Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 1st Feb. UNICEF has warned on Wednesday that the escalating armed violence in Haiti has triggered a profound humanitarian crisis.
The agency noted that some 170,000 children are now displaced – double the number from last year – amid a surge in gang-led killings and kidnappings, sexual violence and a severe food crisis.
UNICEF Representative in Haiti, Bruno Maes visited three displacement sites in the capital Port-au-Prince said that “In Haiti, children and families are enduring relentless waves of brutal violence, with each day bringing new horrors, the loss of loved ones, homes being destroyed by fire, and an ever-present shadow of fear,”
UNICEF latest data revealed that 314,000 people, roughly half of them children, have been uprooted across Haiti, mainly in the capital and the Artibonite department.
Some 2,500 people, most are women and children, have been newly displaced following clashes in the Solino and Gabelliste areas in the capital.
UNICEF estimated that three million children across Haiti will require humanitarian aid this year.
The agency is seeking $221.7 million to respond to needs, it said in a press release.
