The United Nations has just allocated $5 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support humanitarian assistance and the protection of civilians in Haiti, which has faced widespread insecurity for two years.“Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has allocated $5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to help meet humanitarian needs caused by gang violence in Haiti,” said Jens Laerke, gatekeeper. -speaker of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), at a regular UN press conference in Geneva.The UN allocation will help aid agencies scale up their response.This will allow the various UN agencies to provide food, clean water, health care, mental health and educational support to more than 100,000 people in total.According to the UN, hundreds of people have been killed since July in clashes between gangs in Haiti's Cité Soleil.Many more people have been caught up in the fighting, cutting off their access to clean water, food and health care.“In total, we estimate that nearly 280,000 people are affected by this situation,” added Mr. Laerke.On the ground, the high level of insecurity compromises the access of humanitarian actors to the affected people.These include, for example, obstacles to food or cash distributions, but also to basic services, such as health and education, for at least 1 to 1.5 million people trapped in neighborhoods controlled by gangs in the urban area of ​​Port-au-Prince.The UN estimates that 4.9 million Haitians, or about 43% of the total population, are in need of humanitarian assistance this year.The UN's humanitarian response plan for Haiti, amounting to $373 million, was only 14% funded.In addition, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) indicates that a year after the devastating earthquake that struck the south-west of the country, more than 250,000 children still do not have access to adequate schools. .Reconstruction, delayed by insecurity and insufficient funds, could take years.Despite a difficult environment and limited funding, UNICEF has rebuilt or rehabilitated 234 classrooms.The UN agency also provided school kits to 74,000 students.In addition, around 100 heavy-duty tents have been set up in damaged schools.To date, UNICEF has only received 30 per cent of the needed funds from its $97 million appeal for this year.The agency is urgently requesting $64.6 million to continue assisting the most vulnerable.A maritime officer working for the World Food Program in Haiti explained why the delivery of humanitarian aid by boat is becoming increasingly critical.