HAITI

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• MORE THAN 300.000 CHILDREN IN HAITI ARE LEFT WITHOUT CHILDHOOL OR RIGHTS, WHO ARE OFTEN MISTREATED AND HUMILIATED, LOSE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WHIT THEIR FAMILIES AND WORK TIRELESSLY.

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• ONLY 50% OF THE CHILDREN ARE IN SCHOOL IN HAITI. THE ORGANIZATION´S TOP PRIORITIES SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE. EDUCATION IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT THAT CONTRIBUTES TO IMPROVING LIVING CONDITIONS AND ERADICATING THE CIRCLE OF POVERTY THAT CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SUCH AS HAITI SUFFER. SO FAR, UNICEF HAS REBUILT 110 CHOOLS IN PORT-AU-PRINCE THE CAPITAL, AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT 200 SEMIPERMANENT SCHOOLS WILL BE BUILT BY THE END OF 2011. APPROXIMATELY 80% OF THE HAITIAN POPULATION IS ILLITERATE AND ONLY 50% OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS, SO THAT AT LEAST THAT 50% GET THE EDUCATION THAT HAITI NEEDS TO BUILD A BUTTER FUTURE.

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• THE CULTURE OF HAITI SHOWS TRACES OF MESTIZAJE BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN (FRENCH AND SPANISH) AND AFRICAN TRADITIONS, DUE TO THE POPULATION COMES. THERE REMAIN SOME TRACES COMING FROM THE CULTURE OF THE TAINO, FIRST INHABITANTS OF THE ISLAND.

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• CATHOLICS CONSTITUTE 80% OF THE HAITIAN POPULATION. THERE IS ALSO A GROUP OF PROTESTANTS, WHO FORM THE LARGEST RELIGIOUS MINORITY IN THE COUNTRY. OTHER MINORITIES ARE THE ANIMISTS. VOODOO PRACTITIONERS ARE IN A PERCENTAGE OF THE RELIGIONS PREVIOUSLY NAMED.