Gang violence in Haiti has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and many are finding shelter in former schools where ...

Roc Auxène walked the premises of one of the oldest schools, Lycée Pinchinat de Jacmel in this sun-swept southern city on a recent afternoon, wondering where to begin. Several of the classrooms ...

Children play in a school turned into a shelter after they were forced to leave their homes in Cite Soleil due to clashes between armed gangs, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, July 23, 2022.

People displaced by gang war violence live inside a classroom at Darius Denis school, which transformed into a shelter where people live in poor conditions, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti May 5, 2024.

At least 80% of Haiti's schools are private. Enlarge this image. ... In the meantime, Dorval said, the school will put up temporary shelters to be able to bring students back sooner.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Sept. 13, 2021)—Schools in Haiti impacted by the August 14 earthquake are unlikely to be ready to safely reopen by October 4, ... The organization is concerned it won’t be possible ...

Welcoming children back to school is a particular headache for private schools, which account for 80 per cent of the schools in Haiti. ... 60, now lives under a crude shelter made of sheet metal.

As hurricane season opens on Tuesday in the Caribbean, hundreds of thousands of Haitian earthquake victims have only tarps or fraying tents to protect them in a major storm.

Since the schools were built, Haiti has experienced two Category 1 hurricanes and there was no serious damage to the schools or emergency shelters. Despite some design flaws, in the long-term, the ...

At least 80% of Haiti's schools are private. ... In the meantime, Dorval said, the school will put up temporary shelters to be able to bring students back sooner.

FILE PHOTO: People displaced by gang war violence live inside a classroom at Darius Denis school, which transformed into a shelter where people live in poor conditions, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti ...

Haiti is struggling to send children back to class amid the devastation of the earthquake last month that killed more than 2,200 people and destroyed tens. ... including many schools.