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02 October 2024

Over 1 million children’s education at risk due to armed violence in Haiti.

PORT AU PRINCE, 2 October 2024 – With the ongoing violence that continues to affect families across Haiti, over 1.2 million children and teachers are in dire need of educational support and safe working conditions, UNICEF warned today. This year, the Haiti Ministry of Education has noted 919 closed schools in the ...

01 October 2024

A U-Report poll highlights insecurity and financial struggles as key barriers to Haiti’s back-to-school season.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, October 1 st , 2024 – A recent U-Report poll reveals that insecurity affecting children and schools is a major concern as the back-to-school season approaches in Haiti. The combined challenges of violence and the financial difficulties faced by parents are severely complicating the return to school...

Education Cannot Wait, UNICEF and Strategic Partners Announce US$2.5 Million ECW First Emergency Response Grant During High-Level Mission to Haiti with Total ECW Funding Topping US$15.8 Million

26 July 2024, Port-au-Prince, Haiti – During a high-level UN mission to Haiti, Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif announced a fast-acting US$2.5 million First Emergency Response grant that will provide life-saving access to quality education for girls and boys impacted by the rise in violence,...

Humanitarian catastrophe in Haiti requires urgent international action, aid officials say

PORT AU PRINCE/NEW YORK 15 July 2024 – Haiti’s multifaceted humanitarian emergency needs urgent attention and strategies beyond emergency, three senior UN officials said today as they wrapped up a four-day visit to the country. Representatives from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),...

UNICEF provides cash to displaced families and strengthens critical social services.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 28 June 2024 - UNICEF, in partnership with the Government of Haiti and local organizations, has launched a comprehensive cash transfer program to support 7,000 displaced households in the Artibonite and West departments, two of the country’s hotspots of armed violence. This initiative aims t...

Fear Must Yield to Hope

Message from Bruno Maes, UNICEF Representative, on the Occasion of the National Day of the Haitian Child On this National Day of the Haitian Child, let's take a moment to reflect on the daily lives of children in our country. In recent weeks, months, and years, Haitian children and families have endured relentless...

UNICEF Haiti

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Education

The issues, According to a study on children out of school (2017), almost 2 out of 10 children aged between 6 and 11 do not attend primary school and around 6 out of 10 children aged 6 start Year 1. The net primary school enrolment rate is lower in rural areas (80 per cent) than in urban areas (91 per cent), and s...

The UNICEF Representative in Haiti

Geeta Narayan took up her position as the UNICEF Representative in Haiti on September 29, 2024, upon her arrival in Port-au-Prince. Prior to this role, Geeta served as Senior Advisor on Organizational Culture for UNICEF in New York from June 2019. In this capacity, she led efforts to strengthen the organization’s ...

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UNICEF is working alongside the Government of Haiti to promote the survival, protection and development of children. UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, quality water and sanitation, quality basic education and the protection of children against violence, exploitation and abuse. « Alone we go faster, toget...

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UNICEF combines experience, evidence and analysis to implement campaigns and programmes where they are most needed. Below you will find important reference documents about the situation of children and mothers in Haiti., UNICEF data, Using data to generate change for the benefit of children number of children at p...

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Contact us, Lalaina Fatratra Andriamasinoro Chief of communication and advocacy UNICEF Haiti E-mail address: communicationhaiti@unicef.org