Generated by Rank Math SEO, this is an llms.txt file designed to help LLMs better understand and index this website. # Beyond Borders: Working to end child slavery & prevent violence against women & girls in Haiti. ## Sitemaps [XML Sitemap](https://beyondborders.net/sitemap_index.xml): Includes all crawlable and indexable pages. ## Posts - [Haiti Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Update – June 2026](https://beyondborders.net/haiti-temporary-protected-status-tps-update-june-2026/) - [Haiti in My Heart: A Flag Day Celebration for Kids](https://beyondborders.net/haiti-flag-day-resource/) - [Haitian Survivors Demand Real Justice for 150,000 People on Lagonav](https://beyondborders.net/haitian-survivors-demand-real-justice-for-150000-people-on-lagonav/): Twelve years ago, Haiti passed a landmark law to combat human trafficking. Yet for the residents of Zile Lagonav, justice remains a distant promise. On April 30, the Network of Survivors of the Restavèk Practice of Ansagalè (RESAN)—representing branches in Magazen, Bwa Kredi, Bètòti, and Mòn Alo—stood before the press to demand accountability. They reported that regarding the promotion of this law in Awondisman Lagonav, progress is currently a "complete zero". - [Spring 2026 Impact Report](https://beyondborders.net/spring-2026-impact-report/) - [Save Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians in the U.S.](https://beyondborders.net/save-temporary-protected-status-tps-for-haitians-in-the-u-s/): At Beyond Borders, we are inspired by the Haitian proverb "the rock in the water doesn't understand the misery of the rock in the sun." Today, we are asking you to stand with those currently in the "sun"—our Haitian friends and neighbors living right here in the U.S. under the threat of deportation. - [Annual Report 2025](https://beyondborders.net/annual-report-2025/): View 2025 Annual Report - [Family Graduation Celebration](https://beyondborders.net/family-graduation-celebration/): Thank you for accompanying a family in Beyond Borders' Family Graduation Program. We are grateful for your generosity and your solidarity! - [A Message from Board President Jonathan Scoonover](https://beyondborders.net/a-message-from-board-president-jonathan-scoonover/): June 2025 - [A New Chapter in Our Leadership](https://beyondborders.net/a-new-chapter-in-our-leadership/): June 2025 - [New Peer-Reviewed Study in the Journal of Family Violence](https://beyondborders.net/new-peer-reviewed-study-in-the-journal-of-family-violence/): The article titled "Reducing Violence Against Women and Girls in a Time of Crisis: An Impact Evaluation of the Rethinking Power Program in Haiti" evaluates the effectiveness of the Rethinking Power program, a community-based intervention aimed at reducing violence against women and girls in Haiti. - [Advancing the Health of Haiti’s Women and Girls](https://beyondborders.net/advancing-the-health-of-haitis-women-and-girls/): Photo: Graduation program participants receiving health screenings at a clinic. By addressing the deep-seated issues that affect the health and future of women, BB is building a stronger and more equitable society, one community at a time. - [Gardens and Gratitude](https://beyondborders.net/gardens-and-gratitude/): The School and Family Garden initiative -- created by our friends and partners at the Matènwa Community Learning Center on Lagonav Island -- gives me hope. - [The Lancet: BB Violence Prevention Work Effective Even in Areas With Armed Gangs](https://beyondborders.net/the-lancet-bb-violence-prevention-work-effective-even-in-areas-with-armed-gangs/): The British medical journal The Lancet took note of the work of our Rethinking Power Team in its November issue, explaining that the approach we use to preventing violence against women and girls is effective “despite the presence of armed groups in these areas.” - [The Lancet: Beyond Borders Approach Reduces Violence Against Women Even as Gangs Grow](https://beyondborders.net/the-lancet-beyond-borders-approach-reduces-violence-against-women-even-as-gangs-grow/): The British medical journal The Lancet took note of the work of our Rethinking Power Team in its November issue, explaining that the approach we use to preventing violence against women and girls is effective “despite the presence of armed groups in these areas.” - [Impact Report: Fall 2024](https://beyondborders.net/impact-report-fall-2024/): PREVENTING ABUSE - [Family Graduation Program Ramps Up](https://beyondborders.net/family-graduation-program-ramps-up/): Thanks to our Family Sponsors' generosity, the Family Graduation Program kicked into high gear in January, providing families with animals including goats and donkeys, water filters, and access to healthcare and financial support. - [Training that Teachers in Haiti Love: “I wish there was one every week!”](https://beyondborders.net/training-that-teachers-in-haiti-love-i-wish-there-was-one-every-week/): Students across Lagonav Island are experiencing a transformative education, where native language instruction and nonviolent teaching methods foster creativity and leadership. Teacher training programs have empowered educators to create dynamic learning environments, resulting in significant improvements in student literacy and engagement. - [Grassroots Leaders Making an Impact](https://beyondborders.net/impacts-of-rethinking-power/): Amidst Haiti's challenges, grassroots leaders and our Rethinking Power team, supported by Beyond Borders donors and the European Union, achieved remarkable milestones. - [160 Families Begin Their Journey to Escape Extreme Poverty](https://beyondborders.net/160-families-begin-their-journey-to-escape-extreme-poverty/): The journey out of extreme poverty has begun for 160 families on Lagonav Island -- thanks to sponsors in Beyond Borders' Family Graduation Program. This past November work began with these families who make up the sixth and largest-ever cohort. - [Movement Building to Prevent Violence](https://beyondborders.net/growing-and-energetic-movements-to-prevent-violence-against-women-and-girls-and-end-child-slavery/): This past December, thanks to our generous supporters and the European Union, Beyond Borders brought together leaders from more than 10 Haitian women's rights organizations to strategize about advocacy and violence-prevention plans in 2024. And in October, leaders from Child Protection Brigades across Lagonav Island gathered to make plans for 2024 too. - [Teacher Training That Sets a New Standard](https://beyondborders.net/teacher-training-that-sets-a-new-standard-of-nonviolent-native-language-participatory-classroom-management/): Students at 90 schools on Lagonav Island are getting a high-quality education taught by well-trained teachers who care -- thanks to Beyond Borders' supporters. - [Soup Joumou: A Symbol of Freedom](https://beyondborders.net/why-does-soup-joumou-symbolize-freedom-for-haitians/): Every year on January 1st, Haitian Independence Day, Haitians celebrate their ancestors’ hard won freedom from slavery and French colonial rule by making soup joumou. - [16 Days of Activism to End Violence](https://beyondborders.net/16-days-of-activism-to-end-violence/): 10 Local Women's Rights Groups Strategize Advocacy and Prevention Tactics for 2024 - [Seeing Santa](https://beyondborders.net/seeing-santa/): Executive Director, David Diggs reflects on the real person of Santa Claus who was particularly moved by children in dire need. "In the most reliable story of St. Nicholas's generosity, he's discovered throwing a bag of coins into the window of a poor family. The coins land in a stocking hanging by the fire to dry. As I lie on the cot, I know nothing of the historical St. Nick. I am drowsy when I hear..." - [Impact Report: Fall 2023](https://beyondborders.net/impact-report-fall-2023/): There is good news coming from Haiti where local leaders are preventing violence and abuse every day. Read more in our latest Impact Report which we share with deepest gratitude to everyone who is a part of this work. - [Sharing gratitude for you from the Family Graduation ceremony.](https://beyondborders.net/gratitude/): You may have heard that I was privileged to attend the Family Graduation ceremony this summer and to hand out diplomas to each family. It was a deeply moving experience and -- as someone who played a key role in making it possible -- I wish that you could've been there with me. - [Is Hope a Choice?](https://beyondborders.net/is-hope-a-choice/): Life had not treated Esperanta gently. Her husband routinely got drunk and beat her and their kids. He had recently left her for another woman in the community.   - [Girls Club Mentors Grow Together](https://beyondborders.net/girls-club-mentors-grow-together/): Thanks to supporters like the European Union Delegation in Haiti, Girls Club mentors meet together for fellowship and learning every month. - [Impact Report: Spring 2023](https://beyondborders.net/impact-report-spring-2023/): Thank you again for your generous support for Beyond Borders. I am so grateful. - [Research Results: Intimate Partner Violence Cut in Half](https://beyondborders.net/research-results-intimate-partner-violence-cut-in-half/): There is exciting news to share! A just-completed multi-year research collaboration with the Global Women's Institute at the George Washington University found that the work of Beyond Borders' Rethinking Power Team in Haiti cut the rate of intimate partner violence by more than half, community-wide. Click here or on the image below to read a summary of the research results. - [December 2022 Impact Report](https://beyondborders.net/december-2022-impact-report/): Thank you again for your generous support for Beyond Borders. I am so grateful. - [Spring 2022 Impact Report](https://beyondborders.net/spring-2022-impact-report/): Thank you again for your generous support for Beyond Borders. I am so grateful. - [BB Staff at UN Trust Fund to Prevent Violence Against Women](https://beyondborders.net/bb-staff-at-un-trust-fund-to-prevent-violence-against-women/): In case you missed it, my colleagues Emanuela and Sara were recently invited to join a UN Trust Fund to Prevent Violence Against Women webinar. Emanuela and Sara share how the team has adapted empowerment programming for girls living with disabilities during difficult circumstances in Haiti. - [More Than a Survivor](https://beyondborders.net/more-than-a-survivor/): Mireille transformed her trauma in to strength to become a leader. - [It’s been nearly a month —](https://beyondborders.net/its-been-nearly-a-month/): It has now been almost a month since the devastation of Haiti’s most recent earthquake which killed 2,207 people and injured over 12,000, on August 14th, 2021. The earthquake which shook Haiti’s southwestern provinces, was followed shortly after by Tropical Depression Grace further disrupting access to water, sanitation, shelter and other basic services.  - [After the rain: Haiti update](https://beyondborders.net/after-the-rain-haiti-update/): Drenching Haiti with over 10 inches of rain in some areas, Tropical Storm Grace, triggered mudslides and complicated rescue efforts in the most earthquake devastated areas on Monday evening into the early morning on Tuesday, August 17th. - [When it rains . . .](https://beyondborders.net/when-it-rains/): Well, when it rains it pours. And now as I write this update to you, thanks to Tropical Storm Grace, it is pouring in southern Haiti on the multitudes made homeless by Saturday’s earthquake. And even those not made homeless are staying outdoors because of the aftershocks and fears of another quake. - [The deeper reality headlines on Haiti don’t reveal.](https://beyondborders.net/the-deeper-reality-headlines-on-haiti-dont-reveal/): If you’re following the unfolding story in the news about the assassination of Haiti’s president, you know a few things: - [Update from Haiti on the Assassination of President Moise](https://beyondborders.net/update-from-haiti-on-the-assassination-of-president-moise/): Early this morning the President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, was assassinated at his home near Port-au-Prince. This Miami Herald article provides more details. - [Recent Violence in Haiti](https://beyondborders.net/recent-violence-in-haiti/): We at Beyond Borders are heartbroken and enraged for what we are witnessing today in Haiti, more specifically in and around the capital of Port au Prince over the past few weeks and days.  - [Overwhelmed with Gratitude – The Impact of Your Support](https://beyondborders.net/overwhelmed-with-gratitude-the-impact-of-your-support/): How could I read this newsletter and not be over-whelmed with gratitude for you and what you are making possible in Haiti? - [166 Children . . .](https://beyondborders.net/166-children/): I’m feeling both distressed and hopeful as I write to you now. - [Gratitude is a kind of resonance — Thanksgiving, 2020](https://beyondborders.net/gratitude-is-a-kind-of-resonance-thanksgiving-2020/): On Thanksgiving this year, I’m thinking of my Uncle Bob. I mostly remember his voice, his hands, and how he would look at me. - [new update from the frontlines of the Covid fight in Haiti](https://beyondborders.net/new-update-from-the-frontlines-of-the-covid-fight-in-haiti/): We are finishing out week 9 of lock down at home and week 9 since the first coronavirus case was declared in Haiti.  I hope this finds you and your loved ones still healthy and safe. - [Waiting on My Coronavirus Test Results](https://beyondborders.net/waiting-on-my-coronavirus-test-results/): I wasn't feeling that bad when I called my doctor’s office last Friday. I didn't expect them to instruct me to quarantine from my family and get tested for the coronavirus on Monday.  - [Mask-Maker Fabiola is a COVID-19 Hero in Haiti](https://beyondborders.net/mask-maker-fabiola-is-a-covid-19-hero-in-haiti/): Well aware of the danger the coronavirus presents to her family, her community, and her country, Fabiola was still eager for the chance to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. - [Notes from My Haiti Emergency Team Call Today](https://beyondborders.net/notes-from-my-haiti-emergency-team-call-today/): I hope this finds you and your loved ones doing well. We are so grateful for your thoughts, prayers, and support as we prepare for an explosion of COVID-19 cases and a potentially catastrophic impact in Haiti. - [U.S. Must Stop Deportations to Haiti](https://beyondborders.net/u-s-must-stop-deportations-to-haiti/): U.S. must stop deportations to Haiti: Deportations now during a global pandemic is Trump’s cruel, and usual, punishment of Haitians - [hope you’re well](https://beyondborders.net/hope-youre-well/): I often begin email messages saying that “I hope you’re well.”  - [The Latest on COVID-19 in Haiti + How You Can Help](https://beyondborders.net/the-latest-on-covid-19-in-haiti-how-you-can-help/): I’m writing to share an update with you on COVID-19 in Haiti. There are now 24 confirmed cases with an additional 218 suspected cases. 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They love their children and want them to grow up at home. - [Rethinking Power](https://beyondborders.net/our-work/preventing-violence-and-abuse/rethinking-power/): We all have power. Beyond Borders’ community-based initiative, Rethinking Power, asks people, 'How are you using your power?'  By organizing the entire community to ask this question, we begin to address the root cause of violence against women and girls - the power imbalance between women and men. - [Preventing Violence and Abuse](https://beyondborders.net/our-work/preventing-violence-and-abuse/) - [Developing Leaders](https://beyondborders.net/our-work/developing-leaders/) - [Overcoming Poverty](https://beyondborders.net/our-work/overcoming-poverty/): Development programs often help a community advance, but leave behind the very poorest. These are precisely the people that Beyond Borders wants to reach. - [One Among Many](https://beyondborders.net/about/research-and-affiliations/): Our programs are designed based on research. Beyond Borders benefits from partnering with research institutions focusing on our areas of mission. - [Our People & Partners](https://beyondborders.net/about/our-people-partners/): Board of Directors Yasmine Cajuste, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Leigh Carter, Washington, DC Ancito Etienne, Somerville, MA Anne Gibbons, Lynchburg, VA, President Mary Gunning, Baltimore, MD Corey Hastings, Alexandria, VA, Treasurer Carolyn Heinrich, Nashville, TN Georgette Jean-Louis, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Lu Johnston, Wilmington, DE Caitlin Ryan, Washington, DC Jean Eddy Saint Paul, Brooklyn, NY Sister Catherine Sarther, SSND, Chicago, IL, Secretary Nadia Todres, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Claudette Werleigh, Pembroke Pines, FL Model Community Initiative Program Team, Lagonav Island, Haiti Kenny Antoine, Program Assistant Nicole Bisrette, Finance Assistant Christnel Brivard, Program Assistant Freda Catheus, Program Coordinator Dieufort Eliassaint, Office Guardian Maudrine Eliassaint, Program Assistant Obnèse Jean, Office Cook/Housekeeper Gerline Joseph, Program Assistant Sonel Joseph, Program Assistant P. Ricardo Placide, Monitoring & Evaluation Manager Alfred Rose, Program Assistant Amos Toussaint, Education Officer Model Community Initiative Program Team, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Gerson Belford, Office Guardian Jean Robert Bouloute, Finance Coordinator Alina Cajuste, Community Organizer Lefort Cily, Child Rights Program Trainer/Organizer Guyto Desrosiers, Program Coordinator Vanessa Lise Durandis Laguerre, Program Accountant Guerlinx Laforêt, Finance Officer Rouddly Gilot, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer Helia LaJeunesse, Community Organizer P. Ricardo Placide, Monitoring & Evaluation Manager Ima Selusma, Office Cook/Housekeeper Joseph Leroy Wood, Trainer/Organizer Rethinking Power Program Team, Jacmel, Haiti Marie Solange Beauvil, Program Administrator Dev Garceindia Cezile, Technical Support Officer Marie Maude Charles, Local Activism Staff Adonis Daniel, Local Activism Staff Homène Felix, Office Cook/Housekeeper Patrick Hilaire, Program Accountant Bernadine Jean, Program Staff Meritil Lormand, Office Guardian Emanuela Paul, Program Coordinator Marie Isnise Romelus, Technical Support Manager Beyond Borders Senior Management Team, Canada, Haiti, & U.S Emmanuel Coffy, Finance Officer David Diggs, Co-Founder and Executive Director Jean Prosper Elie, Rethinking Power Program Co-Director Jonathan Haggard, Finance Director Rachelle Martinez, Grants Coordinator Smith Maxime, United to End Child Slavery Director for Beyond Borders and Free the Slaves Limeteze Pierre-Gilles, Associate Director of Engagement Sara Siebert, Rethinking Power Program Co-Director and Technical Advisor Meagan Silencieux, Engagement Director Program & Technical Partners Aba Sistèm Restavèk (ASR) Amani Girls Home Asosyasyon Animatè ak Peyizan Lagonav Asosyasyon Fanm Solèy Dayiti Bureau des Avocats Internationaux Colorado Haiti Project COSOFH Fondation TOYA Fondasyon Je Klere Fonkoze Free the Slaves Global Women’s Institute at The George Washington University Groundswell International & Partnership for Local Development Haiti Development Institute Haiti Partners/ADECA Initiative pour un Developpement Equitable en Haiti Matènwa Community Learning Center/Friends of Matènwa Mouvman Peyizan Papay Pazapa Prodiksyon Teyat Toupatou Raising Voices Roots of Development & Rasin Developman Terre des Hommes Funding Partners Alternative Gifts International American Jewish World Service Atlantic-Midwest Province of the School Sisters of Notre Dame Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church European Commission Flora Family Foundation Fonkoze Free the Slaves Imago Dei Foundation NoVo Foundation One Day’s Wages Alliance for Children Fund SG Foundation United Methodist Committee on Relief United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women Vista Hermosa Foundation - [Financial Information](https://beyondborders.net/about/financial-information/): Beyond Borders is consistently rated one of the best nonprofits by America’s leading independent evaluators of charities. It’s a reflection of our commitment to financial transparency and accountability to every donor. - [Why Haiti?](https://beyondborders.net/about/why-haiti/): Haiti is the only nation in history to be born of slave revolt and was the first nation in history to fully abolish slavery. - [Beyond Borders Blog](https://beyondborders.net/blog/) - [Get Involved](https://beyondborders.net/get-involved/): Make a commitment to Haiti's future. Join the Leadership Circle. - [Who We Are](https://beyondborders.net/about/): Beyond Borders helps people build movements to liberate themselves from oppression and isolation. In Haiti and the United States, we are bringing people together for just and lasting change.