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STORY: UNICEF / HAITI INTERNALLY DISPLACED CHILDREN
TRT: 01:30
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 18 DECEMBER 2024, 19 NOVEMBER 2024, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
18 DECEMBER 2024, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
1. Various shots, displaced families, IDP camp
19 NOVEMBER 2024, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
2. Various shots, displaced families, IDP camp
According to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), approximately 3 million children need humanitarian assistance in Haiti.
Years of political turmoil and devastating poverty and inequality have fueled the growth of armed groups in Haiti.
In the absence of other means of survival or protection, children are increasingly forced to join armed groups – with a notable 70 percent increase in child recruitment over the past year.
Up to 50 percent of armed group members are estimated to be comprised of children. Recruitment and use of children is a grave violation of children’s rights and international law.
Displaced children and adolescents in Haiti face heightened risks of violence, including sexual violence, exploitation, and abuse, which has also surged 1,000 percent in the past year.
Their access to essential services, such as education, clean water, sanitation, and healthcare is severely disrupted – exacerbating malnutrition, and increasing exposure to disease and violence.
Nearly 6,000 people are living in famine-like conditions.
Unsanitary conditions in displacement sites further increase their vulnerability to diseases such as cholera which, with almost 88,000 suspected cases, continues to affect children on the island nation.
UNICEF estimates that approximately 3 million children are in need of humanitarian assistance in the country, with over 1.2 million children under threat in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince alone, where the situation continues to deteriorate.
By December, attempted sieges of residential areas led to widespread displacement, forcing an estimated 40,000 people to relocate within just two weeks.
