The more hunger spreads across Haiti, the more children fall asleep with empty stomachs.

Noelsita’s mother struggled to feed her six children even before the societal collapse. Before the president’s assassination, before the prime minister’s exile, before mafia militias seized 85 percent of the capital and forced the government to flee. Before, gangs blocked all transport routes and made food shortages acute across the country. Now, every day is a battle against hunger; a life-or-death struggle.

In January, International organisations reported that nearly one in eight children in Haiti had been forced to flee their own country. That’s half a million children in total; a 48 percent increase in just six months. In the past year, cases of abuse, exploitation, and sexual violence have increased by a staggering 1,000 percent. Haiti has just over 11 million inhabitants, and now, three million children need humanitarian aid. One in two children in Haiti can’t even count on getting one meal a day.

Noelsita lives in the mountain village of Bois Negresse, but doesn’t attend Star of Hope’s school there.

If she had a place there, she would have access to clean water and receive a nutritious meal at lunchtime every day.

The contrast between Noelsita and the sponsored children we support is stark.

Each school we run in rural Haiti stands like a lighthouse in the storm; a sanctuary where children can quench their thirst and satisfy their hunger. A bright spot in the darkness where there’s room for learning, play, and laughter. That’s why we tirelessly continue to ask for donations for Haiti’s children.

“We know we can’t help everyone,” says Star of Hope’s fundraising manager, Maria Presson. “But we also know that for every child we manage to help, that help means EVERYTHING.”

Help us save another child!

The more aid organizations flee Haiti, the more important Star of Hope’s presence becomes.

We are now one of the few organisations still working on the ground.

To alleviate hunger. To quench thirst. To ignite hope.

Your donation allows us to continue our work!

30 dollars is enough for 28 school lunches.

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Facts: A Pitch-Black Year in Haiti

• March 5, 2024: Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry fled to Puerto Rico.
• March 31, 2024: It was reported that 18 out of 21 hospitals in the capital region were either closed or unusable.
• April 25, 2024: A transitional council was formed with the task of organizing general elections in 2025.
• May 9, 2024: It was reported that 900 schools in Haiti’s capital region were forced to close.
• June 25, 2024: 200 Kenyan police officers landed outside Port-au-Prince. Their arrival marked the start of the UN’s military intervention in the country.
• October 3, 2024: The mafia militia carried out a massacre in the city of Pont-Sondé, where 115 people were killed.
• November 20, 2024: Doctors Without Borders suspended all operations in Port-au-Prince due to security threats.
• January 14: IOM reported that the number of people displaced within Haiti’s borders had exceeded one million.
• January 18: The UN peacekeeping force was expanded to 808 personnel—still a modest figure.
• January 27: The mafia militia launched a brutal attack on the suburb of Kenscoff. Many of the at least 40 victims were civilians, including children.
• January 30: The chairman of the transitional council, Leslie Voltaire, announced his ambition to hold general elections in Haiti on November 15, 2025. This was deemed unrealistic by, among others, coalition politician André Michel. “The gangs have not lost ground in Haiti, on the contrary!” Michel said. “They have taken control of even more territories. The failure is total!”