A Mission Shaped by Haiti’s Reality

STIMPACK began with a focused humanitarian mandate in Haiti: protecting vulnerable children from trafficking and exploitation. Working alongside local communities quickly revealed that child exploitation cannot be solved in isolation from the structural conditions—acute rural poverty, infrastructure collapse, and armed territorial control—that strip families of safety and livelihood.

Confronting those root causes required expanding our operational model across three mutually reinforcing pillars. First, in rural communities such as Boucan Ferdinand, we partner directly with local leaders to build durable civil infrastructure—commercial-grade rainwater harvesting reservoirs and hand-cleared mountain transport corridors—that anchors household resilience at the source. Second, through investigative media and 43 Days to Freedom, we document the lived realities of gang captivity and civilian perseverance to keep Haiti’s human stakes visible.

Third, through the Haiti Working Group and the Haiti Monitor, we pair field testimony with quantitative systems modeling and Washington policy architecture—advocating for accountable security assistance, direct fiscal delivery, and institutional sovereignty so Haitians can lift their country into lasting prosperity.