APEP Condemns the Organization of Haiti’s 2025 National Carnival

n a statement published on February 10, 2025, the Professional Association of Private Schools (APEP) expressed its dissatisfaction with the Haitian authorities' decision to allocate $4 million for the organization of the 2025 National Carnival, highlighting the "indecency" of this expenditure in the midst of a deep crisis. According to APEP, these funds should have been used to address the daily suffering of the Haitian people.

APEP Condemns the Organization of Haiti’s 2025 National Carnival

Lors d'un défilé de dimanche pré-carnavalesque à Fort-Liberté

"How can such an expense for a carnival be justified when misery and distress are omnipresent in our country?" the association asks, denouncing the "irrationality" of this decision. Indeed, APEP continues, more than 85% of the capital is now under the control of armed groups, and the number of lost territories continues to grow. Schools, both public and private, are in a dire situation: they are closing, being relocated, or turned into refugee camps, while the authorities appear passive and indifferent. Private schools, w

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