Haitians living in Port-au-Prince have experienced unprecedented violence and have been victim to massive violations of their rights. Women participating in the Commission of Women Victims for Victims’ program have experienced the trauma of rape and many have also had husbands, partners, children or other family members brutally killed. With the grant offered by the Martín-Baró Fund, KOFAVIV offered psychosocial support activities to these women victims of violence. KOFAVIV has also provided training to community-based human rights workers. In the summer of 2007, KOFAVIV will also hold community Open Space sessions on the mental health impact of human rights violations on poor communities. These Open Space activities will focus on the impact of violence in individual communities and will serve as a space for the women to begin to reach beyond their peer groups and talk with others about how violence has affected women in particular.