WFP / HAITI VIOLENCE DISPLACED

Rising violence in recent days has torn through several areas of Haiti's Ouest and Artibonite departments, killing dozens and displacing around 30,000 people. WFP is calling for funding to scale emergency relief and invest in long-term solutions to address food insecurity in Haiti, which now affects more than one in two Haitians. WFP

• Video Length: 00:02:53
• Production Date: 20 May 2026
• Asset Language: French
• Corporate Name: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: VIOLENCE; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: HAITI
• MAMS Id: 3575594
• Parent Id: 3575594
• Alternate Title: unifeed260520b

Description

STORY: WFP / HAITI VIOLENCE DISPLACED
TRT: 2:53
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WFP ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: CREOLE / FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: 11, 16 AND18 MAY 2026, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI

Shotlist

11 MAY 2026, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI

1. Various shots, residents of Cité Soleil, including families with children and elderly people, flee through the neighbouring community of Drouillard in the north of Port-au-Prince near the Haitian capital’s airport.

18 MAY 2026, CITE-SOLEIL, HAITI

2. Various shots, houses and belongings burned, shops looted in Cité Soleil, the country’s largest slum on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, which is normally home to morethan 300,000 inhabitants.

16 MAY 2026, DELMAS 33, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI

3. SOUNDBITE (French) Janvier Muhima, WFP Head of Port-au-Prince Field Office:
“These are newly displaced people who have just fled the recent attacks that took place in the Plaine Cul-de-Sac area, in the commune of Cité Soleil in Port-au-Prince. They arrived with nothing and are in urgent need of assistance in order to survive.’’
4. Various shots, WFP emergency food distribution for newly arrived displaced families. WFP distributed 15‑day food rations to the families, consisting of rice, pulses, oil, and fortified flour.
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Janvier Muhima, WFP Head of Port-au-Prince Field Office:
“The World Food Programme is distributing food supplies including rice, pulses, oil, and fortified flour so that they can feed themselves during this period of displacement.’’
6. Various shots, WFP emergency food distribution for newly arrived families at the Shalom Church site in Delmas 33, hosting more than 2,000 recently displaced people. WFP distributed 15‑day food rations to the families, consisting of rice, pulses, oil, and fortified flour.
7. Various shots, displaced children, mothers, and elderly people. They shelter as best they can under this vast tin roof, which protects them from storms as well as the intense sun during the day. Most have fled with few belongings, while a few havearrived with bundles, while others have items given to them by relatives upon arrival.
8. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Anidette, Mother of Four Children:
“Help me with the children. I had just paid my rent and we had to flee. Now we have nothing — no money, no roof over our heads — and we don’t knowif or when we’ll be able to return. Please help us.”
9. Various shots, newly arrived families at the Shalom Church site in Delmas 33, hosting more than 2,000 displaced persons. There are many children among thedisplaced including unaccompanied minors, as well as mothers, and elderly persons.

Storyline

A new wave of clashes between armed groups in recent days has torn through several areas of Haiti's Ouest and Artibonite departments, killing dozens and displacing around 30,000 people.

Much of the violence has been concentrated in Cité Soleil, an impoverished neighbourhood in Haiti's capital, where access routes to affected areas are blocked, hindering life-saving assistance.

The World Food Programme has already reached 8,500 newly displaced people from Cite Soleil with emergency food assistance, while nine WFP-supported schools serving about 12,000 students have been forced to suspend meal distributions. Rehabilitation of irrigation canals and water pumps in semi-rural areas of the neighbourhood has also been disrupted, threatening water security and resilience-building efforts in the area.

Across the country, more than 1.4 million people are internally displaced; Haiti accounts for more than 80% of global displacement linked to criminal violence, according to the IDMC Global Report released last week.

Port-au-Prince has become the epicentre of armed group violence, with up to 90% of the city believed to be under their control. Recruitment of children has reportedly surged, with some estimates indicating that children now comprise 30–50% of members in certain groups.

WFP is calling for funding to scale emergency relief and invest in long-term solutions to address food insecurity in Haiti, which now affects more than one in two Haitians.