Annual Country Report 2020: Haiti. Country Strategic Plan 2019-2023

Annual Country Report 2020: Haiti. Country Strategic Plan 2019-2023

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2020.

English

68 p.

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In 2020, WFP supported the Government of Haiti with humanitarian interventions and sustainable development solutions to the root causes of hunger and malnutrition. WFP scaled up its emergency operations to respond to the increased needs due to the COVID-19 crisis and delivered cash-based and in-kind emergency food assistance to 380,000 people in 2020. Given the country’s frequent exposure to natural hazards and high levels of vulnerability, disaster management and preparedness is a priority for WFP’s interventions in Haiti. In line with government priorities to support rural development and national agriculture, WFP continued to connect its school feeding programme with local markets and producers. While schools were closed for five months due to COVID-19, WFP with support from its cooperating partners, collected the food stocks available in schools and distributed take-home rations to 90,000 families of schoolchildren. Schools reopened on 17 August and the 2020-2021 academic year began on 9 November. In total, WFP provided 250,000 schoolchildren with hot meals in 2020. WFP also worked with vulnerable rural communities to create, rehabilitate, or modernize community assets through its Food Assistance for Assets (FFA) interventions. Among these interventions were Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) activities aimed at strengthening the communities’ resilience to future shocks. WFP worked closely with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MAST) to strengthen its capacity to design and implement social safety nets and social assistance programmes. This collaboration culminated in June with the Government’s adoption of the National Social Protection and Promotion Policy (NSPPP), a key institutional step towards reducing extreme poverty, inequality, and hunger. WFP also continued to support the MAST in strengthening its vulnerability mapping system.

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Anglais

MON-127755