Project duration: Ongoing
Project's focus area: haiti food crisis
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As food prices rise, many of us can give up desserts or meat once or twice a week to save money. For people making less than $1 a day, the choice is much harder. The poorest country in the Western hemisphere, Haiti has been particularly vulnerable to rising food costs. The World Food Program is doing all it can to help the people of Haiti by organizing voucher-based food distribution to the neediest families, expanding programs for pregnant women and continuing school meals into summer vacation.
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WFP distributes food in Haiti’s poorest areas, especially to the most vulnerable groups such as breastfeeding mothers, young children, and approximately 290,000 school children. |
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WFP is working to feed the most vulnerable populations during this crisis, and to mobilize world attention and support to stave off future disasters. WFP also supports local purchase to help farmers support their own communities. |
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“What we see in Haiti is what we’re seeing in operations around the world…A new face of hunger is emerging: even where food is available there are now more and more people who simply cannot afford it.
- Josette Sheeran, WFP Executive Director
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Meredith Slater,
Development Associate, Friends of the WFP
1819 L Street, NW Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
Haiti
202-530-1694
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