Healing Haiti in the face of an increase in sexual violence
Claudine* looks across a sweeping valley high above the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. The lushness of the tropical vegetation, the cool fresh air and the low-hanging...
UNICEF seeks $27.5 million to step up cholera response in Haiti
The outbreak began two months ago and is unfolding amid economic crisis and rising insecurity due to gang violence. Ninety per cent of confirmed cases have...
First Person: Saving lives and preventing the spread of cholera in Haiti
The deadly but treatable disease has been spreading across the country and according to the latest Government figures published on 16 November there have been...
Peru’s food crisis grows amid soaring prices and poverty: FAO
Some 16.6 million people - more than half the population -- now find themselves without regular access to enough safe and nutritious food.It's a shocking...
Humanitarians launch Haiti appeal to ease spiralling cholera-fuelled crisis
After more than three years without a reported case in Haiti, national authorities on 2 October reported two new confirmed cases of vibrio cholerae in...
Young Haitians bond over sport, earrings and pineapple jam
Some 1500 young people got together at the Semans Lapè (Seeds of Peace) project event supported by the UN Peacebuilding Fund. UN Haiti/Jonathan Boulet-Groulx Craft products, including...
Haiti ‘on the verge of an abyss’, warns UN rights chief
The High Commissioner said the Haitian Government also needed to provide a firm commitment to accountability, and the rule of law, after decades of “systematic...
Haiti: ‘Triple threat’ of cholera, malnutrition and violence puts young lives at risk
CRC members urged the international community to support authorities in the Caribbean country in guaranteeing the rights of millions of boys and girls to live,...