Humanitarian Action for Children 2016: Haiti

This edition of UNICEF's Humanitarian Action for Children appeal covers 2016. The majority of Haiti's population faces exposure to two or more natural hazards, and a third consecutive year of drought has left 560,000 people food insecure, including 17,000 children at risk of malnutrition. Cholera was expected to directly affect 25,000 people and indirectly 1.35 million, while deportations from the Dominican Republic were projected to affect 171,000 people in 2016, including an estimated 800 unaccompanied children. As of 31 October 2015, UNICEF had received 40 percent (USD 7.8 million) of its USD 19.1 million appeal, plus USD 7 million carried forward.

In 2015, more than 6,700 cholera alerts were responded to within 48 hours, 3.1 million people were sensitized, 45,100 cholera kits were distributed, and 16,140 children were treated for severe acute malnutrition. UNICEF also supported the deployment of 14 child-protection officers to assist unaccompanied children deported from the Dominican Republic, reaching 26,500 children with individual assistance. For 2016, UNICEF requests USD 13.4 million to sustain cholera surveillance and rapid response, ensure nutritional surveillance and treatment for children with severe acute malnutrition, assist deported and vulnerable migrant children, and reinforce emergency preparedness in government institutions and schools in high-risk areas.