Haiti
Over 1/3 of Haitians live without food insecurity
800,000 people have been affected by the 2021 earthquake, including 340,000 children
1/5 children born in Haiti die before the age of five
60% of the population live below the poverty line

Over a decade after the catastrophic earthquake in January 2010, which devastated the island, killing more than 300,000 people and destroying 60% of the health system, another huge 7.2 magnitude quake hit the southwest of the island in August 2021. Amid the escalating political and economic crisis, fierce gang violence and with the 4.4 million people who were already in need of humanitarian assistance before the disaster. The events of August 2021 did not create a humanitarian crisis as much as it has exacerbated an already existing one.
Many challenges in Haiti remain unsolved. Never fully recovering from the 2010 earthquake, it is still the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (with close to 60% of the population living below the national poverty line), as well as being one of the most inequitable in terms of wealth distribution.