Haiti News Update

Ongoing unrest and gang violence in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, have attracted increased attention from the international community. Grace Children's Hospital, the longest-running program of International Child Care in Haiti, is located in the Delmas area of Port-au-Prince. Every day, the hospital staff risk their lives simply to come to work. Community health workers and traditional birth attendants have been threatened and robbed while making their rounds in the dangerous Port-au-Prince slums. Through it all, they have been courageous enough to persevere in their efforts to bring health and hope to the children in their communities.

Click on the program names to read more about Grace Children's Hospital and Urban Community Health.

The following article from the January 24, 2006 edition of the New York Times gives one observer's perspective on life in the volatile city.

Fear and Death Ensnare U.N.'s Soldiers in Haiti
By GINGER THOMPSON
Nearly 20 months after the United Nations arrived to stabilize the hemisphere's poorest country and avert a civil war, there is still no cease-fire in this violent city on the sea. Full Story