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Even in disasters, children are best left with their families and communities

21-January-2010

Plan staff lead Haitian children in games designed to help them regain a sense of normality.

The Age newspaper has published an opinion piece by Plan International Australia's Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist Amalia Fawcett.

The article raises some of the issues that children in Haiti will be facing after the recent earthquake, and addresses some of the preferred ways of protecting and caring for Haiti's children as the country starts the long process of rebuilding.

Read Amalia's opinion piece on The Age website.