2025 Haiti orphanage kidnapping

The 2025 Haiti orphanage kidnapping took place on August 3, 2025, around 15:30 local time, as attackers broke into the privately run Sainte-Hélène orphanage, located next to Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. The orphanage is run by Irish missionary Gena Heraty, who was kidnapped along with a 3-year-old child with disabilities and 7 other employees including a nurse.