00:00also haiti is facing a worsening hunger crisis with nearly six million people experiencing
00:06severe food insecurity and almost two million facing emergency levels according to a new report
00:12released on wednesday by the integrated food security phase classification the report warns
00:18that the number of people facing severe hunger could rise to 6.35 million by mid-2027 driven by
00:25gang violence forced displacement soaring food and fuel prices and drought conditions linked to an
00:32intense el niño phenomenon meanwhile farmers are struggling to sustain crop production as rainfall
00:38declines in response the food and agriculture organization is distributing seeds and livestock to
00:45help vulnerable families secure food and generate income the world food program says it needs 78
00:52million dollars to maintain its operations in haiti through marsh as humanitarian agencies call for
00:58an urgent expansion of assistance we have some deep and acute drivers that are impacting food insecurity
01:11violence displacement the issues around violence are impacting people's access to markets access to
01:20their land access to agricultural inputs and then in addition to this of course we have a very very
01:28strong el nino phenomenon which is impacting many parts of the world it's impacting the caribbean and
01:35for haiti this means much drier conditions than normal and higher temperatures the animals are
01:45interesting because in fact we can distribute them at any time so we are not have to wait for the
01:49planting season so they can immediately use them it's a package of five five five chicken or two goats
01:58and help them to immediately be able to produce a bit of milk to generate also eggs and to generate
02:04also
02:05meat in order to eat for themselves and to sell them on the market
