Nearly 60% of the population lives below the poverty line. In recent months, Haiti has descended into a critical state of violence and chaos. More than one million children are trapped in areas ...

Yet for Haiti’s children — the millions caught in the crossfire, no longer able to attend school, or pushed to join the armed gangs amid crippling poverty — the situation is especially dire.

Missionaries provide literacy programs, microcredit initiatives, and agricultural training to fight poverty and uplift rural ...

Human rights and humanitarian organizations are sounding the alarm about an increase in sexual violence against children, their presence in gangs, and the risks to their education and future ...

Relational poverty can be far more devastating ... While a world apart from the children I worked with in Haiti, this little ...

Despite a slight decrease in overall extreme poverty in Haiti, the number of poor remains extremely high ... Special attention should be given to vulnerable groups such as women and children and to ...

US Aid Cuts Having Dire Impact on Haiti's Children, Says UNICEF By Olivia Le ... a country that is so stricken by conflict and violence and poverty, is extreme and it's immediate." ...

[Photo, AFP] Sexual violence against children in violence-ravaged Haiti soared tenfold last year ... extreme violence linked to criminal gangs, poverty and other challenges.

Experts suggest that affordable and accessible education is crucial for addressing child poverty in the long term. One-third of Erie's school-aged children lived in poverty in 2023, more than ...

LES CAYES, Haiti, Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a transformational step toward child protection and family reunification in Haiti, Overture International (Overture), in collaboration with IBESR ...

Gangs in Haiti are guilty of widespread crimes against children, including rape and killing, Amnesty International has said. In a new report published on Wednesday, the NGO said that escalating ...

GENEVA - U.S. aid cuts are having an extreme and immediate impact on thousands of children ... "The impact in Haiti, a country that is so stricken by conflict and violence and poverty, is extreme ...