Editor’s Note: Catherine Russell is the executive director of UNICEF and principal advocate on Haiti for the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, a collective body of senior humanitarian leaders.
Catherine Russell Danielle Deeb/UNICEFOn my most recent visit to Haiti in June, I met another health care worker who had been kidnapped.
And with much of Port-au-Prince and nearby areas beset by such brutality, Haiti’s ongoing humanitarian crisis could soon become a catastrophe.
Close to half of the country’s population urgently needs humanitarian assistance, including almost 3 million children, according to on-the-ground information collected by our staff.
The UN’s $720 million Humanitarian Response Plan for 2023 is barely a quarter funded.
Persons:
Catherine Russell, Catherine Russell Danielle Deeb, —, Jovenel Moïse, it’s, António Guterres
Organizations:
UNICEF, Inter, Agency, CNN, Nations, Port, Twitter, Facebook UN, UN Security Council, UN, Haitian National Police
Locations:
Haiti, Haiti’s, Port, Haitian