The 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the southern side of the country couldn’t have come at a worse possible time, just as a category 5 storm is forecasted, as we mourn the death of our late president, and unsure about the future of political stability in the...
Author stories
Les Cayes: 80% of the Houses Destroyed by Earthquake
Géhy Jean Noel, Assistant National Director I recall the day 12 January 2010, when I experienced an earthquake for the first time in my life while living at the Ste. Helene home, in Kenscoff with my NPH siblings. It was not easy at all, as you can imagine. We have...
Major Earthquake Compounds Dire Situation in Haiti
Gia Riney, NPHI Director Communications A 7.2 magnitude earthquake occurred near Haiti early this morning, Saturday, 14 August. The earthquake was about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) northeast of Saint-Louis-du-Sud and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep, according to the U.S....
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated
Nicholas Rogers, NPHI Communications Manager The Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated at his residence in the early hours of Wednesday 7 July, which has also left his wife Martine Moïse hospitalized with serious wounds. She has since been evacuated to a...
Civil Unrest and Insecurity Impact St. Damien Pediatric Hospital
Damarie Egide Voight, St. Damien Hospital Communication Officer Haiti has descended into hell since its tourism boom of the 1980s. Haitians lost their political stability long ago, even before the devastating 2010 earthquake that killed approximately 250,000 people,...
Protecting NPH Mexico from Second Wave of COVID-19
Daniel Zapata, Linette Gomez and Nicholas Rogers NPH Mexico has two of its four homes in the state of Morelos; one in the city of Cuernavaca, where the high school students reside, and the other in the town of Miacatlán, a one-hour drive south-west of Cuernavaca,...
NPH Honduras Helps 800 Families Affected by Storms Eta and Iota
International organizations and foreign donors support NPH Honduras in bringing hope to more than 1,000 people in northern Honduras through a medical and psychological brigade and delivering biosafety supplies and food.