Allens worked with CHI for a few months in 2018 as an interpreter. He learned English in Long Island, New York, and was connected to CHI through his uncle who knows Danger, CHI's Haiti Operations Director. 

He says that CHI has helped to change this community for the better. By providing medical attention to people who would otherwise never be able to afford it, CHI has saved the lives of so many community members. 

Other than his work with CHI, Allens runs a small business selling engine oil. In the future, he would like to get married, become a father, buy a nice house, and hopefully travel. He thinks that the future will be good for the community.​

Jean has been working with CHI for over eight years as an interpreter. He learned English by speaking with volunteers from CHI.

Outside of CHI, Jean runs an orphanage where he takes care of seven children full-time. He also cares for 70 other children in the village by providing them with food or education when he is able. He says he wants to help as many kids as possible, since many children can get “left behind” in Haiti. The organization he runs to care for these children is funded by his salary from CHI, donations from another children’s nonprofit organization, and the money he makes from selling backpacks that he makes by hand.​

Written by: Gabrielle Belanger, CHI Summer Intern

Eridana helped her 9-year-old daughter Elana start her own flower bouquet business called Blissful Blossoms to help raise money for CHI Haiti. Elana charges $4 a bouquet and each subscription she sells is 2 bouquets a month. She is donating 50% of her proceeds to CHI Haiti. Our Marketing & Communications Strategist, Brittany Chenelle, met up with Eridana & Elana on Zoom to talk about their business and why they chose CHI to support this summer.  Check out the video below!

​CHI is so grateful and thankful to Eridana & Elana for their support this summer and we look forward to seeing how their business blossoms over the next year and beyond.

Check out some photos from Blissful Blossoms belwo that display their beautiful flower bouquets. 

Civil unrest continues to develop following the funeral held for Haiti’s former
president, Jovenel Moïse, as the nation is experiencing the difficulties that
accompany a political gridlock. However, there was a breakthrough as Haiti’s
government sworn in Ariel Henry as prime minister. One of Henry’s first
statements regarded the gang violence engulfing the nation, claiming he
aims to create unity and stability.

Regardless of this new sense of leadership, gang related chaos has showed
no signs of slowing down with over 19,000 Haitians being displaced from
violence - as a result of gangs controlling over 60 percent of Port-au-Prince.

In response to lacking support, these displaced families and individuals are
being herded into the only shelters available, large concrete buildings that
provide no level of privacy or security – leading to high occurrences of rape
of the local aid workers and civilians.

In June alone there have been roughly 150 gang-related deaths, as gang
members are characterized walking the streets with guns in hand catching
civilians, including children, in the crossfire. The various gangs extend their
influence over a critical location within the capital – the main port.

​In consequence, limitations to basic needs such as clothing, food, and
medicine have grown exponentially, leading over 46 percent of the
population experiencing food insecurity – one of the highest in the world. It is
not solely imports that are being blocked, but also goods trying to get out, as
traders and buyers no longer have safe access to purchase Haitian
commodities and thereby stalling the little economy that remains.