Haiti

Thanks to the support of Canada, WFP and local NGO Bureau for Nutrition and Development distribute take-home rations among school children. (Copyright: WFP/Elio Rujano)

Haiti: “When You Give Food To Children, You Feed The Whole Family”

The impact of three consecutive natural disasters in 2012 left some 1.5 million Haitians classified as “severely food insecure,” according to Government’s figures. Meanwhile a prolonged drought in the first quarter of 2013 is worsening their situation. WFP is currently distributing take home rations at schools and nutrition health centers, but with dwindling resources, it can only reach 200,000 out of the 400,000 Haitians in need.

 

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Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. Three quarters of Haitians live on less than US$2 per day and half of the population earns less than US$1 per day. Access to education is low, with illiteracy rates at 49%. Nationally, 6.7 million people (out of a population of about 10 million) are considered food insecure, and over half of the food consumed is imported - including more than 80% of the rice...

 

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