A considerable number of people with disabilities, particularly children, were forced to flee hastily following attacks perpetrated by armed gangs against them, Loop Haiti learned, via a press release from the Office of the Secretary of State for integration of disabled people (BSEIPH), April 27, 2024.
“For several months the office has received alerts concerning a considerable number of disabled people and every day the situation is deteriorating more and more, this is the case of a group of people living in the St Vincent home space who have suffered this week of attacks from gangs who are at bay with no destination,” we can read in the BSEIPH press release.
Note that this attack forced those responsible for the Foyer Saint-Vincent, which has served the Haitian community since 1945, to look for other places to accommodate these disabled children, reports the Office in the press release consulted by Loop Haiti.
The Office expresses deep concern about the deterioration of the living conditions of persons with disabilities in the metropolitan region of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
While pleading for respect for the rights of people with disabilities, he calls for solidarity from all in order to change the way we view this part of the population.
The BSEIPH, through the press release, expressed its gratitude to the Haitian National Police for providing an armored vehicle to help disabled people recover their personal belongings while fleeing the Foyer Saint-Vincent.
In the document, the state institution also thanks the Workplace Accident, Sickness and Maternity Insurance Office (OFATMA) for providing means of transport facilitating the movement of victims to a safe place.
In collaboration with the General Directorate of Taxes (DGi) and the Estates Directorate, the Interim Executive Council of Pétion-Ville is finalizing steps to accommodate displaced people from the Foyer Saint-Vincent in a former building belonging to the Haitian state, formerly used as an orphanage, announces the BSEIPH.
It should be remembered that last March, 59 Haitian children with disabilities left Haiti due to violence perpetrated by armed gangs, and were welcomed by Mustard Seed Communities International, a Jamaican non-profit organization which supports these children as well as their 13 companions.
They are housed in the newly built Ephesus Village at Jacob’s Ladder in Moneague, St Ann.
Mustard seed communities (MSC) Jamaica and Haiti children have signed a memorandum of understanding for (MSC) to provide accommodation for children and their guardians. The agreement is initially for a period of two years and funding will be provided by Haiti Children’s various established donors.
