Saving lives in Haiti – and around the globe.
For 44 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
“When Violence Doesn’t End”
In Haiti’s displacement camps, many women and girls arrive having survived sexual violence—only to face new barriers to care, safety, and support. GHESKIO provides integrated medical and trauma-informed mental health services directly in these communities, ensuring that survivors are not left to navigate recovery alone.
“Learning Doesn’t Stop”
For children living in Haiti’s internally displaced communities, access to education has become increasingly fragile. Insecurity, school closures, and unstable living conditions have made it nearly impossible for many young children to attend school consistently, interrupting not only learning but also critical early development.
GHESKIO’s Dr. Jean William Pape Wins IAS President’s Award
Dr. Jean William Pape, head of the GHESKIO centers, has been selected as the recipient of the IAS President’s Award.
The IAS President’s Award aims to recognize the achievements of an individual who demonstrates a history of leadership and excellence as a pioneer or advocate at the forefront of the HIV response. The award highlights an individual’s contribution that results in increased knowledge, skills, creative solutions or evidence-based policies and programmes to enhance the global HIV response. This award is conferred on an honorary basis, with a commemorative trophy and certificate.
humanitarian Crisis facts
As of April 2026, over 6.4 million people are in need of humanitarian support.
In 2025, more than 8,000 cases of gender-based violence were recorded, with the actual number being much higher (IRC).
About 15 percent of internally displaced persons are living in more than 230 displacement sites (IOM).
More than 1.4 million people are without homes and live in internally displaced persons camps.
Education has been disrupted for over 243,000 students.
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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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