A portrait of Haitians trying to survive without a government
Haiti is on the verge of collapse, with little to no government. But many Haitians have already learned to live without the support of the state, as NPR discovered traveling to Cap-Haïtien.
CAP-HAÏTIEN, Haiti — Most of northern Haiti has escaped the violence and anarchy that has engulfed much of the country's capital, Port-au-Prince.
But ever since President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in 2021, this region has felt the slow crumbling of the Haitian state. These days, government offices are mostly closed and government services, including electricity, don't exist. It has left Haitians to fend for themselves.
These are some of their stories.
Moncher Metina
Moncher Metina has spent her whole 65 years of life in a rural part of Limonade in northern Haiti.
She remembers when she was a kid, she would swim in
