Port-au-Prince Mission

Topics: Emergencies | Humanitarian crises

Dove:

Port-au-Prince

Destinatari:

La comunità locale

Chi segue il progetto?

Fra Wilfrid e fra Noe Francisco

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Background

Two hurricanes, two earthquakes and a coup d’état. Since 2004 Haiti has been battered by a series of natural and political disasters that have condemned the population to a condition of perpetual emergency, compounded by administrative and social instability.

Adding to the problem of displaced persons and the hundreds of thousands of people now living homeless is the substantial absence of institutions, which causes the almost uncontrolled increase in wars between rival gangs.

One of the world’s poorest countries has been living for more than 15 years with the inability to plan even an initial phase of development.

Friars in Haiti

The friars have been present in Haiti since 1987 with the Foundation of Holy Crossin Haiti. The foundation has 24 friars distributed in 3 houses, all located in the capital Port-au-Prince.

In Haiti, the friars carry out the activities that distinguish Franciscan work in the world: catechesis, caring for the poor and sick, and teaching. The friars are also involved in the animation of one of the parishes in Haiti, a predominantly Catholic state, offering spiritual guidance to more than 35,000 people.

Immediate intervention

Created to provide concrete and immediate responses to the state of emergency following the 2021 earthquake, today the Haiti fundraiser is aimed at finding resources to support the basic needs of the population and to protect the growth of its youngest and most fragile inhabitants.

In the meantime, it is also essential to provide for the renovation of one of the Franciscan houses in Port-au-Prince, which was semi-destroyed by the 2021 earthquake. Its reconstruction is indispensable to enable Brother Wilfrid and Brother Noe Francisco to continue their work to assist the local population.