#Sleeping dogs thousand cuts full

World Vision United States, which is based in Federal Way, Washington and helps children in Haiti, told The Associated Press that it has relocated at least 11 of 320 employees as a result of the violence and is taking undisclosed security measures for other staff. But smaller organizations donвЂ™t always have such means. World Food Program have found alternate ways to help people, such as using barges rather than vulnerable trucks to ferry goods from the capital to HaitiвЂ™s southern region. вЂњHumanitarian actors have also limited their interventions due to the security risks to their staff and access challenges,вЂќ it added. The agency added: вЂњWithout being able to access these areas under the control of gangs, we are far from knowing and measuring the extent of these abuses and what Haitians really experience on a daily basis. Rapes, murders, thefts, armed attacks, kidnappings continue to be committed daily, on populations often left to fend for themselves in disadvantaged and marginalized neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince and beyond.вЂќ The agency said Haitians are вЂњliving in hell under the yoke of armed gangs. More than 460 kidnappings have been reported by HaitiвЂ™s National Police so far this year, more than double what was reported last year, according to the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti. вЂњYou see the situation deteriorating day after day, impacting life at every level,вЂќ Lubin said, adding that aid organizations have gone into вЂњsurvival mode.вЂќДЇew places in the world are so dependent on aid groups as Haiti, a nation frequently called вЂњthe republic of NGOs.вЂќ Billions of dollars in aid have been poured through hundreds вЂ“ by some estimates several thousand вЂ“ of aid groups even as the government has grown steadily weaker and less effective.ДЄnd in the streets, the gangs hold power. вЂњItвЂ™s just getting worse in every way possible,вЂќ said Margarett Lubin, Haiti director for CORE, a U.S.

#Sleeping dogs thousand cuts full

Gang-related kidnappings and shootings have prevented aid groups from visiting parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and beyond where they had previously distributed food, water and other basic goods.ДЄ severe shortage of fuel also has kept agencies from operating at full capacity. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A spike in violence has deepened hunger and poverty in Haiti while hindering the very aid organizations combating those problems in a country whose government struggles to provide basic services.ДЇew relief workers are willing to speak on the record about the cuts - perhaps worried about drawing attention following the October kidnapping of 17 people from Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries - 12 of whom remain held hostage.Д«ut several confirmed, without giving details, that they had sent some staff out of the country and have been forced to temporarily cut back aid operations.