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☆ Alix Dorsainvil: 'One day I hope to hug you in heaven,' US nurse tells kidnappers who held her for 13 days in Haiti
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Alisha Ebrahimji | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The US State Department that day ordered the departure of nonemergency government personnel from Haiti, where the security situation recently has deteriorated. Authorities registered 1,014 kidnappings in Haiti from January to June this year – 256 women, 13 girls and 24 boys – according to a United Nations report. El Roi HaitiDorsainvil first visited Haiti after the 2010 earthquake while she was still in college and “fell in love with the people,” El Roi Haiti said in a statement. She’d been on El Roi Haiti’s staff as a nurse to schoolchildren since 2020 and married the non-profit’s director, Sandro Dorsainvil, in 2021, the organization said. “Despite what happened to me, my love for you all, my love for Haiti has not changed or gone away,” she said.

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☆ U.S. Nurse and Her Child Released by Kidnappers in Haiti
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Simon Romero | More About Simon Romero | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An American nurse and her child in Haiti have been freed by their abductors after their kidnapping in late July drew international attention to a wave of anarchic violence gripping the capital, Port-au-Prince. El Roi Haiti, a faith-based humanitarian organization, said in a brief statement on Wednesday that Alix Dorsainvil, the group’s community nurse and the wife of the group’s director, was released along with her child after they were held in Port-au-Prince. They had been abducted on July 31 from El Roi’s campus near the capital, and the U.S. State Department had said that American officials were working with their Haitian counterparts to get them released. “There is still much to process and to heal from in this situation,” El Roi said in its statement. “We are so thankful for everyone who joined us in prayer and supported us during this crisis.”

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☆ US nurse, child safely released in Haiti two weeks after kidnapping
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

View shows the "El Roi", a Christian community site where the American nurse Alix Dorsainvil used to work before being kidnapped with her child, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File PhotoAug 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. nurse and her child have been safely released after their kidnapping in Haiti two weeks ago, a faith-based humanitarian aid organization where the nurse works said on Wednesday. "We are so thankful for everyone who joined us in prayer and supported us during this crisis," humanitarian aid organization El Roi Haiti said in a statement. The nurse, Alix Dorsainvil, and her child were kidnapped from El Roi Haiti's campus near Port au Prince on July 27. In most cases, children and women are forcefully taken by armed groups and used for financial or tactical gain, UNICEF said.

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☆ Alix Dorsainvil: US nurse and daughter released after being kidnapped in Haiti
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Sahar Akbarzai | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —US nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter have been released after they were kidnapped in Haiti, her employer said. “It is with a heart of gratitude and immense joy that we at El Roi Haiti confirm the safe release of our staff member and friend, Alix Dorsainvil and her child who were held hostage in Port au Prince, Haiti. The organization asked that no one contact Dorsainvil or her family, “there is still much to process and to heal from in this situation,” the statement said. Dorsainvil and her daughter were kidnapped from the community ministry, El Roi Haiti, where she works in Port-Au-Prince. The couple wed in Haiti in January 2021, a 2021 newsletter published by Sandro Dorsainvil’s alma mater, Lustre Christian High School in Montana, said.

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☆ Haiti kidnapping: Aid group working to secure freedom of American woman and her daughter, it says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Alisha Ebrahimji | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The effort comes amid waves of crimes and unrest across Haiti, with more than 1,000 people taken hostage for ransom there this year, according to United Nations figures. “Many people are laboring for their return, but currently we cannot share more specific details,” Christian humanitarian organization El Roi Haiti said Monday in a statement about Dorsainvil and her child. And authorities registered 1,014 kidnappings in Haiti from January to June this year – 256 women, 13 girls and 24 boys, according to a United Nations report on Haiti. “She had lived in Haiti for multiple years, showing love and care in a variety of ways before coming on staff with us, but has had a heart for the hurting since she was a child,” El Roi Haiti said. “She seeks people out to show them love and compassion, and no one is excluded from receiving her kindness.”

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☆ Haiti: Gang violence is tearing the country apart. Here's what to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Caitlin Hu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Waves of crime and unrest have hit Haiti since the assassination of former President Jovenel Moise in 2021. His successor, Prime Minister Ariel Henry, has struggled to staunch the violence, which is also a major impediment to holding crucial long-delayed elections in the country. For months, Henry and the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres have called for a military intervention in the country. The mission, if eventually approved by the UN Security Council, is hoped to “restore normalcy” to Haiti, Mutua said. The Bwa Kale movement successfully deterred some gang activity, according to Haitian monitoring group CARDH, with kidnappings slowing in early summer.

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☆ Alix Dorsainvil: What we know about the American nurse kidnapped with her child in Haiti
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Alisha Ebrahimji | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Before Alix Dorsainvil was kidnapped with her child in Haiti, the American nurse described Haitians as a “resilient people” who are “full of joy and life and love.”Her comments came in a video on the website of El Roi Haiti, the Christian humanitarian aid organization for which she works. Dorsainvil, the wife of El Roi Haiti Director Sandro Dorsainvil, and their child were reportedly abducted Thursday morning while serving in their community ministry on El Roi Haiti’s campus near the capital city Port-au-Prince, according to a statement from the non-profit. The same day, the US State Department ordered the departure of nonemergency government personnel from Haiti as the security situation in the country deteriorates. Dorsainvil, a nurse from New Hampshire, moved to Haiti after her husband invited her to the Haitian school to provide nursing care for the children, Dorsainvil explained in an undated video on the organization’s website. “Please pray for Alix Dorsainvil,” the school said.

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☆ Tide of Terror Shifts in Haiti as U.S. Nurse and Her Child Are Abducted
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Emiliano Rodríguez Mega | More About Emiliano Rodríguez Mega | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An American nurse and her daughter have been abducted in Haiti, in the latest kidnapping episode to draw international notice, as a resurgence of violence grips the capital, Port-au-Prince. In a brief statement on Saturday, El Roi Haiti, a faith-focused humanitarian organization, identified the woman as Alix Dorsainvil, the group’s community nurse and the wife of the group’s director. She and her child were taken from El Roi’s campus near the capital on Thursday, according to the statement. Kidnappings in recent years had become a part of daily life in Port-au-Prince, where gangs have taken over many parts of the city. But, recently, the capital experienced a sharp decline in abductions, according to a report in early July from CARDH, a Haitian human rights group.

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CNN —An American nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to El Roi Haiti, the Christian humanitarian aid organization she works for. Alix Dorsainvil, wife of El Roi Haiti Director Sandro Dorsainvil, and their child were reportedly abducted Thursday morning, according to a statement on El Roi Haiti’s website. The two were taken while serving in their community ministry on El Roi Haiti’s campus near capital city Port-au-Prince, the post read. “Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family. Dorsainvil, originally a nurse from New Hampshire, moved to Haiti after her husband invited her to a Haitian school to provide nursing care for the children, Dorsainvil said in a video on the organization’s website.

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☆ US nurse, child abducted in Haiti, non-profit organization says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - A U.S. nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, a faith-based humanitarian aid organization said on Saturday. "We can confirm that Alix Dorsainvil, our director’s wife, and their child were kidnapped on the morning of Thursday, July 27th from our campus near Port au Prince while serving in our community ministry," El Roi Haiti said on its website. The statement gave no further information on the age or gender of the child. “We are aware of reports of the kidnapping of two U.S. citizens in Haiti,” a U.S. State Department spokesperson said in a statement. “We are in regular contact with Haitian authorities and will continue to work with them and our U.S. government interagency partners.”Reporting by Paul Grant; Editing by Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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