6 million in Haiti face severe hunger amid violence, displacement and El Niño

Aid organisations in Haiti are introducing a new programme to ensure people have enough to eat. Nearly half the population of the Caribbean nation is experiencing severe hunger, according to a new UN-backed report. It's the result of a perfect storm of factors. We have some deep and acute drivers that are impacting food insecurity. violence, displacement. The issues around violence are impacting people's access to markets, access to their land, access to agricultural inputs. And then in addition to this, of course, we have a very, very strong El Niño phenomenon, which is impacting many parts of the world. It's impacting the Caribbean, and for Haiti, this means much drier conditions than normal and higher temperatures. With farmers struggling to adapt, the Food and Agriculture Organisation is providing aid in the form of seeds, poultry, ducks, goats and other livestock. The goal is to help families secure food and generate income. The animals are interesting because in fact we can distribute them at any time, so we do not have to wait for the planting season, so they can immediately use them. a package of five chicken or two goats and help them to immediately be able to produce a bit of milk to generate also eggs and to generate also meat in order to eat for themselves and to sell in the market. The World Food Programme says it needs 78 million dollars to keep operations going until March. The report calls for aid to be urgently scaled up.