American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her child have been released almost two weeks after they were abducted in Haiti.
The school where Dorsainvil works released a statement on Wednesday morning confirming the pair had been released. The mother and daughter went missing on July 27.
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“It is with a heart of gratitude and immense joy that we at El Roi Haiti confirm the safe release of our staff member and friend, Alix Dorsainvil and her child who were held hostage in Port au Prince, Haiti. Today we are praising God for answered prayer,” the academy's statement said, according to CNN.
The organization asked the public not to contact Dorsainvil or her family as “there is still much to process and to heal from in this situation,” the statement read.
Dorsainvil is a nurse from Middleton, New Hampshire, who moved to Haiti with her husband to become the school nurse for El Roi Haiti, an academy located in Port-au-Prince. Her husband, Sandro Dorsainvil, is one of the founders of the Christian academy, and he is the father of the child who was kidnapped on July 27.
She and her daughter were kidnapped while working at the academy. Students took to the streets last week with signs demanding Dorsainvil's release.
Details about the nature of the abduction have not been made public, such as who took Dorsainvil and the condition of her and her child's release. However, gangs in Port-au-Prince are known for kidnapping people for profit, usually targeting locals for ransom.
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Foreigners, such as Dorsainvil, have been abducted in the past in Haiti as well. Seventeen missionaries from the United States and Canada were taken by a local gang in 2021 while traveling on the road north of the capital. They were held for over a month.
The kidnapping occurred on the same day the U.S. State Department raised its travel advisory for Haiti to a level four "do not travel" advisory. The change was because of an increased risk of kidnapping, crime, and civil unrest on the island.