Independent Media Support Fund
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Funds security equipment and legal support for journalists reporting on gang violence and political instability.
Why this matters in Haiti
Armed gangs control most of Port-au-Prince and key roads leading out of it, and reporters covering them work in some of the most dangerous conditions in the hemisphere. Journalists have been shot while covering clashes, killed in a gang attack on the reopening of the capital's main public hospital in December 2024, kidnapped for ransom, and named in threats circulated by gang leaders. Broadcasters' premises have been attacked and set on fire, forcing some stations off the air or into new locations.
Most local journalists work for small radio stations or online outlets, many as freelancers, with low pay and no insurance. Few can afford protective vests, helmets or secure communications, and attacks on the press are rarely investigated or prosecuted, so threats carry little cost for those who make them. Radio remains the main news source for much of the country, which makes reporters' safety a question of public information as well as personal risk.
What your gift pays for
- Protective vests, helmets and first-aid kits for reporters covering violence
- Secure phones and communication tools for journalists who have received threats
- Lawyers to file complaints and follow up on threats and attacks against media workers
- Safety training on risk assessment and first aid for reporters in high-risk areas
Organization
Association des Journalistes Haïtiens (AJH) · Haiti
Haiti's national journalists' association, which publicly advocates for journalists' safety and condemns gang threats and attacks on media.
Track record: In October 2024 AJH, with SOS Journalistes, publicly condemned gang threats against named Haitian journalists and called for urgent measures to protect media workers.
✓ Verified by our team on 23 December 2023
Giving in Haiti
Armed gang control of neighborhoods, and the displacement it causes, links the three causes listed for Haiti. Zanmi Lasante, the Haitian arm of Partners In Health, runs oral rehydration points and chlorination during cholera outbreaks in displacement settlements. The Bureau des Avocats Internationaux gives displaced families free legal help, from replacing lost documents to protecting property claims, and the Association des Journalistes Haitiens provides security equipment and legal support to reporters covering the violence and political instability. Each partner works within an ongoing security crisis.
3 causes are listed in Haiti, each with its own verified organization. $263,797 has been distributed to causes in Haiti since 2021.
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