The crisis in Haiti is still ongoing and we are not yet able to be able to see the light. While we remain hopeful that things cannot possibly stay this way, we cannot hide the hurt we feel each time someone from our HDC family is directly affected by these inhuman acts and by the general instability. We have reached out to many of you for support and the response has been so heartwarming that it gives us the strength to keep going. But the work is not over. We feel like it is important to put names and faces behind these stories. It always seems non-urgent until there is a face attached, for us this is extremely personal and terrifying. Read the words of Ismaella below.
“My name is Ismaella Carmelle. To tell you a little about my story, I've had to flee my home because of the gang shootings happening all over. I had to leave in april of 2021. I was out that day and they contacted me saying no need to come back. We were in between two gang shootings feeling powerless. Since April 24th I've been living at the workshop where arrangements have been made for us to stay. There is also this fear that something will happen again, that the gangs can come back any time. It is something that we cannot control and feel powerless about.”
-Ismaella, Manager at HDC