United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced on Monday that the United States will send Haiti an additional $60 million in humanitarian aid as the Caribbean island nation struggles to recover from an outbreak of gang violence earlier this year. At the same time, the US will supply a “substantial increase” in military vehicles to support a UN task force of Kenyan police officers working to restore order in the capital of Port-au-Prince.
According to Thomas-Greenfield, the humanitarian aid package will support the Haitian people and provide resources to provide food, water, shelter, and sanitation for more than 578,000 Haitians displaced by gang activity. Per UN estimates, nearly half of Haiti’s 11.7 million citizens are facing acute hunger, with 1.6 million at risk of starvation.
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Additionally, the US State Department will deliver nine mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles for the international security force, with more military vehicles to follow.
“We know that progress isn’t lineal,” Thomas-Greenfield said of the peacekeeping operation that began last month. “There will be inevitable setbacks and stumbling blocks, and yet this mission has opened a door to progress.”
Total US aid to Haiti totals roughly $165 million, and the UN is actively petitioning for $674 million to be dedicated to its efforts to restore the island.
Connor Walcott is a staff writer for Valuetainment.com. Follow Connor on X and look for him on VT’s “The Unusual Suspects.”
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