Haiti – US Citizen and Child Kidnapped

A week after the US warned its citizens in Haiti to leave the country, a community ministry has confirmed that a former New Hampshire resident and her child were kidnapped. Alix Dorsainvil, a volunteer nurse and her child were kidnapped on the morning of July 27 near Port au Prince. Dorsainvil works for the Christian humanitarian aid organization, El Roi Haiti, and is married to its director, Sandro Dorsainvil.

According to Jason Brown, the president and co-founder of the ministry, Alix had been living in Haiti for some time, He said, “Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family. Our team at El Roi Haiti is grateful for the outpouring of prayers, care, and support for our colleague. We continue to work with our partners and trusted relationships to secure their safe return.”

The organization shared this statement on July 29:

Our team at El Roi Haiti is grateful for the outpouring of prayers, care, and support for our colleague. We continue to work with our partners and trusted relationships to secure their safe return.

We can confirm that Alix Dorsainvil, our Director’s wife, and their child were kidnapped on the morning of Thursday, July 27th from our campus near Port au Prince while serving in our community ministry.

Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family. 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 in the name of Jesus. Thank you for your support and compassion during this on-going situation. We would request that no attempts be made to contact the family for comment at this time. We will continue to update and share information as we can on our website at www.elroihaiti.org. Please refrain from speculating on social media about this situation in order to protect Alix and her child during this time.

We continue to trust in Jesus Christ who is faithful, even in these very difficult circumstances. We are asking people to pray and cry out to Him, that He would hold our friends safely in His hands and place a hedge of protection around them as He makes their path straight back to us and to freedom.