The organization called “Rasanbleman Sitwayen ak Sitwayèn Kominote Aktif pou Devlopman (RASSKAD)” communicated to the press on Tuesday May 7, 2024, the result of the investigation carried out for 3 months in the districts of Saint-Martin, La Saline and Cité Soleil.According to data provided by investigators, 80% of young people aged between 14 and 24 became mothers and fathers early.
THE HAITI FACTOR, May 8, 2024._ “Early pregnancy” was the concept investigated by the leaders of the structures called “Rasanbleman Sitwayen ak Sitwayèn Kominote Aktif pou Devlopman (RASSKAD)”. The work is supported by Concern Worldwide.
The survey carried out over 3 months in the areas of Saint-Martin, La Saline and Cité Soleil (West), concerns young people (girls and boys) aged between 14 and 24 years old.
On a sample of 79 people including 63 girls and 16 boys, the survey revealed that 80% of young people of both sexes became mothers and fathers early. This was communicated by the leaders of the aforementioned entities including Wilbert René and Jean Frithzlande, respectively Deputy Coordinator and General Coordinator of RASSKAD.
They presented the result during a forum organized in Pétion-Ville around the theme: “ Children don’t make Children ».
Present at the forum, Wilbert René, Deputy Coordinator of Rasanbleman Sitwayen ak Sitwayèn Kominote Aktif pou Devlopman (RASSKAD), suggested that unemployment, poverty, non-schooling and insecurity are, among other things, the occasional causes of early pregnancy, according to testimonies.
Individual and collective rapes perpetrated by bandits against young women are also part of it, they argue.
Based on the results of the investigation Wilbert René encourages state authorities to work to help young people living in marginalized neighborhoods.
For her part, Frithzlande Jean, General Coordinator of RASSKAD approaches the question in the same direction. She asked the authorities at the highest level of the country to initiate social programs to assist single mothers and son fathers and to take drastic measures to avoid similar cases.
To better help stakeholders come to the aid of these categories, the heads of the entities that carried out the survey plan to organize on May 17, 2024, in Pétion-Ville, a workshop with representatives from various sectors of the country in order to to submit to them the document which contains the grievances of many young mothers and fathers as well as recommendations.
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