To Curb Gang Violence in Haiti, Break with Politics as Usual By Louis-Henri MARS 18 Avril 2023 News I know someone who was once the leader of the Grand Ravine gang in the south of Port-au-Prince. Around the time he became the gang’s leader, a United Nations mission in Haiti was moving to confront and dismantle gangs. In 2006, Haitian officials, with support from a U.N. disarmament program,…

Fostering Peace in Port-Au-Prince: An Interview with Louis-Henri Mars By Carolina Cardona and Rebecca Nelson 21 September 2022 News Louis-Henri Mars has seen it happen too many times: “For many kids in Haiti, violence is the norm. Let’s take ‘Jean’ growing up in a slum like Martissant. At age four or five he joins a kiddie gang, building homemade weapons with small rocks as bullets. His heroes are…