Monthly Archives: January 2024

The following is taken from the New York Times this morning.

‘’A Kenyan court on Friday, January 26 prohibited the deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police officers to Haiti (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/world/americas/haiti-kenya-un-vote.html), jeopardizing a multinational security force charged with stabilizing the chaos-hit Caribbean island nation (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/world/americas/un-kenya-mission-haiti.html) before it even got off the ground.

The force, which is backed by the United Nations and financed by the United States, had been stalled since October, when Kenyan opponents of the mission challenged it in court, calling it unconstitutional. The High Court upheld some of those arguments on Friday, throwing into doubt the latest international effort to rescue an impoverished country that is spiraling ever deeper into violence and instability.
“An order is issued prohibiting the deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti or any other country,” Justice Chacha Mwita said at the conclusion of a judgment that took 40 minutes to read.

The international force was meant to help break the grip of the armed gangs that control most of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, and have turned Haiti into one of the world’s most dangerous nations. Haiti’s government has pleaded for foreign military forces to be sent in to restore order, but the United States and Canada have been unwilling to commit their own troops.”

Thanks be to God the 6 nuns who were kidnapped last week have been freed.

-lease keep Haiti and her people in your prayers.

As some of you know, the border from Haiti to the Dominican Republic was closed for 2 months which meant the Mother Angela Clinic could not purchase needed medications. Every week we would check with our contact in Santo Domingo whether it was opened. Finally a week before Christmas, the possibility became a reality. Our Christmas prayer was answered. For the past 2 months we have been seeking ways to purchase medications in small pharmacies to keep meeting the needs of our patients. We experienced our Christmas miracle and now can begin the new year serving our people the best we can. We thank all our benefactors who keep believing in the Felician Haiti mission.