Last week, UNICEF donated seven water pumping units to the province of Granma, which will benefit more than 100,000 residents.
14ymedio, /EFE, Havana, November 11, 2026 / The United Nations (UN) highlighted on Wednesday the organization’s support in Cuba to more than one million people on issues such as “food security, drinking water and health,” in the current context of deep crisis on the Island.
“The United Nations in Cuba is supporting, in this difficult time for the country, need in areas such as food security, drinking water, and health. More than one million people are benefiting from this daily support,” said Pablo Ruiz, the UN Resident Coordinator in Cuba, in a video shared today on the social media platform X.
According to recent data from the organization, as of September it had managed to mobilize resources and support actions benefiting 1.7 million inhabitants of the Island, out of a target population of two million people contemplated in its Action Plan.
The different United Nations agencies have reached some 46 Cuban municipalities, amid blackouts and after extreme weather events such as Hurricane Melissa, which hit the island in October 2025.
The different United Nations agencies have reached some 46 Cuban municipalities, amid blackouts and following extreme weather events such as Hurricane Melissa.
According to figures from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), some 341,648 people have benefited in all the municipalities of the eastern provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo – those most affected by Melissa – with the delivery of 6,415 roof modules and 20,548 mattresses; and other supplies such as rechargeable lamps and equipment for medical laboratories.
For its part, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) donated seven water pumping units last week to the province of Granma, which will benefit more than 100,000 inhabitants, amid the serious crisis in providing this vital service in the country and which continues to affect more than 2.4 million Cubans.
The UN Action Plan to provide vital assistance was launched last March, and has already received some $47.6 million of the $94 million planned.
The UN has repeatedly expressed “its concern” about the impact of the severe energy crisis suffered in Cuba and its consequences in all areas of life.
For the past six years, Cuba has been suffering one of the worst economic and social crises in its history, with shortages of food, fuel and medicine, an inflationary spiral and partial dollarization.
Washington’s current oil blockade, described by the UN as contrary to international law, and a new battery of economic and financial sanctions have intensified the pressure on the island, ravaged by years of poor management by the Havana regime.
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