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On estime que 30 000 enfants vivent dans approximativement 750 orphelinats en Haïti, dont la majorité est financée et gérée par le secteur privé. Selon le gouvernement d’Haïti, 80 pour cent des enfants dans les orphelinats ont au moins un parent en vie et presque tous ont d’autres membres de leur famille. La pauvreté, le manque d’accès aux services de base, et le désir d’offrir une éducation poussent les parents et les aidants à placer leurs enfants dans des orphelinats. Avec un appui adéquat, de nombreux enfants pourraient réintégrer une prise en charge familiale et…
Executive Summary
An estimated 30,000 children live in approximately 750 mostly privately-run and financed orphanages in Haiti. The Government of Haiti estimates that 80 percent of children in orphanages have at least one living parent, and almost all have other family members. Poverty, lack of access to basic services, and the desire to provide an education drive parents and caregivers to place their children in orphanages. With adequate support, many children could return to family- and community-based care, and at-risk families could be strengthened to prevent…
On the 22nd October 2013, three Latin American presidents (Costa Rica, Honduras and Paraguay) gave their support to a new regional campaign in the Latin American and Caribbean region launched to end the placement of children under three years of age in institutions. This ‘Call to action’ is led by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Latin American and Caribbean Chapter of the Global Movement for Children (MMI-CLAC), the Latin American Foster Care Network (RELAF), the …
This paper is based on "The Latin American Report. The situation of children in Latin America without parental care or at risk of losing it. Contexts, causes and responses," which was prepared using reports from 13 countries in the region. These reports were compiled by SOS Children's Villages, in the countries where the organisation has offices, in order to establish the circumstances of children without parental care or in vulnerable situations. It should be noted that there was limited…
This news report describes how the foreign financing of orphanages in Haiti fuels the growth of a corrupt orphanage industry and enables unregistered institutions in the country to continue operating outside the law.
This article discusses findings from the recent Lumos report Funding Haitian Orphanages at the Cost of Children's Rights, stressing the circumstances under which children enter into residential care as well as the prevalence of abuse within the care system.