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USAID Providing Additional Humanitarian Assistance to Respond to Rising Needs in Haiti

he United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $53.7 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Haiti.

Health COVID-19 Fact sheet, September 2022

Haiti has one of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the world. As of fall 2022, only about 2.2 percent of the Haitian population was fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and less than 3.4 percent had received a first dose of the vaccine.

Joint 10-Year Plans for the U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability

On Friday, President Biden announced 10-year plans for implementing the U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability in partnership with Haiti, Libya, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, and Coastal West Africa, including Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, and Togo. These plans represent a commitment to global peace and security, with the United States working alongside an array of local partners toward shared, long-term goals of conflict prevention and peacebuilding.

New 10-Year Plans to Foster Peaceful and Resilient Nations

Statement by Administrator Samantha Power: On Friday, President Biden sent to Congress 10-year plans to implement the U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability with partners around the world: Haiti, Libya, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, and the Coastal West African countries of Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, and Togo. These plans offer a roadmap, tailored to each country, of sustained, coordinated actions that will help address the root causes of conflict and build peace. USAID is eager to implement these plans in close partnership with our U.S. government partners, our partner country governments, and the local leaders and stakeholders who are best positioned to drive effective and long-term change in their communities.

Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman at a Press Availability

Our new funding of $56.5M announced today will help partners meet the urgent humanitarian needs of more than 868,000 people across Haiti by distributing medical supplies and medicines, including personal protective equipment for health care workers and antibiotics, beds, and rehydration fluids for cholera patients; improving access to safe water; and bolstering health facility operations, including cholera treatment centers – critical to slowing the spread of this dangerous disease.

United States Provides Additional $56.5 Million for Urgent Humanitarian Needs in Haiti

Today, USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman announced the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $56.5 million for the people of Haiti in response to the country’s humanitarian crisis and cholera epidemic. Haiti’s alarming levels of gang violence, including attacks on civilians, have prevented people from accessing critical food, fuel, safe drinking water, and other basic supplies.

USAID Deploys A Disaster Assistance Response Team As Humanitarian Needs Rise In Haiti

As insecurity, gang violence, and the humanitarian situation worsens in Haiti, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is deploying an elite Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to respond to escalating humanitarian needs.

Additional H-2B Visa Allocations For Northern Central America And Haiti To Address Irregular Migration

Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the U.S.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Haiti -September 2022

Haiti has the highest HIV burden in the Caribbean, with an estimated 150,000 people living with HIV. However the percent of Haiti’s population living with HIV has remained stable at about two percent since 2008, thanks in large part to USAID’s support and ongoing work in vulnerable communities.

USAID Announces $331 Million In Food Security And Humanitarian Assistance For Latin America And The Caribbean

Yesterday, at an event on the sidelines of the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, USAID Administrator Samantha Power announced approximately $331 million in humanitarian and long-term development assistance to address food security and resilience in the region.

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Presentation of the SMART Survey 2023

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This image represents U.S Chargé d’Affaires Eric Stromayer, Prime Minister of Haiti Ariel Henry, and representatives of the European Union and the United Nations at the presentation of the SMART survey 2023

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With USAID support, UNICEF conducted the 2023 Nutrition Analysis.

Nutritional deficiency is a long-standing

Lost While Awaiting Trial: Advocating for Jailed Haitian Citizens

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A young lawyer fights extended pre-trial detention in Haiti

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October 2018 — Belène Alexandre, 31, one of the two supervisory lawyers providing legal assistance at the St.

USAID Water and Sanitation Project

Haiti’s Cacao Farmers Eliminate Middlemen, Double Incomes

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Dieula Rosembert, a grandmother and cacao farmer in Haiti, is participating in USAID agricultural program.

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August 2016—Dieula Rosembert, a grandmother of five, has been selling cacao for as long as she can remember.

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