Monthly Archives: March 2024

Women in Wartime

WARNING: This blog post contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children or sensitive readers. Haiti has faced varying degrees of civil war since July 2021. When President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, the thin fabric of law and order in Haiti deteriorated as gangs quickly filled the void left in the chaos of overturned lawful authority. We use the term “war” consciously. The word has strong and violent connotations that describe a severe state of conflict in any nation. What might not be immediately evident, though, is that in times of war, soldiers and adult male agitants don’t [...]

2024-02-29T17:25:14-08:00March 8th, 2024|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , , |
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A Darker Pandemic

Child trafficking is everywhere. Every year, an increasing number of children make the news for one terrible reason: that they have been lost. Taken. Kidnapped. It's the darker pandemic that nobody wants to talk about. Like the viruses that touch our lives each year, whether personally or in our broader communities, the reality of child trafficking is equally pervasive. But we don’t discuss it much, and most of the time, we’re quicker to think about the dangers of airborne pathogens than worry about the dangers of child predators. Our comfort makes the difference. Much child trafficking arises from poverty. [...]

2024-02-29T17:12:58-08:00March 1st, 2024|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , , |
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