One-third to half of Haiti gang members are kids

Haiti (MNN) -- Haiti’s youth bear the brunt of an escalating crisis.Humanitarian groups estimate that children now make up between one-third and half of all gang members. At the same time, there has been a thousand-percent rise in sexual violence against kids.“This is a tragedy right now in Haiti,” says a Haitian man we’ll call Dierf*, who partners with Trans World Radio.“Children are being the target of gangs in many areas, and they are being assaulted right in the middle of the streets. Most k