Quixote Center continues to provide cash assistance to displaced families resettling in Gros Morne, Haiti. Gang violence has forced 1.4 million people in Haiti to internally displace, about 11% of the population of the country and the highest percentage of displaced persons by population in the world. Some have ended up in Gros Morne. Gros Morne is also receiving some deportees from the Dominican Republic, which has been deporting 30,000 Haitians per month since the beginning of 2025.
Quixote Center has so far assisted 350 families with cash to pay for rent, food, clothing, school supplies, planting a garden, or starting a small business. About a third of the disbursements went to supporting livelihoods (livestock, garden, and small businesses), while another third went for housing. We have also paid first quarter school tuition for an additional 100 displaced children. Children are especially vulnerable, with many schools closed due to gang violence, and up to half of new gang recruits are children. Our program takes advantage of the fact that schools remain open in Gros Morne.
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