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Child Trafficking in Chaos Stricken Haiti

Ten US charity workers from Idaho based charity were apprehended and detained by Haitian police after they made efforts to cross the border into the Dominican Republic taking along 33 children without any proper documents. They were children aging 2 months to 12 years. The Haiti Minister in Social Affairs Yves Christallin used the term abduction

Child Labor and Exploitation

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has an estimate of 250 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 working in poor and developing countries. They work without living wage benefits, inside poor working facilities often verbally and physically abused. They receive the pay which is not enough for their necessities, no way to save some