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From the Air: Haiti’s ‘hostage population’ struggles to survive

    Artwork from Francisco Silva, featured in a UN humanitarian report on Haiti.
Artwork from Francisco Silva, featured in a UN humanitarian report on Haiti.

The 2023 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) for Haiti describes life in the country on a daily basis, a terrible struggle for survival, the result of three consecutive years of economic recession, political instability, and unprecedented levels of violence. group.

Every day people fall into more and more poverty; 31 percent of the population lives on less than US$2.15 a day, and some 4.8 million are food insecure, which means they struggle to meet their daily food needs.

Find out more about the report in which three Haitian artists agreed to share their artwork, and read the stories of some of those caught up in the violence, here.

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