The Background of the United Nations children says that the bands are inflicting “unimaginable horrors” for Haitian children.
The power of the gangs in Haiti has led to an impressive increase in sexual violence against children, warns the United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF).
For several years, the Caribbean island has been under the dominion of violent bands that deal with the population with relentless brutality, said Unicef.
Sexual violence against children in the country has increased by 1,000% from 2023, transforming their bodies “into battlefields”, said the James Elder entity spokesperson.
UNICEF estimates that 85% of the capital of Porto Prince is under the control of the bands. More than 1 million children live with the constant threat of violence.
Elder gave the example of a 16 -year -old girl who left the house to go shopping and then was seized by armed men. It has been beaten, drugged and raped repeatedly.
He was detained for about a month, he said, until the gang freed it when he realized that his family had no money to pay the redemption. The raptures of extortion are common to Haiti.
Now he is in a United Nations refuge with dozens of other girls who receive care.
The control of the bands in Porto PrÃncipe led to an almost complete violation of the law and the order, the collapse of health services and the emergence of a food safety crisis.
More than 5,600 people were killed due to group violence in Haiti only last year.
The Haiti Transition Presidential Council, the body created to organize the elections and restore the democratic order, seems to be in crisis.
The Council replaced the provisional Prime Minister in November, but made few progress in the organization of the postponed elections.
Children are also recruited by bands, sometimes forcedly, says UNICEF.
The organization has found members of the band of children only eight years old.
The foundations that Haitian children need to have normal childhood, even if they are still at home with their families, are practically non -existent, says UNICEF. Schools and hospitals barely work and tens of thousands of children are not at school.
UNICEF has created safe mobile spaces in Haiti to try to support children and prevent sexual violence.
But last year, when requested $ 221.4 million ($ 1.3 billion) to finance his work in Haiti, he received only a quarter.
Now it is feared that with the freezing of American foreign aid that affect humanitarian projects all over the world, Haiti’s needs are neglected again.
This report was written and revised by our journalists using Help in translation, such as Part of a pilot project.
Source: Terra
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