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Saturday, March 15, 2025

Haiti’s humanitarian community concerned about escalating violence

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The hu­man­i­tar­i­an com­mu­ni­ty in this French-speak­ing Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty (CARI­COM), mem­ber state,  has ex­pressed deep con­cern over es­ca­lat­ing vi­o­lence, par­tic­u­lar­ly mas­sacres and gang at­tacks, which have led to in­creas­ing ca­su­al­ties and mass dis­place­ment. 

Since late Jan­u­ary, more than 6,000 peo­ple have been forced to flee their homes, in­clud­ing over 2,000 in Del­mas, Port-au-Prince, and Pé­tion-Ville, and 4,100 in Ken­scoff. 

Fam­i­lies have al­so been bru­tal­ly killed, in­clud­ing chil­dren and in­fants at­tempt­ing to es­cape.

Ul­ri­ka Richard­son, the co­or­di­na­tor of hu­man­i­tar­i­an in­sti­tu­tions in Haiti, con­demned at­tacks on civil­ians and crit­i­cal in­fra­struc­ture, such as the Feb­ru­ary 13 as­sault on the State Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tal. She said the acts vi­o­late hu­man rights and de­prive vul­ner­a­ble pop­u­la­tions of es­sen­tial ser­vices.

She added that de­spite these chal­lenges, hu­man­i­tar­i­an or­ga­ni­za­tions reaf­firm their com­mit­ment to aid­ing af­fect­ed com­mu­ni­ties. 

They call for an end to the vi­o­lence and urge in­ter­na­tion­al sup­port to fund emer­gency re­lief and long-term so­lu­tions that pro­mote sta­bil­i­ty and re­silience in Haiti.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Feb 26, CMC

CMC/jd/kb/2025


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