The news comes because the US State Department issued a “do not travel advisory” within the nation and ordered nonemergency personnel to depart amid rising safety issues.
Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for El Roi Haiti, and her daughter have been kidnapped on Thursday, the organisation stated in an announcement Saturday.
El Roi, which runs a faculty and ministry in Port au Prince, stated the 2 have been taken from campus. Dorsainvil is the spouse of this system’s director, Sandro Dorsainvil.
“Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family,” El Roi president and co-founder Jason Brown stated within the assertion.
“Alix has worked tirelessly as our school and community nurse to bring relief to those who are suffering as she loves and serves the people of Haiti.”
A State Department spokesperson stated in an announcement Saturday is it “aware of reports of the kidnapping of two US citizens in Haiti,” including, “We are in regular contact with Haitian authorities and will continue to work with them and our US government interagency partners.”
In its advisory Thursday, the division stated that “kidnapping is widespread, and victims regularly include US citizens.”
It stated kidnappings typically contain ransom negotiations and US citizen victims have been bodily harmed.
Earlier this month, the National Human Rights Defence Network issued a report warning about an upsurge in killings and kidnappings and the UN Security Council met to debate Haiti’s worsening scenario.
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WMUR-TV reported that Dorsainvil is from Middleton, New Hampshire, and went to Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, which has a program to assist nursing schooling in Haiti.
“It doesn’t surprise me that Alex chose to get involved in this type of service work,” Regis College president Toni Hays informed the station.
“She was amazing. She was passionate, she was compassionate.”
Source: www.9news.com.au
