HAITI: Only a 90 minute Flight From Miami, but poorest country in Western Hemisphere

Orphan Statistics (Haiti)
• In Haiti alone, there are 490,000 orphans.
• In addition, 300,000 children are in slavery.
• One in seven children in Haiti dies before their 5th birthday - mostly of preventable diseases
• 60% of Haitian children do not have access to the most basic medical care.
• 25% of infants suffer from low birth weight. Sometimes it is fatal.
• 24% of children suffer from stunted growth as a result of malnutrition.
• Roughly 46% of children are not vaccinated against polio and measles.
• Nearly half of the population of Haiti are children under the age of 18 years.
• 48% of the adult population is illiterate.
• 200,000 orphaned Haitian children live in institutions (the rest are fostered, live with relatives, or are street children).
• Child-headed households are becoming more common as potential guardians succumb to AIDS or other causes of death
• 9.71% of children die before or during birth.
• Every year, over 5000 babies are born infected with HIV.
Source: UNICEF, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION