Amid a catastrophic humanitarian emergency that has left more than half of Haiti’s population dependent on outside aid, a cross-organizational humanitarian partnership has launched a large-scale emergency intervention to support over 400,000 people grappling with the fallout of spreading armed conflict and mass displacement.
Known as the REZILYANS AYITI consortium, the initiative brings together five leading global and local humanitarian actors: Plan International, the Centre for Rural Development and Community Action (CAPAC), Mercy Corps, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), and Save the Children. Backed by funding from the Regional Humanitarian Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean, the response will focus on three hard-hit Haitian departments: West, Central, and Artibonite, running through October 2026.
Haiti’s ongoing crisis has pushed the country to the brink of a widespread humanitarian collapse. Current data confirms that 6.4 million Haitians—more than 50% of the total population—require urgent life-saving assistance. An April 2026 analysis from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) warns that 5.8 million people are currently facing acute food insecurity, with conditions worsening by the month. Mass population displacement triggered by escalating violence has cut off millions from access to basic healthcare, clean water, and other essential services, while driving up protection risks for vulnerable groups across the country. Experts have repeatedly called for rapid, coordinated, multi-sector action to stem the worsening situation.
The REZILYANS AYITI project will target 10 vulnerable communities across the three priority regions, with a layered set of interventions designed to address both immediate needs and longer-term community resilience. The core of the response includes flexible multipurpose cash assistance for displaced households and the local communities that have welcomed them. The initiative also prioritizes strengthening food security, expanding access to safe drinking water, upgrading hygiene and sanitation infrastructure, and scaling up critical nutrition services. Specifically, the program will improve access to prevention, early screening, and clinical treatment for global acute malnutrition in both displacement camps and host communities.
A key pillar of the intervention is a dedicated child protection framework, tailored to support minors disproportionately impacted by the conflict. This includes integrated psychosocial support for children who have experienced trauma, systematic case management for at-risk youth, and targeted community outreach to identify separated, unaccompanied, or otherwise vulnerable children. Once identified, children are referred to specialized essential services, with particular focus placed on meeting the unique needs of girls and other marginalized groups facing heightened protection risks.
Against a backdrop of unmet, steadily growing humanitarian needs across Haiti, the REZILYANS AYITI consortium’s integrated, community-centered approach marks a major effort to reverse some of the worst impacts of the ongoing crisis. Beyond meeting immediate survival needs, the initiative is designed to reduce widespread protection risks, restore a sense of dignity for displaced and conflict-affected populations, and build long-term resilience for communities that have borne the brunt of years of escalating instability.
