tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19761733.post4390222187944653404..comments2024-01-02T04:09:15.132-08:00Comments on Dying in Haiti: Slipping in Soleil's MudJohn A. Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06908526384688432087noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19761733.post-63144378053771159542007-02-26T08:22:00.000-08:002007-02-26T08:22:00.000-08:00Hi John, I have written to you about the work ...Hi John,<BR/><BR/> I have written to you about the work of the HNVNPC (Haitian Nonviolent,Nonpartisan Coalition), a group of Cité Soleil leaders, pastors, school directors, human rights advocates, students, and victims. <BR/><BR/> This group has been campaigning for 3 things: 1)ceasefire, 2)creation of a multisector commission to oversee a full DDR (disarmament, demobilization, reintegration) program in Cité Soleil; and 3)the establishment of a Haitian Police presence with the assistance of MINUSTAH to bring real security into being. <BR/><BR/> The HNVNPC has only pulled together just since January when it seemed that no other work was being done about the violence used against alleged bandits that was causing so much civilian destruction. <BR/><BR/> The peace you describe here is exactly the beginnings of what the HNVNPC has put itself on the line for--these are not far away bureaucrats but victims themselves, people who like you have access to the realities of Cité Soleil. They hope that they have had this kind of effect, meeting around the clock with MINUSTAH, Haitian Government and themselves. <BR/><BR/> I have to point out that the HNVNPC works with no assistance from anyone, no government agency, no international funders, except a pittance from my organization, Hurah, Inc (Human Rights Accompaniment In Haiti). <BR/><BR/> If your readers want to help the HNVNPC, they can contact me, Tom Luce at hurah_inc@riseup.net or go to our website http://www.hurah.revolt.org<BR/><BR/> Thank you for your intense stories.<BR/><BR/> Tom LuceHuman Rights Accompaniment In Haitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13062744744475586282noreply@blogger.com