Statement
The enduring hope of Haiti’s children in the midst of chaos
PORT AU PRINCE, 24 March 2025, – "Spending four days with communities and partners in Haiti, still grappling with an ongoing crisis often forgotten by the international community, underscored how heavy the toll is for children and young people in the country. Vulnerable families are being pushed to the edge of cat...
Statement
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on global foreign aid reductions
NEW YORK, 5 March 2025, – “Announced and anticipated funding cuts will limit UNICEF’s ability to reach millions of children in dire need. “These cuts by numerous donor countries follow two years of aid reductions at a time of unprecedented need. Millions of children are affected by conflict, need to be vaccinated against deadly diseases such as measles and polio, and…
Statement
Education under attack in Haiti
GENEVA, 28 February 2025 – “In just one month, January this year, armed groups destroyed 47 schools in Haiti’s capital. With 284 schools destroyed in 2024, the relentless attacks on education are accelerating, leaving hundreds of thousands of children without a place to learn. “With violence worsening across Hai...
Press release
UNICEF and the Haitian Government Prioritize the Prevention of Child Recruitment and Reintegration
PORT-AU-PRINCE, le 25 February 2024, – In Haiti, the recruitment and use of children by armed groups increased by 70% in the second quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, with one in two children in armed groups being underage. In response to this alarming reality, the Haitian Government and UNICEF a...
Press release
Haiti’s Children Under Siege: The staggering rise of child abuse and recruitment by armed groups
GENEVA, 7 February 2025 – “, A staggering 1,000 per cent rise in sexual violence against children in Haiti has turned their bodies into battlegrounds. The 10-fold rise, recorded from 2023 to last year, comes as armed groups inflict unimaginable horrors on children. “Almost equally staggering is how little coverage...
Article
Restoring hope in times of crisis.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, – Deborah’s life changed forever when armed violence forced her and her family to flee their home in Port-au-Prince. “Everything we had was burned and destroyed,” recalls her father, Jean-Marie. Once a mason, he finds himself today in a displacement site with no work, no possessions, and no ...
Press release
Almost one in eight children internally displaced in Haiti as armed violence continues – UNICEF
PORT-AU-PRINCE/NEW YORK, 17 January 2025 – , 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. According to latest estimates, the...
Press release
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)...
Article
Nadege and her children's struggle for survival.
Léogâne, Haiti, –Nadege, a 37-year-old mother of four, appears burdened by the weight of the world. Her distressed gaze speaks volumes. After walking for hours, she and her children reached Léogâne, seeking refuge in one of the makeshift sites established in the town. They arrived with no resources or shelter. The...
News note
Violence sending shocks around Haiti’s collapsing health system
PORT-AU-PRINCE, 21 May 2024, – An alarming six out of ten hospitals in Haiti are barely operational as recent escalating violence in Port-Au-Prince has continued to deprive children of critical health supplies and medicine, UNICEF warned today. Every hospital in the country has reported difficulties in acquiring a...
Press release
Armed violence deepening malnutrition crisis for children in Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE/NEW YORK, 26 March 2024 -, The alarming surge in armed violence in areas of Haiti is creating heightened risk of furthering a malnutrition crisis in the country, UNICEF warned today. The recent findings from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis indicate an alarming 19 per...