Nearly half of Haiti's population is younger than 18 years old. Even in better times, many of this country's youth are in desperate need of aid.
In Port-au-Prince, clinics are starting to grapple with what to do with children they have treated who arrived unaccompanied by a parent.
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for UNICEF, Tamar Hahn, said her agency was seeking to set up a facility for displaced children.
But in the aftermath of the earthquake, officials fear thousands of children have been separated from their parents.
