After months of organizing, the House will be forced to vote in mid-April on legislation to extend TPS, while the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in the Haiti and Syria TPS cases on April 29. Efforts to protect…
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Faith in Action issued this statement as the House reached the threshold to force a floor vote on Temporary Protected Status for 350,000 hardworking Haitian immigrants. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives made history: 218 Members…
UPDATE April 6, 2026: Since this story was first published, OPODHA leaders have taken an important step forward. They are working with partner organizations in the North and Northeast to develop a shared platform that outlines priorities for the new…
In 2023, OPODHA launched its “We Plant Today, So We Can Feed Our Families Tomorrow” campaign after listening to more than 4,000 smallholder farmers. In 2025, OPODHA used the final $50,000 in funding from the Inter-American Foundation to purchase irrigation…
Amid the collapse of government services, rising violence, and economic instability, grassroots leaders from the People’s Organization for the Development of Haiti (OPODHA) are pooling their resources to survive. They’ve organized 54 mutual aid lending funds with 3,132 enrolled members…
“Faith cannot be neutral when families are put at risk,” said Bishop Dwayne Royster, Executive Director of Faith in Action. On Tuesday, February 2, Bishop Dwayne Royster stood with faith leaders from across the country in a packed church in Springfield,…
Jean Mirvil directs a school in Saint-Marc, Haiti, and chairs the board of OPODHA. He had to flee his school as gang violence spread north from Port-au-Prince. “I had to leave my students behind because violence is moving closer every day. Deporting…
Faith in Action International issued the following statement on behalf of Francois Pierre-Louis and Claudette David in response to Congress passing the Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act as part of the 2026 National Defense Bill. “Faith in Action International applauds Congress for…
The Haitian proverb “Men anpil chay pa lou”—“With many hands, the load is not heavy”—captures the spirit of OPODHA’s work. Founded in 2013 by clergy and leaders from 13 rural communities, OPODHA has grown to 74 communities in two departments, with a…
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