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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

access to life-saving health services in Haiti are in jeopardy. Ali Rogin speaks with James Elder of UNICEF about the effect on Haiti’s children.

"The current situation is having a devastating impact on thousands of children at the moment in Haiti. We are seeing services are being cut, reduced," she said. "The impact in Haiti — in a country ...

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

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." ...