Haiti Crisis Response Plan 2022-2024

Last updated: January 18 2023
$105,800,000
Funding required
4,400,000
People in need
370,000
People Targeted

IOM Vision

IOM, together with key stakeholders, including governmental and non-governmental actors, is committed to addressing immediate and long-term mobility-related challenges in Haiti by enhancing the capacities of national institutions to manage their borders better. IOM seeks to address the root causes of irregular migration and internal displacements, reduce forced movement and the vulnerability of affected and at-risk populations, strengthen resilience to identified risks, and mainstream migration into the development agenda through policy and legislation in line with the Global Compact on Migration and Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection.


Objective
Save lives and respond to needs through humanitarian assistance and protection

$35,300,000
Funding required
70,000
People Targeted
11
Entities Targeted
Internal migrant, Internally displaced person, International migrant, Local population / community
Primary target groups
Description of People and Entities Targeted

(1) Newly and protracted IDPs and those at risk of protracted displacement; (2) IDPs affected by natural hazards; (3) Vulnerable host communities in areas of displacement and communities of return where services are inadequate or overstretched; (4) IDP returnees, facing severe conditions or affected by the growing gang activity of urban areas of Haiti; (5) Vulnerable migrants in need of humanitarian assistance and access to basic services (health, psychological support, etc.) and (6) Technical support to CCCM and SNFI Sector partners and training of first responders and WASH committees. 

Shelter, settlements and non-food items

As co-lead of the Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFI) sector along with the Housing and Public Building Construction Unit (UCLBP), and the General Directorate of Civil Protection (DGPC), IOM will support the reconstruction and rehabilitation of homes and buildings in areas affected by earthquakes and will preposition items in advance of potential natural hazards. IOM also provides support, through in-kind and cash-based modalities, depending on the context and assessments by IOM, those who have been displaced due to the growing insecurity and gang violence in the capital of Port-au-Prince. Activities include:

  • Provision of shelter materials and essential household items (NFIs) including fixing kits, kitchen items, jerry cans, and solar lamps to IDPs affected by gang violence and in natural disaster-affected areas (earthquakes, floods, etc.The roll-out of structural evaluations and the support to the reconstruction and rehabilitation of evacuation shelters (hospitals, schools) in collaboration with the GoH; 
  • Strengthening of the SNFI Sector Coordination and enhancement of the support to sector partners, ensuring an effective and coordinated response, both in serving beneficiaries and providing technical support to partner organizations;
  • Conduct of technically informed “Build Back Safer” communications campaigns to increase awareness of and encourage safer construction techniques, through highly visual, engaging, and culturally relevant messaging;
  • Conduct of rapid on-site training to facilitate safe and durable beneficiary community led-reconstruction techniques.
  • The prepositioning and replenishment of contingency non-food items (NFI) stockpiles in four IOM warehouses for the prompt delivery of goods in different areas of the country;
  • Maintenance and strengthening of the NFI pipeline to support the capacities of the GoH and the humanitarian community in the timely delivery of life-saving commodities and supplies to the affected people; and
  • Support to relocate and assist displaced households to access durable solutions, including relocation, ensuring the process is informed and voluntary. This can be done by provision of financial support for rental payments;
Funding required
$7,000,000
Plan types

Direct health support

IOM will provide life-saving primary health services, referral and health facility support, complementing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), in the most vulnerable areas such as border areas, informal displacement sites, and in areas of return. Activities will include: 

  • Improving access to health-care services, particularly considering the current cholera outbreak, to vulnerable populations in isolated or underserved areas of return and informal IDP sites through the provision of primary health care consultations, referrals to and from higher levels of care, and the provision of basic hygiene kits;
  • Conducting health promotion outreach activities in the most vulnerable areas, such as the border, and those areas affected by cholera; and
  • Providing medicines, medical supplies and equipment to enhance the capacity of health staff to safely respond to incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) and make necessary and timely referrals to appropriate available services.
Funding required
$1,500,000
Plan types

Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian response

IOM will provide mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) with a focus on services that ensure a strengthened protective environment amongst the most vulnerable groups. All MHPSS activities will be in line with IOM's Manual on Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies and Displacement. Interventions will include:

  • Facilitating referrals and access to available MHPSS services and other measures to ensure social considerations and safety of beneficiaries for repatriated migrants, internally displaced persons following gang-clashes in Port-au-Prince and those affected by natural disasters;
  • Strengthening referral mechanisms by making IOM's 8840 hotline available to all beneficiaries, providing remote counseling and referrals to specialized MHPSS services;
  • Training and equipping MHPSS staff, including those operating the IOM’s 8840 hotline, to be able to safely and ethically respond to potential GBV cases and make necessary referrals to appropriate available services;
  • Providing focused MHPSS services (individual and group counseling);
  • Providing referrals services to specialized mental health care for people with severe mental health conditions; and
  • Training of first responders on basic psychosocial skills, Psychological First Aid (PFA) and stress management.
Funding required
$800,000
Plan types

Protection

IOM will provide relief and assistance to the most vulnerable migrants and displaced people, including individuals with chronic diseases and disabilities, the elderly, children and pregnant women, survivors of GBV and victims of trafficking (VoTs), as part of IOM’s comprehensive protection assistance. These consist of in-kind and cash-based modalities. Initiatives will include:

  • Providing reintegration support and post-arrival protection assistance for repatriated migrants to help them reach their communities of origin safely and with dignity;
  • Facilitating access to documentation for Haitians living in migration-prone areas and vulnerable migrants;
  • Providing specialized case management services at individual and household levels, including management and referral of special cases such as survivors of GBV, VoTs, and people in need of MHPSS;
  • Providing training on the detection of cases of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to the affected population; providing referral mechanisms, conducting awareness-raising activities on SEA and reporting mechanisms with the affected population;
  • Ensuring a robust approach to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), including the reinforcement of the capacity of relevant actors to address and manage such cases Raising awareness on trafficking in persons in the humanitarian context among at-risk communities and frontline service providers;
  • Enhancing the coordination among stakeholders through concrete actions to promote and ensure the respect and fulfillment of human rights;
  • Ensuring that protection is mainstreamed in all of IOM’s interventions through training of staff on protection principles and the Institutional Framework for Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Crises (GBViC) (risk identification and mitigation), adapting interventions’ designs to better include the needs of vulnerable groups and mitigate the barriers and risks they face in accessing services;
  • Building institutional and community capacity for the establishment of complaint mechanisms and ensuring the Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP); and
  • Co-leading the Migrant Protection Working Group, within the Protection Sector.
Funding required
$7,000,000
Plan types

Camp coordination and camp management

As co-lead of the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) working group along with the UCLBP, IOM aims to provide efficient and timely support to the Government of Haiti in the coordination and management of IDPs sites resulting from the ongoing gang clashes in metropolitan areas of Port-au-Prince and in the greater south due to the 2021 earthquake. Specifically, IOM will:  

  • Ensure the participation and representation of displaced communities through the support and set up of committees and groups, as well as providing access to information and feedback mechanism channels in camps and camp-like settings; 
  • Ensure a safe and dignified physical environment through site maintenance and improvement activities;  
  • Enable all vulnerable people in targeted sites to benefit from protection services, depending on their specific needs, such as access to basic services, psychosocial support and orientation and referral services to support reintegration into their neighborhood of origin; and
  • Co-lead the Internal Displacement Task Force along with the UCLBP to advocate for sustainable and durable solutions for displaced populations and improve the coordinated response.
Funding required
$5,000,000
Plan types

Movement assistance

IOM will assist returnees, and repatriated migrants with upon-arrival assistance as well as IDPs, including persons with disabilities, currently in emergency shelters and in need of safe, voluntary, and dignified in-kind and cash-based movement assistance to leave the sites. Initiatives include:

  • Providing post-arrival assistance and reintegration support to Haitians repatriated by air, sea, and land, and those that return to Haiti in a voluntary manner.
  • Providing transportation and movement assistance to Haitians repatriated to reach their communities of origin to facilitate family reunification;
  • Facilitating a dignified relocation of displaced households from the site, through the conduct of visits to the new accommodations. 
  • Coordinating pre-departure and transit assistance, including medical fit to travel certifications with IOM country offices and partners in neighboring countries, and providing reception assistance upon arrival;
  • Providing counseling and MHPSS services to targeted beneficiaries upon arrival; and
  • Organizing the movements for Haitians that express their willingness to return to their country of origin.
Funding required
$10,000,000
Plan types

Provision of water, sanitation and hygiene in emergencies

IOM will provide WASH services in the most vulnerable displacement sites. Activities will include:

  • Working on the rehabilitation or enhancement of water points and or distribution pipelines approved by the National Directorate of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DINEPA);
  • Establishing WASH committees to ensure ongoing operation and management of the infrastructure and to support community ownership and sustainability;
  • Providing training to WASH committees in IDPs sites and ensuring regular monitoring and provision of technical guidance;
  • Monitoring the water quality using bacteriological kits to test for Escherichia coli (E.coli) as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality; and
  • Distributing hygiene kits containing soap, shampoo, toothpaste, water purifying tablets, and hydroalcoholic gel among others, for families most in need. 
Funding required
$2,000,000
Plan types

Basic needs, including food

IOM will provide emergency assistance to returnees repatriated to Haiti by air, land, and sea, as well as to the most vulnerable people affected by the earthquake and those affected by gang violence. Activities will include:

  • Providing emergency assistance to individuals affected by gang violence and earthquake through cash-based interventions to improve their basic needs integrated into various areas of IOM programming, such as CCCM, S-NFI, and protection;
  • Providing rapid livelihood earning opportunities through cash for work and cash for repairs programmes to unskilled and semi-skilled individuals, in turn promoting the rehabilitation of houses, basic community infrastructures, rubble-removal, reconstruction, waste-disposal, and so on; and
  • Providing food and water to Haitian returnees repatriated by air and land or intercepted at sea.
Funding required
$2,000,000
Plan types

Objective
Address the drivers and longer term impacts of crises and displacement through investments in recovery and crisis prevention

$20,000,000
Funding required
200,000
People Targeted
8
Entities Targeted
Internal migrant, Internally displaced person, International migrant, Local population / community
Primary target groups
Description of People and Entities Targeted

1) Protracted IDPs requiring better/increased support for a safe and sustainable voluntary return;  (2) deportees and communities in areas of return in need of basic services, livelihoods, safety and security; and (3) government authorities, civil society organizations and NGOs requiring capacity building and greater stability for the resumption of services.

Community stabilization

IOM seeks to support governments, States and communities undergoing significant socioeconomic and political changes during and following a crisis, to (re)establish stability, prevent further forced migration and displacement, restore trust among community members, vulnerable populations and local authorities and lay the foundations for durable solutions, lasting peace and sustainable development. IOM's initiatives to support the most vulnerable and foster community cohesion include: 

  • Supporting relevant public institutions through measures to improve the community’s resilience to absorb shocks and capacitating state and local governance, and promoting non-violent political processes, and social policy development;
  • Promoting inclusive access to and the provision of essential services to Haitians living in conflict-affected areas; and
  • Developing partnerships with the National Institute of Professional Training (INFP) and private sector institutions for the development of tailored vocational training to foster the integration of vulnerable communities and migrant returnees.
Funding required
$5,000,000
Plan types

Health system strengthening

IOM’s migration health activities seek to support the recovery and strengthening of resilient health systems with the aim to move from the provision of essential services to comprehensive health services. IOM will continue to contribute to the strengthening of Haitian health systems through: 

  • Supporting health facilities in crisis-affected areas and those hit by natural disasters through rehabilitation and repairs of health infrastructure, as well as the provision of critical operational medical supplies and equipment (i.e. personal protective equipment (PPE), solar panels, telecommunication for referrals, and so on); and
  • Continuing to support the capacity of the Government of Haiti to respond to the cholera outbreak, through community referrals and screening, and its ongoing socioeconomic impacts, in close coordination with the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Ministry of Public Health (MSPP), to strengthen the quality of health assistance.
Funding required
$3,000,000
Plan types

Durable solutions

In line with IOM’s Progressive Resolution of Displacement Situations (PRDS) Framework, IOM's durable solution programming will support the most vulnerable IDPs through: 

  • Supporting government and local authorities with capacity-building interventions aimed at covering gaps in available basic social services for vulnerable IDPs and returnees;
  • Identifying key economic sectors (e.g. agriculture, textile, fisheries, and so on) in migration-prone areas for the development and implementation of short-term training programs and income-generating activities that prevent vulnerable groups to resort to migration as a coping strategy, while promoting the preservation of the environment;
  • Promoting the engagement of the private sector in activities aiming at creating durable solutions for vulnerable IDPs through the establishment of cash-for-training/cash-for-work programs;
  • Promoting the local economic development, and the livelihood of young entrepreneurs through the provision of technical skills, tools, and financial management training.
  • Strengthening the partnership with the private sector to promote the inclusion of vulnerable Haitians in the economic market;
  • ensuring legal and physical access of displaced populations to local economic opportunities, enabling self-reliance and reducing dependency.
Funding required
$12,000,000
Plan types

Objective
Strengthen preparedness and reduce disaster risk

$43,500,000
Funding required
100,000
People Targeted
8
Entities Targeted
Internal migrant, Internally displaced person, International migrant, Local population / community
Primary target groups
Description of People and Entities Targeted

IOM will support (1) the Government of Haiti, including national and local authorities; and (2) community leaders to better equip them to deal with disaster management to reduce risks facing Haiti. In addition, IOM will also support (3) Government and (4) non-governmental actors in their efforts to include and mainstream risk reduction and preparedness; and (5) communities living in disaster prone areas.

Emergency preparedness

IOM’s preparedness activities aim to build the capacities and improve the ability of key stakeholders (e.g. State actors, emergency response organizations, communities, and individuals) to anticipate and effectively respond to the impact of likely, imminent, or current hazards, events, or conditions in Haiti. Ongoing initiatives to support the most vulnerable regarding emergency preparedness include: 

  • Building community’s capacity in the maintenance of emergency alert and early warning systems, including the management of evacuation shelters (see evacuation shelters under objective 1 also);
  • Reinforcing the capacity of the General Directorate of Civil Protection (DGPC) to prepare and respond to a crisis through capacity-building activities on inventory, management and distribution of NFIs and warehouses; 
  • Strengthening surveillance and reporting of infections during disease outbreaks, such as the Cholera 2022 outbreak
  • Pre-positioning of NFI contingency stock across the seven IOM warehouses;
  • Rehabilitating evacuation shelters such as hospitals and schools among other infrastructure, according to SPHERE standards;
  • Building institutional and community capacity for the establishment of complaint mechanisms.
  • Provide training and guidance to staff at national entities such as the UCLBP, the DGPC, and the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications (MTPTC) in how to best coordinate an adequate response to disasters related to natural hazards such as through the yearly SIMEX (simulation exercise) to strengthen their life-saving capacities.
  • Support government to assess and establish strengths, procedures, and operational gaps in humanitarian border management, to improve preparedness for migration crises and ensure migrants traveling out of/and returning to Haiti are appropriately protected.


 

Funding required
$28,000,000
Plan types

Disaster prevention

IOM’s ongoing initiatives to support the most vulnerable to avoid existing and new disaster risks include:

  • Raising awareness among on safer construction systems such as Build Back Safer (BBS) principles;
  • Conducting multi-hazard risk assessments, promoting community engagement and enhancing the local response through participative awareness-raising activities; 
  • Developing early warning mechanisms and risk information systems in consultation with affected populations and considering the needs of the most vulnerable; 
  • Training of relevant government institutions to develop national contingency plans. 
     
Funding required
$15,000,000
Plan types

System strengthening for mental health and psychosocial support

Ongoing activities to strengthen MHPSS systems include:

  • Improving access to mental health services through the establishment of SOPs for mental health cases and clear referral pathways to specialized care;
  • Strengthening the capacity of civil society and government partners in the field of MHPSS on psychological first aid (PFA) and basic MHPSS skills, as well as referral systems. 
Funding required
$500,000
Plan types

Objective
Contribute to an Evidence Based and Efficient Crisis Response System

$7,000,000
Funding required
At risk communities
People Targeted
23
Entities Targeted
Internal migrant, Internally displaced person, International migrant
Primary target groups
Description of People and Entities Targeted

IOM's DTM data will benefit (1) relevant governmental authorities; (2) UN agencies; and (3) partners in the field, by providing information on the most vulnerable members of target Haitian communities, including INGOs, local NGOs, CSOs and so on.

Displacement tracking

In a context of high political instability, increasing social and economic insecurity, and frequent natural hazards, IOM aims to support the Government of Haiti in monitoring the movements, numbers, profiles, needs, and trends of forcibly displaced populations, forcibly repatriated migrants, and other populations on the move, so as to inform policies and programs which address the needs of vulnerable migrants. In order to do so, IOM will continue to:

  • Install DTM’s Flow Monitoring (FM) methodology at official and unofficial points of entry (PoE) which has repatriated a growing number of Haitian migrants, in order to monitor and comprehend mobility types, flows, and trends between the two countries.
  • Monitor mobility trends and assess the multi-sectoral needs of displaced populations by regularly deploying the DTM  existing network, tools, and methodologies to highlight urgent needs and priority sectors of intervention and ensure evidence-based, tailored, and adapted humanitarian response
  • Develop, refine and adapt post-disaster needs assessment tools, in close collaboration with government and humanitarian partners, with the objective of streamlining and enhancing the efficiency of the registration of repatriated migrants and beneficiaries of voluntary return
  • Conduct Protection Monitoring Surveys to assess the profiles, skills, intentions, and protection needs of repatriated migrants to facilitate their reintegration
  • Implement Blue Border Monitoring (BBM) to bolster awareness of the needs and risks faced by migrants undertaking maritime migration and advocate for stronger protection of migrants
  • Train and strengthen the capacities of governmental partners, such as the DGPC, ONM, and INS in information management to support a collaborative, concerted data management process, ensuring the sustainability of DTM methodologies and activities
  • Strengthen the Early Warning System to better monitor the displacement situation and shocks in the Metropolitan Areas of Port-au-Prince to inform decision-making and programming, in particular in the context of public health emergencies
  • Conduct in-depth research studies to garner a comprehensive understanding of migration drivers, migrant profiles, needs, and vulnerabilities, in order to develop more adapted protection oriented programs and policies
Funding required
$7,000,000
Plan types
Operational presence in

Haiti

14
International staff and affiliated work force
160
National staff and affiliated work force
3
IOM field office

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