In response to Hurricane Matthew, USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (FFP) partnered with non-governmental organizations and the UN World Food Program (WFP) to provide life-saving emergency food assistance to hurricane-affected communities across the country. This assistance—including U.S. in-kind food aid, locally procured food aid, cash transfers for food, cashfor-work activities and agricultural inputs—reached more than one million people in Haiti. In preparation for the 2018 hurricane seasons, FFP supported the pre-positioning of emergency food stocks in Haiti.
FFP and USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) jointly support Catholic Relief Services to improve the capacity of 40 Haitian community-based and faith-based organizations to respond more effectively to emergencies.
FFP partners with CARE and the Government of Haiti to develop a social safety net program that improves vulnerable household access to locally produced, nutritious foods. Aimed at both boosting food security and reducing malnutrition, the multi-year development program has benefited nearly 86,000 food-insecure individuals to date in FY 2018.