WFP April 2026 Country Brief: 5.8M Haitians (52%) Face Food Crisis; $332M Needed

The World Food Programme's April 2026 Haiti Country Brief confirms that 5.8 million Haitians — approximately 52% of the population — are facing IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) or worse food insecurity for the March–June 2026 period. Of those, more than 1.8 million face IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) conditions, exhausting their last assets and unable to meet basic food needs. WFP warns that elevated fuel prices and rising food costs risk rolling back humanitarian gains and pushing already-vulnerable families deeper into crisis. Gang-driven conflict has displaced more than 1.4 million people, with roughly 300,000 living in overcrowded, unsanitary shelters in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. In 2025, WFP assisted 2.7 million people through emergency food assistance, school meals, and resilience programs despite a complex operating environment. WFP now requires USD 332 million over the next 12 months to sustain those operations and plans to reach more than 2.7 million people if funding is secured. The 2026 Humanitarian Response Plan remains approximately 20% funded ($172M of $880M), with USAID cuts deepening the gap. The IRC's simultaneous assessment documents that 73% of surveyed households report feeling unsafe where they sleep, and that public services across gang-controlled areas have effectively collapsed — leaving millions without access to clean water, food, medical care, or education.