- 2003 - 50% of all Haitian children die
before age 5. There are an estimated 20000 orphans in Haiti.
The average Haitian survives on a more 3$ per day.
- Between 120
and 200, housing somewhere around 9,000 children; it seems that
the total number of orphans is approx. 200,000 – or a total of
200,000 vulnerable children are being cared for, representing 7%
to 8% of the vulnerable population
> source
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Partial and conflicting information: 200,000+
(estimated) children waiting for institutional orphan care
“Children in Institutions: Haitians and expatriate
childcare professionals are careful to make it clear that
Haitian orphanages and children’s homes are not orphanages
in the North American sense, but instead shelters for
vulnerable children, often housing children whose parent (s)
are poor as well as those who are abandoned, neglected or
abused by family guardians. Neither the number of children
or the number of institutions is officially known, but Chambre de L’Enfance Necessiteusse Ha_tienne (CENH)
indicated that is has received requests for assistance from
nearly 200 orphanages from around the country for more than
200,000 children. Although not all are orphans, many are
vulnerable or originate in vulnerable families that hoped to
increase their children’s opportunities by sending them to
orphanages.” / “The CENH figures seem high when compared to
Schwarz’s 1999 count of five rural and three urban
orphanages in the Northwest Province and northern Artibonite,
with a total of 376 children. Catholic Relief Services
provides assistance to 120 orphanages with 9,000 children in
the West, South, Southeast and Grand Anse, but these include
only orphanages that meet their criteria. They estimate
receiving ten requests per week for assistance from
additional orphanages and children’s homes, but some of
these are repeat requests.” Read “The Situations of Orphans
in Haiti: A summary assessment.” USAID, FHI and the IMPACT
Project
> source (page 14 and 15 of actual report (not
web page counter).
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