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 ...

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 ...

This week on "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear speaks with filmmaker and author Gerry Straub about his life making documentaries about extreme poverty around the world, and then his move to ...

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 ...

Despite its extreme poverty, Haiti has purchased nearly US$900,000 worth of gold from the Dominican Republic since the beginning of ...

Haiti's rampant criminal gangs are luring more children into lives of crime and sexual abuse, as hunger and poverty in the tiny Caribbean nation drive young people to desperation, according to a ...

Agriculture remains the backbone of rural livelihoods in Haiti, providing income for most rural families and accounting for 66 percent of rural employment. Despite climate shocks, watershed ...

In Haiti, hillside farmers improved soil and water management through Farmer Field Schools and targeted support, restoring degraded plots and increasing productivity, while reducing flood and ...

(Mexico City) – Haiti’s crisis has reached catastrophic levels, with allied criminal groups intensifying large-scale, coordinated attacks on the population and key state infrastructure, nearly ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gangs in Haiti are recruiting children at unprecedented levels, with the number of minors targeted soaring by 70% in the past year, according to a report released Monday by ...