UNICEF says that the recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year as poverty and violence deepens across the troubled Caribbean country.

Currently, between 30% to 50% of all gang members in the violence-wracked country are children, according to the U.N. “This is a very concerning trend,” said Geeta Narayan, UNICEF’s representative in ...

The situation of children in Haiti remains critical. Faced with multiple crises and extreme poverty. « Children in Haiti are often forced to join armed groups to support their families or after ...

Children in Haiti are being pushed to join armed groups amid horrific violence, poverty and a breakdown in the systems that should protect them. UNICEF is calling for more international support to ...