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STORY: UNICEF / HAITI DISPLACED CHILDREN
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SOURCE: UNICEF
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LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 01 OCTOBER 2025, CAP-HAITIEN, HINCHE, BOUCAN CARRE, PORT-AU-PRINCE
1. Wide shot, A general view shows the entrance of a displacement site in Port-au-Prince
2. Wide shot, Naelle, a 7-month-old baby, lies on the floor of a small room filled with bags inside a displacement site in Port-au-Prince
3. Med shot, Naelle, a 7-month-old infant, is held by her grandmother as they stand in front of their temporary shelter at a displacement site in Port-au-Prince
4. Med shot, Naelle, a 7-month-old infant, is held by her grandmother as they stand in front of their temporary shelter at a displacement site in Port-au-Prince
5. Close up, A child sits on the ground beneath a makeshift tent at a displacement site in Port-au-Prince
6. Med shot, a young girl at a displacement site in Port-au-Prince
7. Med shot, a young girl at a displacement site in Port-au-Prince
8. Wide shot, a group of young boys play together in a displacement site in Port-au-Prince
9. Wide shot, a UNICEF staff member enters the shelter area within a displacement site in Port-au-Prince to assess conditions
10. Wide shot, UNICEF staff and partners conduct an assessment mission at a displacement site in Port-au-Prince to evaluate the needs of affected families
11. Wide shot, Stagnant and unsanitary water accumulates in a corridor at the displacement site, posing serious health risks for residents
12. Wide shot, displaced people, mostly children, receive medical care at a UNICEF- and partner-supported mobile clinic in Boucan Carré, Port-au-Prince
13. Med shot, a little girl, held in her mother’s arms, waits in line to receive medical care at a displacement site in Boucan Carré, Port-au-Prince
14. Med shot, a mother and her baby sit and wait for their turn to receive care at a UNICEF-supported mobile clinic for displaced families in Boucan Carré, Port-au-Prince
15. Wide shot, the courtyard of a school turned shelter for displaced families in Hinche, where people go about their daily activities
16. Wide shot, displaced children in Hinche play dominoes in displacement site
17. Wide shot, a UNICEF staff member leads a psychosocial support session in Boucan Carré, Port-au-Prince, with children displaced by violence
18. Med shot, a displaced child participates in a psychosocial activity led by a UNICEF Child Protection Officer, using a puppet, in Boucan Carré, Port-au-Prince
19. Med shot, a displaced girl sits in a room with other children, waiting for recreational activities to begin
20. Wide shot, displaced children talk to one another at a displacement site in Port-au-Prince
21. Wide shot, displaced children talk to one another at a displacement site in Port-au-Prince
22. Med shot, a premature baby lies on a hospital bed, receiving life-saving care in Milot, Haiti
23. Med shot, a premature baby lies on a hospital bed, receiving life-saving care in Milot, Haiti
24. Med shot, a premature baby lies on a hospital bed, receiving life-saving care in Milot, Haiti
25. Wide shot, a nurse cares for a child in the pediatric ward of a UNICEF-supported hospital in Milot, Haiti
The number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has almost doubled in the past year, with 680,000 now uprooted from their homes, according to a new UNICEF Child Alert report released today. Overall, more than 1.3 million people are displaced across the country as spiraling violence, collapsing services, and lack of humanitarian access push Haiti deeper into crisis.
The report warns that the scale of displacement is unprecedented as the number of displacement sites has soared to 246 nationwide in the first half of 2025 alone, while many children have been forced to flee multiple times as violence spreads.
“Children in Haiti are experiencing violence and displacement at a terrifying scale,” said Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director. “Each time they are forced to flee, they lose not only their homes but also their chance to go to school, and simply to be children.”
The Child Alert highlights that displacement is compounding other crises. Over 33 per cent of sites lack basic protection infrastructure, leaving children and women at heightened risk of violence, exploitation, and abuse. Schools often double as shelters, further disrupting education for nearly half a million students.
Haiti continues to face overlapping crises with now more than 3.3 million children requiring humanitarian assistance; over one million children face critical levels of food insecurity. Approximately 288,544 children under five are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition this year. Armed groups control more than 85 per cent of Port-au-Prince and key roads, cutting families off from food, health care, and protection, while humanitarian actors risk grave danger to reach those most in need.
Together with partners so far this year, UNICEF has treated more than 86,000 children with wasting, provided healthcare to 117,000 people, and reached 140,000 people with safe water. Since 2024, the Government of Haiti and UNICEF have demobilized and reintegrated over 178 children through the framework of the Protocol for the Handover of Children Associated with Armed Groups.
UNICEF is calling for urgent international support to scale up life-saving assistance and protection for displaced children, including safe shelter, family tracing and reunification, psychosocial support, and access to health, nutrition, education, and clean water and sanitation.
Yet UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children appeal for Haiti remains severely underfunded. Without an immediate injection of resources, critical programmes will be severely constrained, depriving children of the protection and care they desperately need.
“The children of Haiti cannot wait,” said Russell. “Like every child, they deserve a chance to be safe, healthy and to live in peace. It is up to us to take action for Haiti’s children now.”
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