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Human trafficking spikes in post-earthquake Haiti

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund recently released a disturbing report indicating that an ongoing problem in Haiti is getting worse, reports Charisma News Online.

Experts say there's been a spike in Haiti's post-quake child trafficking.

Desperate parents, faced with their inability to feed, clothe or educate their children, are selling them for as little as $1.20 to the traffickers who promise a better life for the kids.

But the reality is quite different. Some wind up in prostitution, but UNICEF's report indicates that the trafficked children are also feeding an illegal adoption market.

Ron Sparks with Baptist Haiti Mission explains, "The tragedy is only magnified because of the earthquake and so many more children being on the street and being vulnerable to predators."

One way to cut down on the trafficking is to reduce the vulnerable population. That's done when BHM can "continue providing a support group for the families and the children themselves through our churches, our schools and the whole Baptist Haiti Mission organization."

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[03/06/2011]

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