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The enduring hope of Haiti’s children in the midst of chaos

Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban upon conclusion of his visit to Haiti

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban sits in a classroom with students in a school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Almost one in eight children internally displaced in Haiti as armed violence continues – UNICEF

The number of internally displaced children in Haiti has increased by nearly 50 per cent since September – now equaling approximately one in eight children in the entire country – as a result of ongoing violence caused by armed groups.

A child in Haiti looks towards the camera

Number of children in Haiti recruited by armed groups soars by 70 per cent in one year – UNICEF

Cycle of suffering continues as armed violence spirals parts of the country into chaos.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Haiti

Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell in the briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Haiti

Violence drives Haiti’s children into armed groups; up to half of all members are now children – UNICEF

Children are experiencing a ‘vicious cycle of suffering’ as violence continues to spike

UNICEF Representative Bruno Maes visited the displacement sites of Delmas 18, where more than 3,150 people, the majority of them women and children, were recently displaced due to a new wave of armed violence.

Violence sending shocks around Haiti’s collapsing health system

Armed groups in the capital have strangled supply chains, putting millions of children at risk of disease and malnutrition.

An image of mothers and children at La Paix University Hospital, where hundreds of mothers brought their children for screening and treatment of malnutrition.

Briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Haiti

Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

In the heart of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, escalating violence has become a grim reality. In less than two weeks, this violence has led to the displacement of 2,500 people, with most of them being women and children.

Armed violence deepening malnutrition crisis for children in Haiti

Deadly malnutrition in the country amplified by escalating insecurity, blocked roads, and a crumbling health system pushing children to ‘the brink’, UNICEF warns

A boy poses for a portrait during an interview with the beneficiaries of the clean water program run by UNICEF in Deye Morn, Jeremie, Haiti, Thursday, March 23, 2023.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation in Haiti

As violence and lawlessness in Haiti reaches a new and terrifying level, the resolve of the international community and local stakeholders to protect and support the Haitian people must be strengthened.

On 18 July 2022 in Les Cayes, Haiti, children play in the rubble of homes destroyed in the 2021 earthquake. The girl in blue lives nearby with her mother, Yolande Felix, and younger sister, Valentine.

UNICEF urges all parties to safeguard children amid latest unrest in Haiti

Statement attributable to Bruno Maes, UNICEF Representative in Haiti.

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