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Hi, I'm Saril Khalili, and you're listening to another take, where we bring you episodes from the archives.

Chad says it's sending 1,500 troops to Haiti for a year as part of an expanding international

mission aimed at pushing back against gang violence and restoring order.

The deployment comes as armed groups continue to control large parts of the country.

But beyond the security response, Haiti's children remain

caught in the middle. More than a million have been trapped by gangs, exposed to abuse,

fear, and forced recruitment. Today we revisit our conversation with Amnesty International on who is standing up for Haiti's children.

This episode first aired on February 25th of last year.

All dates and references are from that time.

Music Today, kids can't be kids in Haiti.

The police killed my friends, my father, my uncles.

So I'm fighting for revenge.

I shouldn't be in a gang, but this is all we have in Haiti.

Gangs have turned more than a million children's lives into a nightmare.

I'm Natasha Del Toro, and this is the take.

I'm Ralea Rugga. I'm a senior crisis advisor at Amnesty International, which is just a fancy way of saying

a senior researcher at the organization's crisis response team.

Well, Raya, I'm so excited to have you here.

Haiti is a topic that is near and dear to my heart.

I've reported there several times.

And so you, as a researcher with Amnesty International,

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