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UN Peacekeepers In Haiti Fathered And Abandoned Hundreds Of Children According to a report in British publication, The Times, United Nations peacekeepers stationed in Haiti since the 2010 devastating earthquake, fathered hundreds of children then abandoned their young mothers to lives of poverty.
In the true spirit of the Christmas season, South Florida's charitable organization, Food for the Poor paid the fines of 79 nonviolent offenders who were being held in prisons across the Caribbean and Central America. Many of the offenders were arrested for stealing to feed their families or for something considered a minor offence. For over two decades, the kind act of seeking the freedom of prisoners has long been a tradition for the organization that caters to the needy in 17 countries in the Caribbean and Latin America. Recently the organization paid the fines of nonviolent prisoners in Guyana, Haiti,
Food For The Poor paid the nes of 50 men, two teens and one woman in Haiti. All were arrested and sent to prison for stealing. Among the 79 released, four were from Jamaica, 15 from Honduras, and seven from Guyana. Honduras and Jamaica, giving them a second chance at freedom, just in time for the new year. In Jamaica, four inmates at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre had their fines paid. Among the four released was a 49year-old who spent more than a month in the Spanish Town prison because he could not
A study into the UN's longest peacekeeping mission said girls as young as age 11 would trade sex for food or 'a few coins' so they could survive amid political turmoil and the aftermath of the earthquake, the report asserts.
afford to pay the fines for a minor offence. “This is the first time this has happened to me and it has been the hardest thing to deal with,” he said. “I prayed a lot and I begged God to intervene. God answered my prayer through Food For The Poor. It is such a blessing. I am so grateful.” In Haiti, as the socioeconomic conditions worsen because of political protests and civil unrest, many were forced to take desperate measures, like stealing, to ensure their families' survival. Food For The Poor paid the fines of 50 men, two teens and one woman in Haiti. All were arrested and sent to prison for stealing. Most were arrested for stealing pigs or in the case of 14-year-old Jerry, a goat. Jerry, from Ouanaminthe, said his mother died and his father abandoned him so he became a shoeshine boy to make money. He admitted stealing the goat to sell, but the teen was arrested and locked up with hardened criminals for two months before
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After facing sexual abuse and impregnation, these girls and young women were 'left in misery' to raise their children by themselves, The Times reported. Due to the prevalence of the problem,
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