Mitch Albom's Haiti orphanage in the gang-controlled capital has sheltered children from violence for years

Prince, Haiti's gang-controlled capital, there's an orphanage taking in the most at-risk kids. It's run by bestselling author Mitch Albom and his wife Janine.

Growing up behind walls at Mitch Albom's Haitian orphanage

Haiti's gangs have near-total control of Port-au-Prince. Bestselling author Mitch Albom runs an orphanage in the city. Children there grow up and get an education in a haven behind walls.

ICE detains embattled former North Miami mayor’s partner, mother of his children

Her husband is involved in an ongoing investigation in which he is accused of spinning a decades-long web of deceit involving ...
Forbes

UNICEF Helps Haiti’s Young Armed-Group Recruits Find Their Way Back

UNICEF and the Government of Haiti have teamed up to strengthen prevention and response to child recruitment by armed groups — and help victims rebuild their lives. Ali, 15, name changed, is ...
Human Rights Watch

Haiti Criminal Groups Trafficking Children Amid State Collapse

A new United Nations report details how criminal groups in Haiti are exploiting the near-total absence of the state, as well as widespread hunger and violence, to recruit children who then face abuse.
AOL

UNICEF warns that child recruitment by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year as poverty and violence deepens across the troubled Caribbean country, according to a new UNICEF ...
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UNICEF warns that child recruitment by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year

A child sleeps at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) (Odelyn Joseph ...