Take Action For Haiti

Haiti is desperate. According to the UN special envoy to Haiti, criminal gangs control 80% of the capital and are moving further and further into other parts of the country, leaving many people trapped in their homes with little means to feed their families, or forced to flee their homes with nothing. Scarcity of gasoline and water, and high prices of essential products are transforming an already distressed State into ashes.

In the absence of a functioning state, gangs terrorize the population with rape, kidnapping, and murder, all with impunity. Gangs are blocking commerce distribution routes and paralyzing the main port, leaving 1.4 million Haitians on the verge of famine, and more than 4 million in need of food aid, according to the UN's World Food Program. Haiti needs humanitarian aid, and also intellectual contribution toward the establishment of working policies designed to strengthen its political weakness. It is urgent that the United States government take action to save lives in Haiti.

Violence and Dehumanization in the

Current Context of Human Migration

In partnership, Quixote Center, Red Franciscana para Migrantes and Franciscan Action Network have released a joint statement:

"We call on the authorities of Mexico and Panama to respect and guarantee the human rights of all people in the context of irregular mobility, safeguarding their integrity, based on respect for the human right to life and dignity."

You can read the full statement HERE.