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LatinNews Daily - 04 March 2020
In brief: Haiti’s gov’t requests US$253m to support relief efforts
*The Haitian government has said that its 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for Haiti requests US$253m to support relief efforts, a more than 50% increase compared with the US$126.2m requested in 2019. The government cites United Nations (UN) estimates that approximately 4.6m people in Haiti – more than 40% of the country’s population – will likely require humanitarian assistance in 2020, representing a significant increase from the 2.6m people in need in 2019. According to the UN, the depreciation of the Haitian gourde, fuel shortages, and gang-related roadblocks have limited access to basic services, food, livelihood opportunities, and markets, while impeding humanitarian access to vulnerable populations.
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