PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – United Nations humanitarians say they have finally been able to deliver truckloads of food to highly vulnerable people in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, after gang violence prevented access for more than two months.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) ‘s country director in Haiti, Jean-Martin Bauer, said that the agency had resumed flights into Port-au-Prince International Airport.
However, he acknowledged that the security situation remains “exceptionally complex,” he said it has been possible to reach “the most difficult neighborhoods” of the Haitian capital.
WFP said 615 metric tonnes of rice, beans, and vegetable oil were distributed to nearly 93,000 people in Cité Soleil, including breastfeeding mothers and children, over two weeks in May.
The UN agency also said that “vital” medical supplies had landed at Port-au-Prince airport on Thursday. This marks the first UN humanitarian cargo flight to land in the capital since violence linked to the country’s political and economic crisis erupted in March 2024.
Bauer has underlined the urgency of the situation, stating that further progress is needed to access the seaports in Port-au-Prince. He warns that without these vital supply routes, “people risk slipping even deeper into hunger.”
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