participation, Site closure |
| Title | Posted on |
|---|---|
| Haïti | Rapport de suivi périodique | janv-juin 2019 | 13 Aug 2019 |
| Haïti | Rapport de suivi périodique | janv-mars 2019 | 21 Jun 2019 |
| Haïti: Plan de réponse humanitaire révisé - Rapport de suivi périodique (janv-juin… | 27 Aug 2018 |
| Haïti : Matrice de Suivi du Déplacement (DTM) -… | 08 Aug 2018 |
| Return assistance to hurricane Matthew displaced Households (October… | 16 Jan 2018 |
10 Common Operating Datasets or CCCM-tagged datsets are on the Humanitarian Data Exchange:
- Haiti Displacement - [IDPs] - Site Assessment [IOM DTM] - International Organization for Migration (IOM) - 01/31/2019
- Haiti Administrative Boundary levels 0 - 3 - Centre National de l'Information Géo-Spatiale (CNIGS) - 12/05/2018
