Undeterred, children and adults alike, some of them carrying babies, kept elbowing each other trying to enter. About 1.4 million Haitians are on the verge of famine, and more than 4 million require food aid, sometimes eating only once a day or nothing at all, aid groups say. “Haiti is facing a protractive and mass hunger,” Jean-Martin Bauer, Haiti director for the United Nations' World Food Program, told The Associated Press. More than 200 gangs are believed to operate in Haiti, with nearly two dozen concentrated in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. The situation has prevented aid groups like Food for the Hungry from operating at a time when their help is needed the most.

Source: ABC News March 16, 2024 10:21 UTC