UN: 5.8 Million Haitians Face Food Crisis; Only 20% of $880M Response Plan Funded

The UN reported on April 17, 2026, that 5.8 million Haitians — over 52% of the population — continue to face crisis-level food insecurity or worse, with 1.8 million in emergency levels. The 2026 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) requires $880 million to assist 4.2 million people but had received only approximately 20% ($172 million) as USAID cuts under the Trump administration deepened the funding gap. WFP separately warned it needs $332 million over the next 12 months to maintain operations serving 2.7 million people. The UN confirmed that gang violence on April 13 alone had displaced more than 1,300 people in Marigot municipality in the Sud-Est department — the first displacement of this scale recorded in that region. Over 1.45 million people remain internally displaced nationwide. The report noted that 2.8 million children are among those affected by Haiti's humanitarian crisis, with malnutrition among children severely acute and access to healthcare near-zero for most displaced families.