On Oct. 28, 2025, the devastating hurricane Melissa, struck Jamaica, causing flooding and widespread destruction. The hurricane then swept across Cuba on Oct. 29 and is now affecting Haiti and other countries in the region. Brice de le Vingne, head of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency unit, responds to the hurricane with the [...] Read More... from Hurricane Melissa: MSF prepares to respond in Jamaica and other countries The post Hurricane Melissa: MSF prepa...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF …
“I bought my outfit with my own money,” a young lady we serve in Haiti, proudly announced one day. Josna participated in a program designed to prepare youth for adulthood by engaging them in structured work experiences. The post Josna’s Job Well Done | An Update from Haiti appeared first on Lifesong for Orphans.| Lifesong for Orphans
Leomane’s husband left her and her five young children to fend for themselves. As a single mother in Haiti, she struggled to provide for her children’s basic needs, including food, shelter, and education. The post Leomane Persists as a Single Mother in Haiti appeared first on Lifesong for Orphans.| Lifesong for Orphans
Le Grand prix de l’Académie française, the French Academy’s Grand Prize for Novel, was awarded yesterday (Thursday, October 30, 2025) to Yanick Lahens for her novel Passagères de nuit (Éditions Sabine Wespieser, 2025). The book, which fictionalizes the Haitian writer’s family history, was praised by Libération, Le Figaro, and other news outlets. Our warmest congratulations to […]| Repeating Islands
Tchaka is a stew made with dried corn (hominy), beans, pork (or other meats), and a variety of spices, popular in Haiti. The broth of... The post Haitian Tchaka Recipe appeared first on Travel Food Atlas.| Travel Food Atlas
The UN urges Haiti’s transitional leaders to announce elections soon as insecurity and displacement worsen ahead of the Feb. 2026 transition deadline. The post Security Council warns Haiti’s leaders: Time running out to restore security and hold elections appeared first on The Haitian Times.| The Haitian Times
With MSF’s hospital closed and gangs nearing Rue Duncombe, Turgeau residents plead for armed intervention before violence engulfs their community. The post ‘We’ve seen this movie before’: Turgeau residents warn authorities as gangs surge into central Port-au-Prince appeared first on The Haitian Times.| The Haitian Times
Half of Haiti’s departments are on orange alert as Storm Melissa looms. Civil Protection urges families to seek shelter, avoid rivers, and help vulnerable neighbors. The post Haiti’s Civil Protection urges residents to avoid flood-prone areas as Tropical Storm Melissa approaches appeared first on The Haitian Times.| The Haitian Times
Haiti’s Haut-Fourneau mangrove, a vital coastal ecosystem near Port-de-Paix, is the focus of a new $90,000 conservation project led by local organizations with the French government's support. The post $90K project launched to protect endangered mangroves in Haiti’s northwest appeared first on The Haitian Times.| The Haitian Times
With a hurricane watch in effect for southern Haiti, officials are urging residents in flood-prone areas to seek higher ground. Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to strengthen as it approaches Haiti and Jamaica later this week. The post Tropical Storm Melissa brings heavy rain, flood risk to Haiti and Dominican Republic appeared first on The Haitian Times.| The Haitian Times
Syntax Studio and Akademi will host the first Ayiti AI Hackathon from November 28 to 30, where ten Haitian teams will create AI solutions for local challenges. Participants will receive mentorship, work on six themes, and be judged on innovation, functionality, and presentation. The event aims to empower young developers, promote practical AI applications in Haiti, and demonstrate that AI is not reserved for large tech companies or major research labs.| The Haitian Times
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola — an island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Officials urged residents in flood-prone areas to seek higher ground. The slow-moving storm was centered about […] The post Caribbean islands take cover from Melissa’s rains appeared first on Key Biscayne Independent.| Key Biscayne Independent
The track forecast is more uncertain than usual, but Melissa is likely to bring colossal rains and life-threatening flooding to multiple islands in the Caribbean. The post Tropical Storm Melissa not yet strengthening, but still expected to become a dangerous Caribbean hurricane appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.| Yale Climate Connections
On Oct. 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule in the Federal Register establishing a new $1,000 immigration parole fee required by the H.R. 1 Reconciliation Act. That same day, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed immediate implementation for some individuals who are granted parole, re-parole, or parole... Continue Reading| Inside Business Immigration
Access to health care has become severely limited amid a broader crisis of violence and insecurity in Haiti. In response, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is supporting the reopening of the Isaïe Jeanty maternity hospital, one of the largest in the country, which had closed during a wave of violence in early 2024. In [...] Read More... from Haiti: MSF supports the reopening of a major maternity hospital in the capital The post Haiti: MSF supports the reopening of a ma...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF …
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to permanently close our emergency centre in Turgeau due to increasing insecurity in the centre of Port-au-Prince. This health facility had temporarily closed its doors and suspended its activities in March 2025 following a serious incident targeting MSF. “For several weeks now, the area surrounding the [...] Read More... from Haiti: MSF announces permanent closure of our Turgeau emergency centre in Port-au-Prince Th...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF …
Since 2022, Haiti’s gang violence has left over 16,000 dead and displaced 1.3 million, half of them children. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says as many as 500,000 illegal guns are in circulation, most held by gangs controlling 90% of the capital and expanding their grip on several provincial towns. Despite last year’s Kenya-led multinational mission (MSS) deployment, violence has escalated, prompting the Security Council to approve a new 5,500-member anti-gang force a...| The Haitian Times
The UN Security Council voted Tuesday to authorize a mer, 5,550-member international unit with expanded powers to help stop escalating gang violence in Haiti. The resolution, co-sponsored by the United States and Panama, will transform the current Kenya-led multinational force into a “Gang Suppression Force” with the power to arrest suspected gang members, which the current force does not have.| France 24
Descarga el poster de la campaña En los últimos años, el pueblo haitiano ha enfrentado un asedio constante del imperialismo norteamericano y la complicidad de las derechas del mundo. Hoy, Puerto Príncipe, capital del país, se encuentra bajo control de […]| ALBA Movimientos
For September, in which the Republic of Korea is president of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. The post Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: September 2025 appeared first on NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
The Kenya-led MSS in Haiti faces funding and operational gaps, with clarity on UN support for the mission expected in October. Meanwhile, Haiti’s reliance on private firms like former U.S. Navy SEAL Erik Prince’s Vectus Global raises concerns about transparency, coordination and sovereignty.| The Haitian Times
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE DÉCISION DE LA CITIBANK FACE À CERTAINES MISSIONS DIPLOMATIQUES ET CONSULAIRES D’HAÏTI AUX ETATS-UNIS D’AMÉRIQUE Port-au-Prince, le 30 Avril 2025. Le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et…| Embassy of Haiti
The third Q4RTS Festival, organized by Expo_17.0 in Pétion-Ville on Aug. 17, showcased painting, body art and live performances under the theme “Colors of the Soul,” reaffirming art as a universal language and highlighting Haiti’s vibrant cultural scene.| The Haitian Times
Haitian filmmaker Luc Junior Ségur’s AbiZe turns heartbreak event into cinema, earning acclaim at Toronto’s Nollywood Film Festival.| The Haitian Times
Port-au-Prince-based incubator Banj and its partners have launched antreprann.ht, Haiti’s first digital database for entrepreneurs. The platform connects six key sectors to address resource gaps, training needs and funding shortages, supporting startup creation and growth despite the country’s economic and security challenges.| The Haitian Times
Haiti has declared a three-month state of emergency in its West, Artibonite and Center departments amid rising gang violence, the displacement of over 239,000 people, and devastation to its key farming regions.| The Haitian Times
The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince mourns seminarian Rodny Boussicot, 25, who died by suicide on Aug. 9 in Pétion-Ville after battling illness and depression. His death occurs amid Haiti’s worsening mental health crisis, driven by widespread gang violence leading to multiple deaths, kidnappings, human rights violations, mass displacement and economic collapse.| The Haitian Times
“Securing the first permanent, universal, and immediate abolition of slavery was Jean-Jacques Dessalines’s greatest success and is his legacy.”| Public Books
A Karib-térségben fekvő Haitiről elsősorban talán nem a kulináris kincsek jutnak eszünkbe. Az ország valóban a legszegényebbek közé tartozik, történelmét még a 21. század folyamán is a társadalmi és gazdasági válságok, a természeti katasztrófák és a politikai instabilitás jellemzi. A haiti konyha ugyanakkor rendkívül izgalmasnak mondható, vegyes etnikumú, sokszínű közösségének változatos jellemzői érződnek rajta. A… The post A chili és egy egzotik...| PaprikaMolnár
For July, in which Pakistan is president of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Colombia, Haiti and Yemen.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
Demonstrators from Haiti to France to San Francisco, London, Belize and Jamaica have demanded that France pay for the ransom it extracted from Haiti 200 years ago as the price for its independence and for the “crime” of freeing itself from slavery.| San Francisco Bay View
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians currently under threat of deportation must be allowed to stay in the U.S. at least until it is safe for them to return to Haiti.| San Francisco Bay View
I remember laughing when I watched the now infamous debate between President Trump and Former Vice President Harris when President Trump said “They’re [Haitian people] eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating the pets of the people that live there.” My parents laughed along with me when I made lighthearted jokes about the...| The Science Survey
Violence escalates in Port-au-Prince as armed groups expand their control. MSF’s Tabarre trauma hospital, one of the last in the capital, faces overwhelming patient numbers, risking further crisis. With medical teams exhausted and hospital beds beyond capacity, people’s access to surgical care is dangerously reduced.| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Right now, the people of Haiti are living through an unimaginable nightmare. Gang violence has overtaken communities, schools have shut down, families are on the run, and hunger is ravaging the country. At the center of this crisis are Haiti’s children—innocent, vulnerable, and enduring the unimaginable. This is not just a crisis.This is a catastrophe. […] The post Haiti is Suffering – It’s Children are Paying the Price appeared first on The Archibald Project.| The Archibald Project
For January, in which Algeria has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Haiti and Israel/Palestine.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
2024 saw Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams responding to various emergencies spanning the globe. Abyei: area between Sudan and South Sudan The 38-kilometer trip from Agok to Abyei takes over 6 hours due to poor roads. MSF uses a tractor to navigate mud bogs. The road conditions prevent water and sanitation trucks from [...]Read More... from 2024: A year in review| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
“The most important thing you can do is let the world know what is happening here.” This recent plea from Dr. Abu Baker, a hospital director in the West Bank, is a familiar one for our teams at Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The simple request – to share the grave realities we [...]Read More... from Shut up and provide aid: why weaponizing neutrality against humanitarian organizations must not silence us| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is partially resuming its medical activities in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area after a 22-day suspension due to repeated threats and violence against its staff and patients. The decision to suspend MSF’s activities, even temporarily, was extremely difficult because the city is heavily affected by violence, and the medical needs [...]Read More... from Haiti: MSF Partially Resumes Medical Activities in Port-au-Prince| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Following the assassination of Haiti’s president in 2021, violent gangs forcibly took control. In 2023, 8,400 people were killed, injured, or kidnapped. Today, the number of innocent lives taken continues to rise. In August, we grieved the tragic murder of a beloved team member and friend—a man completely dedicated to the mission of bringing joy […]| Lifesong for Orphans
A series of threats by police forces against Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff have forced the organization to suspend its activities until further notice in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince. Police officers have stopped MSF vehicles multiple times and directly threatened MSF staff members, including death and rape threats, in the week following [...]Read More... from Haiti: Violence and threats by police force MSF to suspend activities in Port-au-Prince me...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Fatherless children in Haiti are highly vulnerable. When men are unable to find work, they often leave their families due to shame. Lifesong and Welcome Home Haiti partner to help families stay together by empowering over 125 men and women with jobs. Employees receive discipleship and living wages, four times above the average pay. They […]| Lifesong for Orphans
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns in the strongest terms the killing of at least two patients who were executed after an MSF ambulance was stopped by members of a vigilante group and law enforcement officers. On November 11, an MSF ambulance transporting three young people with gunshot wounds was stopped by Haitian police [...]Read More... from Haiti: MSF outraged by attack on its ambulance by law enforcement and execution of patients| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
In 2020, the Raising Haiti Foundation began funding the provision of small loans ($25-$50) to 50 women clients in two communities: Medor and Sarrazin. Most of the women use their| Ms. Magazine
For July, in which the Russian Federation has the presidency of the Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Haiti, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
Haitian Spaghetti is a flavorful pasta dish made with tomato sauce, diced veggies and chopped hot dogs to enjoy a taste from the island.| The Foreign Fork
Take a look at the guns seen during the ongoing Haitian rebellion. If you were trapped in a foreign country in a lawless situation like this, would you know how to operate all of these weapons? An Examination Of The Guns of Haiti| Choose Adventure
For October, in which Brazil has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the MAP provides recommendations on the situations in Colombia and Haiti, as well as the thematic agenda item Women, peace and security.| NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
