Country: Haiti Source: World Food Programme Please refer to the attached file. The analyses below are based on data compiled from individual face-to-face interviews conducted with 7,763 households randomly selected to participate in outcome surveys before and after WFP interventions in eight out of ten departments (47 municipalities) throughout 2024 and the first quarter of 2025. Of those interviewed, two-thirds had received cash assistance and one-third had received food assistance. This analysis aims to document the results of emergency assistance on beneficiaries.BACKGROUNGThe food security situation in Haiti has seriously deteriorated since 2019. Insecurity, political instability, natural disasters, and economic hardship have led to an alarming increase in the number of people suffering from hunger. The number of people facing acute food insecurity has increased from 3.7 million to more than half of the population (51%), or approximately 5.7 million people. Among them, 2 million are in emergency conditions, and thousands more (8,600) are at risk of famine. This crisis is the worst since the 2010 earthquake.EMERGENCY ASSISTANCESince 2019, the World Food Programme (WFP) has increased its emergency assistance. In 2024 alone, the WFP provided assistance to 1.15 million people, including 180,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs), in the form of hot meals (over 3 million), food assistance (9,009 metric tons) and cash transfers . By the first quarter of 2025, the WFP had already reached 900,000 people through these emergency programmes, including nearly 172,000 IDPs. This assistance includes hot meals for displaced persons, cash for food, and nutritional support in hard-to-reach areas despite increasing violence.This document reviews the main results of emergency assistance in 2024, highlighting, where possible, a comparison with 2023 to highlight key trends in WFP's contribution to the food security situation.USE OF CASH ASSISTANCEThe results of interviews conducted after each cycle of cash distribution to beneficiaries show a gradual and continuous decrease in the allocation of assistance received for food purchases, from 63% after the first cycle to 36% after the fourth cycle, with a significant increase in other expenditure items. These include debt or loan repayment (from 8% to 24% after the fourth cycle), education (from 7% to 18%), investment (from 4% to 11%), and health (from 5% to 6%).