Idine Espanyas
Aes Sedai
Haïti is currently engulfed in a political crisis caused by waves of gang violence overtaking the capital city. The violence has led to widespread displacement of Haïtians from their homes, starvation, difficulty accessing medical treatment, and the collapse of the government. Even though the small island nation’s current problems have spiraled in recent weeks, this political collapse has deep roots.
Haïti has still not recovered from the humanitarian crisis caused by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that devastated the country on January 10, 2010. The July 7, 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse by foreign mercenary forces triggered a crisis of gang violence that has spiraled into the present. In January 2023, presidential elections were suspended due to gang violence, and on February 29, 2024 gangs attacked the capital, Port-au-Prince, blocking the Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning after a mission in Kenya. The country is in extended state of emergency in attempts to control the escalating violence. The airports and shipping ports have been shut down due to gang attacks, leading to food and medicine scarcities. The recent gang attacks have left 15,000 people homeless, in addition to an estimated 300,000 Haïtians who have been displaced due to violence in recent years.
For more information on the situation, please see the articles here:
apnews.com
For organizations still on the ground in Haïti:
Doctors without Borders
World Food Program
Partners in Health
Mercy Corps
Haiti Arise
If you know of other organizations working currently in Haïti, please let us know so we can add to this list.
Haïti has still not recovered from the humanitarian crisis caused by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that devastated the country on January 10, 2010. The July 7, 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse by foreign mercenary forces triggered a crisis of gang violence that has spiraled into the present. In January 2023, presidential elections were suspended due to gang violence, and on February 29, 2024 gangs attacked the capital, Port-au-Prince, blocking the Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning after a mission in Kenya. The country is in extended state of emergency in attempts to control the escalating violence. The airports and shipping ports have been shut down due to gang attacks, leading to food and medicine scarcities. The recent gang attacks have left 15,000 people homeless, in addition to an estimated 300,000 Haïtians who have been displaced due to violence in recent years.
For more information on the situation, please see the articles here:
Haiti extends a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and repel widespread gang attacks
Haiti’s government says it is extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks that have paralyzed the capital of Port-au-Prince in a fierce political battle for power.
apnews.com
For organizations still on the ground in Haïti:
Doctors without Borders
World Food Program
Partners in Health
Mercy Corps
Haiti Arise
If you know of other organizations working currently in Haïti, please let us know so we can add to this list.
