6 Billion Gourdes to Support Internally Displaced Persons, Revealed the Minister of Social Affairs

Through the 7th edition of the "Tuesdays of the Nation," typically focused on the humanitarian crisis, held this Tuesday, May 6, 2025, Haitian authorities unveiled significant financial and social commitments, including 6 billion gourdes to aid the most vulnerable. Support for vulnerable populations will be carried out in several phases, with 10,000 targets for the first.

The government intends to address both the humanitarian emergency and the country's structural challenges. In this regard, the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Georges Franck Wilbert, presented a significant response plan for this issue. A budget of 6 billion gourdes is mobilized for a multisectoral emergency program, the first phase of which targets 10,000 priority beneficiaries. These beneficiaries will receive direct financial aid to facilitate their relocation. Concurrently, distributions of meals, food, and assistance kits are already underway in the most exposed areas.

The minister emphasized the importance of combining urgency and dignity in public action, recalling that internally displaced persons, impoverished families, and repatriates from the Dominican Republic are among the priorities.

For 2025, authorities anticipate the voluntary return of at least 15,000 others, who will be welcomed in specially equipped centers at the border. To this end, provisions are being made to address this migratory crisis.