Results for: "haiti"
Stanley's Story: Emergency Intervention in Haiti
Stanley* is a 16 year old boy originally from one of Haiti’s poorest regions. Like 80% of the children currently living in Haiti’s orphanages, Stanley ...
Empowering families in Haiti #WeAreLumos
A 3 minute film on Lumos' work on institutional care in Haiti. It covers the poor quality of institutional care; the reasons why children are ...
In Our Lifetime: How Donors Can End The Institutionalisation Of Children
A report highlighting how donors can end the institutionalisation of children.
The promise of education: Diego's story
Lured into an orphanage with false promises, Diego has now been reunited with his mother.
Lumos CEO To Deliver September 15th Briefing on the Worsening State of Haiti’s Orphanages
New research shows a strengthening link between for-profit orphanages and child trafficking.
Learning the truth about Haitian Orphanages
I first travelled to Haiti in 2003, age 22, as a volunteer and found myself living in an orphanage and taking care of more than ...
Child exploitation in Haiti’s orphanages
On June 21-22, 2017, Haiti – ranked eighth in the world for human trafficking – held its first annual conference to combat trafficking. The Haitian ...
Wesley's story: "We were merchandise"
Wesley is a 17 year old boy, who lives happily with his family in their village in Haiti. He is bright and articulate, and he ...
Orphanage Entrepreneurs: The Trafficking of Haiti’s Invisible Children
This report provides a succinct summary of the scale and shape of abuse and trafficking in Haiti’s orphanages and key recommendations for stakeholders to incorporate ...
Funding Haitian Orphanages at the Cost of Children's Rights
Lumos (2017)Funding Haitian orphanages at the cost of children's rights." A 48 page research report on institutional care in Haiti. Covers the funding of orphanages, ...
Ensuring the transfer of resources in different settings
A 4 minute presentation by Georgette Mulheir, Lumos CEO, as part of training on deinstitutionalisation. The presentation covers transferring resources from institutional care to community ...
Georgette Mulheir, Lumos CEO explains how orphanages can fuel the trafficking business
A 1 minute presentation by Georgette Mulheir, Lumos CEO, on how children are being trafficked into orphanages to raise funds from foreign volunteers and donors, ...
Lumos statement on safeguarding and reporting
At Lumos, the protection of children is at the very heart of our work and we are profoundly shocked and dismayed by the recent reports ...
Orphanages and child trafficking are linked – international recognition of this will change lives
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What does Freedom Day mean in Haiti?
On the 5th of February, the Haitian police broke up a trafficking ring at Kaliko Beach – a stunning Caribbean resort that is a hotspot ...
The launch of the Task Force to combat trafficking in Haiti
The National Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons, an interministerial structure whose mission is to coordinate the fight against trafficking in persons in Haiti, jointly ...
Le Financement des Orphelinats aux Frais des Droits des Enfants
Lumos (2017)Funding Haitian orphanages at the cost of children's rights." 48 page research report on institutional care in Haiti. Covers the funding of orphanages, including ...
Stanley's Story #MothersDay
A 1 minute film describing the story of Stanley, a child in institutional care in Haiti who was placed in care following the earthquake/ due ...
Stéphanie's story: "At the orphanage, my spirit was trapped"
Stéphanie was one of the first children to arrive at the orphanage, in a town not far from the Haitian capital of Port au Prince. ...