Children of Haiti
Three months after the earthquake
The earthquake that devastated Haiti on the 12th January 2010 killed over 220,000 people, injuring over 300,000 and causing up to 4,000 amputations.
Three million people, or 30 per cent of the population, have been affected; almost 1.3 million are living in temporary shelters in over 400 spontaneous sites in the Port-au-Prince area, while more than 600,000 have moved to outlying areas, including some 300,000 children.
This disaster has been a children's emergency: nearly 1.5 mil-lion children have been directly affected by the disaster; many more remain at risk and continue to require assistance and protection. Girls and boys, who make up almost half of the population, are among the most vulnerable groups.
Already before the earthquake, Haiti's children were up against unfavourable indicators: one in every 13 infant died before the age of five; over 30 per cent of Haitians under the age of five were chronically undernourished; 55 per cent of school-aged children were out of school; 50,000 were in some 600 residential care facilities; an estimated 2,000 girls and boys were trafficked across borders annually.
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