Children & Natural Disasters Research Data & Publications

03/26/10

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Haiti's Restavèk Children: The Child Servitude Crisis"

The recent earthquake in Haiti gave the rest of the world a glimpse of a form of child suffering that often goes unseen. When a group of American missionaries were accused of child trafficking, many people were confused by the story that unfolded. How could parents have been desperate enough to agree to simply give their children away to strangers? Sadly, this wasn't just an isolated event that only happened because of the earthquake.

08/28/09

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Katrina's Children— Still Struggling"

Dear President Obama: My name is Jade Windon, 7th grade student at McDonogh 42 Charter School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. President, I write to you expressing how many of our lives continue to be affected today by the storm that happened almost four years ago. Hurricane Katrina devastated the lives of everyone here and in the Gulf Coast region.

07/10/09

What It Takes to Rebuild a Village After a Disaster

The Katrina Citizens Leadership Corps (KCLC), made up of over 250 displaced residents from the Gulf Region, sought to highlight and offer strategic solutions to the maze of problems and issues confronting displaced families and children as they try to make their way home. The KCLC released this exhaustive report on their findings at a press conference in New Orleans on July 10, 2009.

08/24/07

Marian Wright Edelman's La Columna Child Watch®: "Katrina—dos años en la vida de un niño"

Hace dos a??os, el 29 de agosto, el hurac??n Katrina bati?? la costa del Golfo de Luisiana y Mississippi, desplazando a cientos de miles de personas. Las comunidades econ??micamente deprimidas antes del hurac??n sufrieron el mayor da??o. Es una verg??enza para el pa??s que muchos ni??os todav??a sufren el trauma de la horrenda experiencia de sobrevivir en las secuelas de la tormenta.

03/16/07

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Children & Natural Disasters Research Data & Publications

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Haiti's Restavèk Children: The Child Servitude Crisis"

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Katrina's Children— Still Struggling"

What It Takes to Rebuild a Village After a Disaster

Marian Wright Edelman's La Columna Child Watch®: "Katrina—dos años en la vida de un niño"

Katrina's Children: Still Waiting

Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Another Call to Conscience and Action for Katrina's Children"

Katrina's Children: A Call to Conscience and Action

2005 State of America's Children, Chapter 5, Child Welfare