The people in Haiti are living in the midst of a war zone, as gang violence has escalated to new heights. A State of Emergency has been declared as the country is spinning out of control on every metric, from gangs to kidnappings, migration to murder. To put it in perspective, the devastation of this crisis is believed to be larger than the 2010 earthquake.
Over the last 12 years, Frontier Projects Haiti has partnered with Light for Living International Ministries in Haiti to develop a proven distribution and humanitarian model, which has allowed us to reach families and communities in targeted areas and to serve their needs relating to food, welfare and eduactional insecurity —despite the traumatic events happening in the country.
What has been happening in Haiti - a brief Timeline
July 2018
PetroCaribe fuel situation sparks unrest and drastically increases inflation
July 2021
Jovenel Moïse, the President of Haiti was assassinated
Days before his death, Moïse appointed Ariel Henry as his new prime minister
Henry took over as prime minister
August 2021
7.2-magnitude earthquake hits southern Haiti; it’s the largest natural disaster to hit the country since the 2010 earthquake
2021 - 2024
The country has been without an elected official since the assassination
Gang violence escalates across the country as gangs have long sought to fill a power vacuum left behind when President Moïse was assassinated, and they have wanted Henry to step down from office
February 2024
Henry, the Prime Minister of Haiti, was at CARICOM, a group of Caribbean nations
Henry committed to having elections by mid-2025, which set off manifestations in Haiti
Henry flew to Kenya to sign a reciprocal agreement for the deployment of Kenyan troops to Haiti which set off more manifestations
A prominent gang leader and former police officer - known as Barbecue - who has been very outspoken toward the prime minister. He called all gangs to come together and vowed to fight until Henry resigned. He asked that all parents keep their children home
March 2024
March 1 - Henry signs an agreement with Kenya to deploy 1,000 police officers to combat gang violence
March 2 - Gangs attacked two main prisons in Port-au-Prince, releasing almost 4,000 inmates
March 3 - Government then declared a state of emergency and put a curfew in place
March 4 - Gangs attacked the airport several times—all flights were canceled until recently in June
March 5 - Henry landed in Puerto Rico and has not been able to return to Haiti
March 10 - Port-au-Prince declared a war zone; it’s estimated gangs control over 80% of the city. People are fleeing their homes. Gangs have taken control in Cabaret. People fled from there and were displaced to Bercy
Gang leaders state they will not stop until Henry steps down
March 12 - Prime Minister Ariel Henry vows to resign upon the formation of a Presidential Counsel
April 2024
April 16 - Members of the Transitional Counsel named and are set to take power when Prime Minister Ariel Henry steps down
April 25 - Prime Minister Ariel Henry steps down and Transitional Counsel sworn in
May 2024
May 28 - Garry Conille named Haiti’s new prime minister
June 2024
June 25 - the first contingent of Kenyan security forces, the initial deployment of the much-discussed and long-delayed Multinational Security Support mission (MSS), touches down on the tarmac in Port-au-Prince.
July 2024
The newly arrived Kenyan security forces are now providing Haiti's Police Force with some assistance. We hope and pray that this helps rather than hinders the process of stabilising the country, as they try and head towards democratic governance again.
What can you do?
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Keep Haiti and our leaders, families and children in your thoughts and prayers - along with us here at Frontier Projects: specifically for the welfare and safety of all and for our Haitian LIFLIM team as they continue to risk their own lives to serve.
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