Healing Haiti in the face of an increase in sexual violence
Claudine* looks across a sweeping valley high above the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. The lushness of the tropical vegetation, the cool
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First Person: Saving lives and preventing the spread of cholera in Haiti
A community health worker in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, has been describing how she is going door-to-door to raise awareness
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Peru’s food crisis grows amid soaring prices and poverty: FAO
Some 16.6 million people – more than half the population — now find themselves without regular access to enough safe
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Humanitarians launch Haiti appeal to ease spiralling cholera-fuelled crisis
After more than three years without a reported case in Haiti, national authorities on 2 October reported two new confirmed
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Young Haitians bond over sports, earrings and pineapple jam
Some 1500 young people got together at the Semans Lapè (Seeds of Peace) project event supported by the UN Peacebuilding Fund. Rosemonde*
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Haiti ‘on the verge of an abyss’, warns UN rights chief
The High Commissioner said the Haitian Government also needed to provide a firm commitment to accountability, and the rule of
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Haiti: ‘Triple threat’ of cholera, malnutrition and violence puts young lives at risk
CRC members urged the international community to support authorities in the Caribbean country in guaranteeing the rights of millions of
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‘Haitians are coming together to tackle the cholera crisis’: A UN Resident Coordinator Blog
“I visited several cholera treatment centres in the most affected neighbourhoods of Port-au-Prince and saw heart-breaking scenes; children who were
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Political solution ‘no longer sufficient’ to address current crisis in Haiti
Ms. Helen La Lime urged ambassadors to act decisively and help address the persistent scourges of insecurity and corruption, that
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‘Catastrophic’ hunger recorded in Haiti recorded for first time, UN warns
Hunger has reached a catastrophic level – the highest level 5, on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification index, or
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