In Haiti, gangs control many parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Gang members are relying on extortion and kidnapping to finance themselves - and assert their power over the country’s future.
The rampant violence is deepening Haiti’s severe and chronic political instability, sparking a humanitarian crisis on top of existing crises.
And yet, despite these conditions, the work of the Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti goes on.
For more than twenty-five years, the nonprofit - based here in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley - has helped women and families to break the cycle of malnutrition in southern Haiti, a remote and mountainous area.
On Saturday, it will hold the Hope for Haiti Walk-a-Thon, starting at 9 AM in Coolidge Park in downtown Chattanooga.
Dr. Anany Prosper is Country Director of CNP Haiti - and Patricia Cyr Watlington is the program’s executive director.
