Many of you ask where we get our news from Haiti. Of course, we receive first-hand news from the ground from our staff living and working in Haiti.
Other news sources that frequently post and we find helpful include:
The Miami Herald Haiti section
The Washington Post
BBC News/Haiti
US Institute of Peace Report 6/how-break-stalemate-haiti
Overseas, a weekly podcast by a US missionary serving in the medical field. Find Overseas on your favorite podcast app, Spotify, Apple.
Current Events:
1. Since September 12, the security situation has dramatically worsened in Haiti following a government announcement that fuel subsidies were ending. Violence, protests, roadblocks, damaged communications infrastructure, and fuel shortages pose grave operational and logistical challenges for Haiti and the organizations providing services.
2. The instability leaves people at increased risk. As employers and social services close down, families are running out of food and health care services.
3. We aren’t going anywhere. The Good Shepherd School is run by Haitians and they are doing their best to serve the community of Pele. While we are following the government mandate that schools remain closed for the time being, the staff is checking in on teachers and the community and the teachers and staff are receiving paychecks.
