Organization
PAZAPA Center for Children with Disabilities
Founded in 1987 in Jacmel, Haiti through a partnership between Siloé Project volunteers and community health workers, PAZAPA provides specialised medical care, inclusive education, outreach, and arts programming to children with disabilities and their families across southeastern Haiti. Over 35 years it has reached more than 2,000 of Haiti's most vulnerable families.
About
PAZAPA was established in 1987 in Jacmel, southeastern Haiti, as a grassroots centre for children with disabilities born from a collaboration between the Siloé Project and local community health workers. For nearly four decades it has been one of Haiti's most consistent providers of disability-focused services, working in a context of significant poverty and recurring humanitarian crises.
What They Do
PAZAPA runs a multi-pronged programme that includes specialised medical care (orthopaedics, epilepsy treatment, clubfoot correction), inclusive education, an outreach programme reaching over 200 children with disabilities in five rural mountain villages near Jacmel, economic opportunity initiatives for families, and an arts programme using therapy, performance, and creative skills training for people with disabilities. In 2023 alone the organisation treated 101 children with epilepsy, provided orthopaedic care to 126 children, and addressed 19 clubfoot cases.
Who They Serve
Children with physical, neurological, and developmental disabilities in Jacmel and surrounding rural communities in southeastern Haiti, together with their families.
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