Haiti Update

April, 2024

Many of you have been asking how our programs and people are doing amid the current situation in Haiti. The news continues to be grim. The embargo of the country’s ports, airports, and major roads by armed gangs means no gasoline or access to schools, banks, doctors, or shops. The cost of food has skyrocketed and is hard to find.

In Port au Prince, our team is struggling with the constant, significant threat of violence each day. There is no safe way for people to leave the city and surrounding areas. The city has little access to food, water, or medical care. Across the area, people are facing extreme hunger and trauma. We have had to close the school temporarily, and our micro-credit and self-help groups cannot safely meet. The terrible isolation within this state of siege has its own dire impact, especially on the women and children…