There has been an “alarming increase” in the number of children being recruited into gangs in Haiti with “devastating consequences” for children, families and society as a whole, the UN reported on ...

UNICEF and the Government of Haiti have teamed up to strengthen prevention and response to child recruitment by armed groups ...

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.

Olguine Florvil was a curious 7-year-old who loved to read and dreamed of owning a tablet. Her father, Older Florvil, dreamed he’d one day be able to buy her one. But the Port-au-Prince taxi driver ...

The report, issued jointly by the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), states that most of the 26 gangs currently operating in Haiti are involved in child ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year as poverty and violence deepens across the troubled Caribbean country, according to a new UNICEF ...

A child sleeps at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti ...