Saving lives in Haiti – and around the globe.
For 42 years, GHESKIO’s mission of treatment, research, training and social services has been a steadfast beacon of hope and health. Despite innumerable challenges, GHESKIO has never closed its doors.
On the Frontline
“A child out of school is a child at risk”
GHESKIO’s school remains open and operational. Serving more than 350 children, we provide a robust education, medical care and a hot meal daily.
GHESKIO is now taking education to the children living in IDP camps. We are setting up outdoor classrooms and recruiting teachers in the camps to join us to continue the education of kids in the camps
As of November 17, 2025
New early learning program launched
Despite the chaos and incredibly challenging conditions, GHESKIO is launching a new Early Learning Program for children aged 4–6 years, a critical period for brain development. These are formative years when children’s brains lay the foundation for literacy, numeracy, social, and self-regulation skills.
Without education during these formative years, children are far more likely to:
- drop out of school,
- have poor social skills,
- struggle in later academic studies, and
- face a lifetime of lost opportunities
But with education and socialization during these crucial years, children can thrive.
Education Crisis facts
In 2025, over 1,600 schools have been forced to close in Haiti due to escalating gang violence and insecurity.
More than 400,000 children are out of school
In January 2025, armed groups destroyed 47 schools in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Being out of school makes children vulnerable to gang recruitment
The education system, already plagued by a lack of government funding, is severely under-resourced.
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Your support provides medical care, food, and psychosocial services to thousands of displaced persons due to gang violence.
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Our healthcare workers are facing grave critical risks daily, but we remain committed to sustain hope for the thousands of people who have lost everything.
Dr. Jean William Pape
Founder & Executive Director of GHESKIO
52,789
Community visits with patients
189,684
Total patients served in 2024
13,385
Children in the nutritional program to treat and prevent malnutrition
352
Children attending GHESKIO’s primary school, receiving a robust education, hot meals daily and medical support
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While the tumult, brutality, and insecurity of the conflict persists indefinitely, our adolescents remain the most vulnerable. We remain unwavering in protecting their right and need for education, as well as shielding them from the threat of trauma and violence that they face every day.
Dr. Marie-Marcelle Deschamps
Deputy Executive Director of GHESKIO
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Empowering women & children to escape poverty
We treat the whole patient, delivering support to break the generational cycle of poverty.
The Cholera Treatment Center at GHESKIO Center in downtown Port-au-Prince.
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