LAUNCH OF THE 2026 HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN IN HAITI TO ASSIST 4.2 MILLION PEOPLE

Port-au-Prince / 18 December 2025: The Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, Nicole Kouassi, officially launched the Humanitarian Response Plan for Haiti (HNRP). With a budget of 880 million US dollars, the Plan aims to assist 4.2 million vulnerable people who depend on life-saving humanitarian aid.

Violence by armed groups has forced 1.4 million people, or 12% of the population, to flee their homes. Every day, 5.7 million people suffer from severe food insecurity, placing Haiti among the six largest hunger hotspots in the world. Basic services, including health and education, are under regular attack and continue to shut down.

“I am deeply concerned about the unrelenting cycle of violence and the extreme level of brutality endured by Haitians,” said the Humanitarian Coordinator. “Every day, 27 women and girls experience gender-based violence, most of which are rapes, including gang rapes. Thousands of innocent civilians are forcibly displaced, if they are not killed, and see their homes and other infrastructure destroyed. Youth and children are forcibly recruited into armed groups, to the point that they make up as much as 50% of their members.”

The 2026 Humanitarian Response Plan focuses on urgent multisectoral interventions in the departments of West, Center, and Artibonite, where armed violence and migrant deportations generate significant and severe needs. It aims to reduce immediate risks to populations, stabilize households most affected by shocks, and strengthen their access to essential services. In more stable areas of the Grand South and Grand North, where many internally displaced people have fled, the response will seek to support their local integration, reduce pressure on host communities, and prevent social tensions, in close coordination with development actors.

“I call on all our humanitarian and development partners, donors, and the Haitian Government to support the 2026 Humanitarian Response Plan, to preserve the life and dignity of every Haitian, and to keep hope alive for younger generations,” emphasized Nicole Kouassi.

For contact:

• Claire Pressoir, Public Information Officer, claire.pressoir@un.org
• Modibo Traore, Head of Office, traorem@un.org

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