Hearts are breaking, stress is rising, resources are dwindling. Political resistance grows, currency values continue to drop, and the vulnerable become more exposed. It is the perfect combination for a humanitarian crisis in the making.

This is not a new crisis, it has been building. For years. And the people are tired. They are tired of working harder and longer for less and less. They are tired of limited and minimal access to healthcare, of education fees that prevent them from sending their children to school. They are tired of corruption and government workers living fat off the land while the majority barely have enough for today and instability around every corner.

When a group of people has little political or economical power, and reach a breaking point, they utilize whatever means they have available to them to make themselves heard. They riot, they protest, they block roads to be noticed. When a system is broken, sometimes creating a visual representation of the brokenness is the only way to get the government and the world to take notice.

Haiti and her beautiful strong and resilient people want to provide for their families. They want jobs that pay living wages, food to fill their bellies, education for all their children, medical care that is consistent and sufficient. They want accountability in the government and businesses. They want the world to see them as people worthy of dignity rather than people to be pitied or chastised for their culture that most don’t understand.

This story is taking place in Haiti today, but it is a universal story of mankind. A story of people, power, resources, and community. When a few people with power control the resources, the community bears the burden. If you want to be a help to Haiti, fall on your knees and pray. Not a chastising prayer against cultural practices that you don’t understand, rather a prayer for compassion, human dignity, and sense of community between the bourgeois and the poor to prevail. That Haitian politicians would see the majority of the population that lives in desperate poverty as a highly valuable asset that is worthy of fighting FOR, not taking advantage of. Pray that those opposing the government (the whole government not just the president) would seek peaceful ways to work together to create the changes necessary for the country to move forward.

Haiti is a country filled with people who work hard, harder than you can imagine. It is a country filled with beauty, strength, resilience, creativity, kindness, and community. This is it’s richness. We stand together and pray for our Apparent Project staff, students, and their families, for the community in Delmas 75 near where we work, for the city of Port-au-Prince and all who live there, and for the country as a whole. Haiti, we love you, we hear your cries, and we stand together with you.

²⁸ “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 NASB

If you’d like to ensure our Haitian staff are financially able to provide for their families, and that operations can continue every day that it is safe for children to come to school, consider partnering with us. One time. Monthly. Whatever your heart prompts you, and your budget allows. We are grateful for all who partner with Apparent Project. Together we are Better!! Donate here