UNICEF warns of escalating crisis for children in Haiti

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UNICEF warns of escalating crisis for children in Haiti  UNICEF reports that more than 3.3 million children now need urgent humanitarian assistance, as schools close and hunger spreads across the country.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/10/09/unicef-warns-of-escalating-crisis-for-children-in-haiti  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:01UNICEF has issued a stock warning about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Haiti, where

00:06violence and displacement are pushing hundreds of thousands of children to the brink of survival.

00:13We are launching today a child alert on the humanitarian situation of children in Haiti.

00:20And we don't use this term easily.

00:23Today, we have 680,000 children in displaced situations, in camps, in situations that are barely impossible to survive.

00:34The number of displaced children has nearly doubled this year amid a surge in gang violence

00:40that has forced 1.3 million people from their homes.

00:44And we see an increase in case of violence affecting children.

00:48All this combined with the risk of Haiti disappearing from global public opinion, global media attention

00:55and the interest and the priority of the donor community.

00:58This is why UNICEF is launching today a clear appeal to not to forget Haiti, not to forget

01:04an entire generation of children and young people.

01:08UNICEF reports that more than 3.3 million children now need urgent humanitarian assistance as schools,

01:15these children and their children.

01:18DON Team

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