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This is a special edition of the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service looking at what can help bring about a brighter future for the Caribbean nation of Haiti.
I'm Nick Miles, and in a former role, reported from Haiti a number of times in the early 2000s.
Struggling with poverty and political instability even then,
in recent years the country has descended into wider gang violence.
Together with the BBC's investigations correspondent Nawal Almagafi,
who's reported extensively from Haiti,
I'll be joined by the Haitian democracy activist Monique Kleska,
women's rights group organizer Pascal Solage and Diana Manilla Arroyo,
who works for the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontier in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
Together, we will talk about Haiti's current problems,
but also look at the people who are working hard to resolve them and prove that their country is far from being beyond hope.
The lazy shorthand, the cliche if you like for Haiti,
is that it's the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere,
a hopeless case that's not known stability for decades,
where violent gangs rule and international aid providers are fighting a losing battle with the chaos.
But let's interrogate that narrative a bit.
First of all, some basics.
Haiti is a country in the Caribbean, neighbouring the Dominican Republic.
Eleven million people live there.