2024-03-21 09:52:19
One of 17 UNICEF containers was looted in the main port of Port-au-Prince in Haiti. The container contained essential items for maternal, neonatal and child survival, including resuscitators and related equipment, as well as critical early childhood development and education supplies, water equipment, among other supplies.
Hundreds of people attacked dozens of containers, taking everything they found in their path in the port of the capital, located in a working-class neighborhood controlled by the armed group of Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier.
In a preliminary assessment, of the 17 containers, one containing items to ensure maternal, neonatal and child survival, including resuscitators and related equipment, was emptied.
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For a week now, armed groups have stormed the city’s main port, cutting off one of the last remaining means of life in the capital to obtain food and supplies, as the country approaches collapse. Currently, more than 260 containers with humanitarian supplies are controlled by armed groups in the port.
«Depriving children of vital supplies in the face of a collapsed health system is a violation of their rights. “This incident occurs at a critical time, when children need these supplies most,” said Bruno Maes, UNICEF representative in Haiti.
Since January, the deteriorating security situation in Haiti has worsened the humanitarian crisis. UNICEF has expressed serious concern about the impact of violence on children and adolescents’ access to an already collapsed health system that is supported by essential supplies from the entity.
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