The boys might be used as lookouts or runners to buy cigarettes before being given weapons themselves, said Mary Durran, Haiti program director for Development and Peace— Caritas Canada, a ...

Haiti has spiraled into a state of bloody ... from the government,” said Durran of Caritas Canada. Children sent by poor rural families to work as domestics in the cities were sometimes ...

Young girls in Haiti can face brutal forms of exploitation ... Durran of Caritas Canada. Children sent by poor rural families to work as domestics in the cities were sometimes effectively enslaved ...

Remembrance of the catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010 comes as the country faces major challenges, including ...

Nearly 60% of the population lives below the poverty line. In recent months, Haiti has descended into a critical state of violence and chaos. More than one million children are trapped in areas ...

Despite a slight decrease in overall extreme poverty in Haiti, the number of poor remains extremely high, especially in rural areas ... Special attention should be given to vulnerable groups such as ...

((Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)) The last of 10 U.S. missionaries arrested in Haiti while trying to take 33 children out of the country following the Jan. 12 earthquake was released Monday after being ...