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When a natural disaster hits, the victims mostly impacted are women and children. On August 4, 2021, an earthquake occurred in Haiti affecting the south side, Nippes and Grand'Anse. Many countries and organizations have flown to Haiti to provide help.

One of these organizations is International Women of H.O.P.E., intervening to provide psychosocial support to the young victims. Many of the young victims have expressed that they experience some post traumatic symptoms such as shaking of the head and arms, along with physical symptoms like spitting up blood.

The community leaders were very grateful for the International Women of H.O.P.E. intervention in this aspect. One leader expressed the dire need of psychosocial assistance in Nippes as there is only one psychologist in this region and the mental need of the people there is neglected.

The government's support has already ended. The loss of many lives and the devastation of the aftermath has left the people there in a very deplorable state without any resources or tools to cope. International Women of H.O.P.E. has worked with the youth, provided psychological support and equipped them with the necessary tools to cope.

IWOH Psychosocial intervention with the earthquake survivors.

Post-earthquake IWOH has served all three of the departments in the southern peninsula: Nippes, L’azile, Karouk – commune Anse-à-Veau, Department du Sud: Rendel, Les Cayes and Grand’Anse. IWOH Haiti team distributed emergency items, during the country’s most critical time when roads and infrastructure were destroyed making it a hard to reach our destinations. Our partner Mr. Jean Baptiste Joseph with the Inter-Institutional Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Migrants and Refugees in the State of Pernambuco in Brazil, along with other partners have distributed food, school materials, and survival kits to survivors. With your help we can continue to reach more regions that are underserved.                  

There are many areas that are still underserved. With your help we can reach many more areas that have not received any help and are in desperate need. 

In Haiti, women are at the center of trade, also known as “Madan Sara”, a name used to describe Haitian women merchants. Madan Sara distributes agricultural goods brought to market by the women of the smallholder farming households. The marketplace is where farm goods are sold, and non-farm goods are purchased. This key social and economic function is at risk due to the pier's collapse.