Haiti Unrest Situation Report #14

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Highlights:  

·       Between January and May 2025, 2,700 people were killed in gang related violence.

·       There have been 3,800 Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases reported between January and May 2025. Between April and May, there more than 41% increase in these cases.

·       On July 3^rd, armed groups orchestrated an attack in the Lascahobas region:

o   This escalation of violence intensified the humanitarian crisis in the Centre department, particularly in the Bas Plateau region.

o   Lascahobas had approximately 7,455 displaced people, following the armed violence that began in April in the Centre department.

o   The localities of Desvarieux, Chambrun and Sarrazins were directly affected, causing panic among the local population.

o   Faced with these attacks, many residents fled their homes seeking refuge in surrounding areas, particularly in other municipalities in the department.

o   The latter already housed approximately 37,000 displaced people, respectively 10,000 in Hinche and approximately 27,000 in Belladère.

·       In Haiti there are 1.3 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

·       Currently, there are 5.7 million food insecure people which is over 50% of the country’s population.

·       The UN and its partners have targeted 3.9 million people to receive assistance. To accomplish this, $908.2 million is needed but there is currently 8% funding coverage.

·       The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is concerned about the country’s vulnerable to this year’s hurricane season:

o   There are 230,000 IDPs in makeshift shelters through the country.

o   Contingency stocks are at their lowest level ever, this includes no pre-positioned food. 

·       On June 27^th the World Food Programme in collaboration with a local partner they distributed 97 metric tons of food to over 13,850 vulnerable and displaced people in Kenscoff.

Sources:

·       Haiti: "Population movements underway in the commune of Lascahobas, Centre department" - Flash Update No. 4 (as of July 3, 2025)

·       Haiti Crisis in Numbers (as of 25 June 2025)

·       OCHA Haiti Twitter Page 

·       WFP Haiti Twitter Page