ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes the announcement of an USD 800 million direct contribution to Â鶹ÊÓƵ by the U.S. State Department. This critical funding will support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s life-saving food and nutrition operations to reach more than 38 million of the most vulnerable across at least 37 countries.
? Emergency food and nutrition: Â鶹ÊÓƵ will deliver life saving food assistance including fortified and ready-to-use foods to prevent malnutrition amongst the most vulnerable
? School meals expansion: Funding enables Â鶹ÊÓƵ to extend its school meals programme by 100,000 children, primarily in areas of the capital affected by conflict
? Hurricane preparedness: 3,300 metric tonnes of food commodities prepositioned as emergency reserves for 2026 hurricane season
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C Through the generous support of the United States Government, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) will deliver emergency food assistance to at least 390,000 people over the next 18 months.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ¨C With new data showing more than half of all Haitians continue to face acute food insecurity, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is urgently calling for support to protect recent fragile gains in the fight against hunger and to foster stability in the struggling Caribbean nation.
KINGSTON / HAVANA / PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C One month after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has reached more than half million people with emergency food assistance and is pivoting toward recovery. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is working with governments and communities to lay the foundations for long-term resilience; introducing cash-based support where markets are functional, restoring livelihoods and repairing essential services.
Conflict and violence are driving extreme hunger in six major crises
ROME ¨C A new joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warns that acute food insecurity is deepening in 16 hunger hotspots, which threatens to drive millions more into famine or risk of famine.
PANAMA CITY, Panama ¨C?As Tropical Storm Melissa moves slowly across the Caribbean bringing heavy rains and strong winds, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is working with governments and partners to help communities prepare for and reduce the storms impact. Forecasts suggest the storm could develop into a major hurricane over the weekend.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s efforts across the Caribbean are focusing on early action, helping people before disaster strikes to pre-emptively protect food-insecure communities.
New Â鶹ÊÓƵ report, ¡®A Lifeline at Risk¡¯, finds that 13.7 million Â鶹ÊÓƵ food aid recipients could be pushed into emergency levels of hunger as support is cut
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today warned that six of its most critical humanitarian operations are facing severe pipeline breaks by year end, putting more lives at risk, as global humanitarian funding dries up. Without additional resources, millions of vulnerable people could be left without lifesaving food assistance at a time when global hunger has soared to record highs.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today that rising violence by armed groups in Haiti¡¯s capital is restricting humanitarian access and pushing families deeper into hunger as extreme funding shortfalls force Â鶹ÊÓƵ to slash rations and suspend programmes.
Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali remain hotspots of highest concern, and Democratic Republic of the Congo has returned as a hunger hotspot to watch
ROME ¨C A new joint UN report warns that people in five hunger hotspots around the world face extreme hunger and risk of starvation and death in the coming months unless there is urgent humanitarian action and a coordinated international effort to de-escalate conflict, stem displacement, and mount an urgent full-scale aid response.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today that 58 million people risk losing life-saving assistance in the agency¡¯s 28 most critical crisis response operations unless new funding is received urgently.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and Japan will provide locally sourced school meals to close to 18,000 children across 80 schools in the Ouest department in 2025 and 2026, ensuring essential nutritional support and enhancing education.
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is scaling-up its operations in Haiti to meet escalating food needs in the face of a hunger crisis driven primarily by violence and displacement.
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today announced that its humanitarian flights will resume on 20 November after regulatory issues were resolved following a short interruption. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ-run United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) provides vital passenger and light-cargo transport within Haiti for the entire humanitarian community including local and international NGOs and UN entities.
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes new multi-year funding from the Government of Canada to enable Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) to provide healthy daily meals for up to 100,000 pre-school and primary school students in Haiti.
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C Haiti today marks another grim milestone, as the number of people facing acute hunger has now reached half of the country¡¯s population, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis.
NEW YORK CITY¨CToday, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of US$ 8 million from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints towards Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s home-grown school meals programme in Haiti. The announcement came at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2024 Annual Meeting taking place in New York City, where it was featured as a new CGI Commitment to Action.
Latest Hunger Hotspots report urges immediate action to prevent famine and warns of La Ni?a-linked climate extremes
ROME ¨C Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger ¡°Hotspots¡±, a new United Nations early warning report has revealed today. The report spotlights the urgent need of assistance to prevent famine in Gaza and the Sudan, and further deterioration in the devastating hunger crises in Haiti, Mali, and South Sudan. It also warns of the lingering impact of El Ni?o and the looming threat of La Ni?a that risks bringing further climate extremes that could upend lives and livelihoods.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes the announcement of supplemental emergency humanitarian assistance from the United States government which will be critical in preventing famine and saving millions of lives.
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C Amid a deepening security crisis, hunger has reached unprecedented levels in Haiti, a new assessment reveals. Nearly five million people - almost half of the country¡¯s population ¨C are now facing acute food insecurity and struggling to feed themselves, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released today.
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C The Government of Japan and United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) will cooperate to provide vouchers to help nearly 4,000 Haitian households meet their basic food needs over the course of the next 12 months.
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C Amid sustained attacks on civilians by armed groups, increasing displacement and civil unrest in Haiti, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is calling for unimpeded access for aid agencies and the free flow of food commodities to prevent already-dire levels of hunger from becoming catastrophic.
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Haiti will provide hot school meals to approximately 75,000 pre-primary and primary students in Nord and Nord-Est Departments between now and 2028, thanks to funding from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
