Haiti Food System Collapse: Gangs Drive 5.9M into Acute Hunger
Recent Developments
01IPC analysis (Oct 2025) shows 5.7M in acute hunger, projecting 5.9M by March 2026 due to lean season and gang expansion
02WFP funding shortfalls halved rations and halted hot meals by late 2025, needing $139M for next 12 months
031.4M internally displaced as of Sep 2025, with 600,000 in famine per HRW
Interventions
- WFP reaching record 2.2M Haitians with food assistance in 2026, lifting 8,400 from Catastrophic (IPC 5) to Emergency levels
- Humanitarian efforts preventing famine in some areas via intensified aid, reducing Emergency-level cases by 200,000 since Apr 2025
What Works
- Regular WFP food assistance reduced Emergency (IPC 4) hunger by ~200,000 people since April 2025
- Collective humanitarian aid lifted 8,400 displaced from Catastrophic (IPC 5) levels
How to Help
- Donate to WFP or Action Against Hunger for Haiti hunger response
- Support UN Humanitarian Response Plan for underfunded aid
- Advocate for increased international funding to address $139M gap
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Action Against Hunger responds to drought-related food insecurity in Somalia and the wider Horn of Africa through nutrition treatment, water, sanitation and hygiene interventions, and emergency food-security support. The organization works in affected communities by screening and treating acute malnutrition, improving water access, and providing lifesaving assistance for households whose crops, livestock, and purchasing power have been hit by drought.
FAO leads and coordinates Madagascar locust control efforts by funding and implementing large-scale surveillance, early warning, aerial and ground spraying, and training local control teams. Its approach combines emergency response with longer-term locust management: monitoring breeding areas, forecasting swarm movement, supporting the national Locust Control Centre, and organizing preventive campaigns before outbreaks intensify.
