U.S. aid cuts are having an extreme and immediate impact on thousands of children in Haiti as violence spirals and more young people are recruited by armed gangs, the U.N. children's agency warned on Friday.

Human rights and humanitarian organizations are sounding the alarm about an increase in sexual violence against children, their presence in gangs, and the risks to their education and future

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning of a massive surge in child armed group recruitment in Haiti. According to UNICEF, the ongoing emergency in the French-speaking Caribbean country is crushing children’s chances of an education and a better future as scores of youngsters are recruited by heavily-armed and violent gangs.

In Haiti, years of chaos and instability have brought the country to the brink of collapse. More than 1 million people, nearly 10 percent of the population, have been displaced. Now, as the Trump administration eliminates most U.

The UN children's agency Unicef said on Friday that it was studying the impact of drastic US aid cuts, with millions of children already affected by the

In recent months, schools have become targets. In some areas, armed groups see looting schools as a lucrative alternative to other forms of extortion and

The ongoing emergency in Haiti is crushing children's chances of an education and a better future as scores of youngsters are recruited by heavily

US Aid Cuts Having Dire Impact on Haiti's Children, Says UNICEF By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. aid cuts are having an extreme and immediate impact on thousands of children in Haiti ...

GENEVA - U.S. aid cuts are having an extreme and immediate impact on thousands of children in Haiti as violence spirals and more young people are recruited by armed gangs, the U.N. children's ...