Gang rule on Haiti led to a stunning increase in sexual violence against children, the Unic organization of the UN UNICEF warned.
The Caribbean Island has been in a grip of violent gangs for several years, treating the population with relentless brutality, the UN said.
According to UNICEF, sexual violence against children increased 1000% of 2023, turning their bodies “into the Battalion of the field,” said spokesman James Elder.
The organization estimates that 85% of the capital port is under the supervision of gangs, and more than one million children live with a constant threat of violence.
Mr Elder gave an example of a 16-year-old girl who went home to go shopping, and armed men took him, beaten, drugged and repeatedly raped.
It was held for about a month, he said, as long as the gang released when they realized that her family had no money to pay for the ransom (the extortion abduction were common in Haiti).
He is now at the UN shelter tens of other girls who have received care.
Bandi control in Port-Au-Prince has led to almost complete breakdown of law and order, the collapse of health services and the appearance of food safety crisis.
More than 5,600 people were killed in Bandi violence only on Haiti last year.
The Transition Presidential Council of Haiti (TPC) – the body created to organize the election and re -establish a democratic order – it seems to be restless.
TPC has replaced the temporary premiere in November and seems to have made a little progress in organizing long -defined elections.
The children also employ gangs, sometimes forced, UNICEF said.
The organization has encountered members of the children’s gang over the age of eight.
The basics that the Haitian children need for a normal childhood, even if they are still at home with their families, they almost do not exist. Schools and hospitals are barely functioning, and tens of thousands of children are not at school.
UNICEF created mobile safety spaces to Haiti to try to support children and prevent sexual violence.
But last year, when he appealed to $ 221.4 million (£ 177.8 million) to finance his work at Haiti, he only got a quarter of it.
Now, with the American freezing side of aid that affects humanitarian projects around the world, Haiti needs are likely to be re -neglected.
