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Haiti violence heightens children’s emotional stress

International support is required to support children’s mental health as violence in Haiti takes an increasingly heavy toll.
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Gang violence in Haiti puts girls at risk  

Haiti’s gang crisis is placing girls at risk of hunger, gender-based violence and recruitment by armed gangs, according to a new study.
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Worsening hunger and increased violence mean fewer opportunities…

A worsening hunger crisis, combined with social upheaval has increased the risk of violence for young women in Haiti.
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On world menstrual health day, worsening humanitarian crisis…

For 13-year-old Sofiana, who lives in Hait’s South East department, the hunger crisis has meant that managing her period has become increasingly tough. "I sometimes find it difficult to buy…
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Urgent assistance needed in Haiti to save lives

Conditions in Haiti are deteriorating rapidly amid hunger, violence, school closures and a cholera epidemic.
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Haitian mother pleads for food, health and education for her…

Jesula and her children are among the 4.9 million people without enough to eat in Haiti. Plan International is supporting vulnerable families. 
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Hunger crisis: Concern deepens for women and girls in Haiti

Haiti is one of the hungriest countries on earth and women and girls are bearing the brunt of it says Plan International. 
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Plan International responds to the hunger crisis in Haiti

Around 40 families living in the southeastern department of Haiti were the first beneficiaries of cash transfers from Plan International.
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Pregnant women and girls among those most impacted in Haiti’s…

Many women who are heads of households, breastfeeding and pregnant suffer from malnutrition and are among the most vulnerable populations
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Haiti earthquake: assessing needs of children and families

Following a devastating earthquake in Haiti over the weekend and the arrival of Tropical Storm Grace just days later, Plan International is working urgently to assess needs in communities which…
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