NPH InternationalThe charity who kidnapped the Irish missionary Gina Heratti has appealed to those who took her in Haiti to release her.
Huga Brainon, a trustee from NPH Ireland, described him as a “inspirational”, “flexible”, and “hard person” who wrote the poem.
Ms. Hereti, who is originally from Westport in County Mayo, is the director of an orphanage facility in Haiti, and On Sunday morning, near the capital of Haiti, was taken to KanskoffAccording to Mayor Masylon Jean.
Mr. Brainon “appealed to everyone to do anything to release Genna and all others”.
Ms. Hereti oversees the orphanage, which is run by the human organization Nos Petits Frarse at Soyrs (our younger brothers and sisters).
It is in the Commune of the Kanskoff, which is about 10 km (6.2 mi) in the south-east of the capital.
Mayor Massilan Jean stated that the attackers at around 15:30 local time (07:30 GMT) “broke into an orphanage without opening fire, described it as” Planned Act “.
The attackers were broken through a wall to enter the property, Jean said, “Before going to the building, where Ms. was stagnant.
‘Genna will have to know the dangers’
Shri brainon BBC Radio Ulster told the Good Morning Ulster program “Everyone in the area would know him, they know her as Madam Genna”.
He said, “Yes Genna would know about the dangers, and we had discussed it earlier, but it is now his life’s work, and she will feel that she could definitely not leave the children with whom she was working – she is her family,” she said.
Mr. Brainon said that Ms. Herati worked with “the weakest of the people”.
He said, “The society has basically collapsed in Haiti and it is very difficult for people, but is even more difficult for someone with disabilities, and these are children whom Genna had chosen to work for the last 30 years,” he said.
“We appeal to everyone to do anything to do anything they can leave to Genna and all others.
“We appeal to them for our humanity – please, please, the work that Genna is doing is very important for your community, please leave it,” Mr. Brainon said.
The gang members are held responsible for the attack, the HiTian newspaper has been reported by Niyvelist.
Gang violence and kidnapping are also common in and other areas around Port-Aur-Prince, where the United Nations says that armed groups control about 85% of the city.
In the first half of 2025, the United Nations figures suggest that around 350 people were abducted in Haiti. The United Nations Human Rights Office said that at least 3,141 people were also killed during the same period.
‘I knew that hati is no longer’
Kathleen Davi was picked up by missionary parents in Haiti and still relatives living there said that two of her cousins were kidnapped by gangs.
One of his cousins is a doctor who was abducted in January.
“She was doing well, as I am sure Gena was well taken as well, and was originally taken to her. She was kept for five days and fortunately we were able to interact and release her,” Ms. Devi Told Good Morning Ulster,
“The gangs are originally taking advantage of disgruntled youth because they have nothing, the government is non-existence, a political vacuum, also a moral vacuum.
Ms. Davi said, “This is what is fueling gangs, she has nothing else, she has no hope.”
He said that his family is in “constant fear but life is going on”.
She told the program that she does not recognize the country in which she grew up.
“It’s very upset to hear that Haiti I knew not now.”
‘Still hope’
Herold Isaac, a journalist at Port AU Prince, told the program that NPH’s participation is “adding weight to arguments for release”.
“Organizations who are suffering from this attack have been having a very long time in Haiti, especially for weaker communities,” he said.
Mr. Isaac said what he is hearing from various sources involved, “still” are still hoping that there should be a fruitful result “.
Isaac said, “It is a very stressful week, here is a very stressful week in Haiti, with a switch in power in the country in less than 48 hours and it has touched things a little more.”
He said that “the high profile arbitration of the case is also adding a layer of complexity”.
