One made to burn dead bodies. Another raped as she searched for food. Chilling details emerge in interviews with children and teenagers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
They have the calm of people who have lived through terrible things. But they are just kids. As gangs rampage in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, several children and teenagers tell CNN they have been orphaned, wounded, raped and even recruited by members of these armed groups. Some are navigating life in neighborhoods ruled by gangs, doing their best to stay out of danger.
Afraid to go to school In the coastal town of Jeremie, 15-year-old Shiloh, hasn’t been to school since January, when violent protests exploded over Haiti’s deteriorating living conditions. In one incident, protesters attacked the school itself. “They were trying to break down the school gate, the kids inside were screaming, eventually the school sent us home,” she says.
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