DÁnica Coto

DÁnica Coto is an author at Religion News Service.

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30,000 Haitian kids live in private orphanages. Officials want to shutter them and reunite families.

By DÁnica Coto — June 13, 2023
SAINT-LOUIS-DU-SUD, Haiti (AP) — U.S. faith-based donors are the largest funders of orphanages in Haiti.

Haiti priest recounts abduction by gang holding missionaries

By DÁnica Coto — November 10, 2021
The Haitian priest and nine other people had just been kidnapped while driving through the outskirts of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, in early April.

Efforts drag on to free 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti

By DÁnica Coto and Pierre-richard Luxama — October 20, 2021
The group seized includes five children aged from 8 months to 15 years, although authorities were not clear whether the ransom demand included them.

Christian Aid Ministries says 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti

By DÁnica Coto — October 17, 2021
The missionaries have ties to Christian Aid Ministries, which has ties to Amish, Mennonite, and other conservative Anabaptist groups.
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