TASS | Tuesday, February 27, 2024 
UN Seeks $674 Million for Crisis-Hit Haiti in 2024

The United Nations launched an appeal for $674 million on Tuesday for humanitarian projects in Haiti, as the Caribbean nation faces soaring violence and a severe food crisis. A nation of at least 10 million, Haiti has been in turmoil for years, with armed gangs taking over parts of the country and unleashing brutal violence, leaving the economy and public health system in tatters. The 2021 assassination of the country’s president plunged the country further into chaos. The crisis deepened last year, the U.N. warned in its humanitarian plan for 2024, as gang violence spread to rural areas and the government’s presence eroded further. “The worsening security situation, the near-collapse of basic services, the impact of years of drought and natural disasters will leave 5.5 million Haitians highly vulnerable in 2024,” the plan stated. The plan, estimated to help 3.6 million of those people, would require $673.8 million to do so — an ambitious goal, with international humanitarian operations chronically underfunded. It says that some 45 percent of the population is now food insecure, including 250,000 children suffering from acute malnutrition…Read more