If Haiti’s international partners and the Haitian government have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the establishment of the MSS and the design and implementation of operational capacity-building programs for both the PNH and FAD’H, two harsh realities stand out.

All the money spent in March 2025 has neither prevented 80% of Port-au-Prince from falling under the control of armed groups, nor stopped the death of over 8,000 people in just two years (2023-2024), let alone the internal displacement of over a million souls. Armed groups, in a dominant position in the balance of power with law enforcement since February 2020, continue to have steady access to arms and ammunition supplies.