In a landmark push to rebuild Haiti’s social protection infrastructure and expand safeguards for the nation’s working population, leadership at the National Old-Age Insurance Office (ONA) has launched a sweeping overhaul of the country’s social registration system, marking a foundational shift in how Haitian workers access social security benefits.
On July 15, 2026, ONA Director General Lovely François reaffirmed her administration’s commitment to embedding robust social security as a core pillar of Haiti’s national reconstruction, advancing long-overdue institutional reforms designed to transform the body’s operations for lasting positive change. François has centered her tenure on a core belief that a functional, fair social security system cannot exist without a modern, accurate, and inclusive registration framework. As a result, delivering a personalized insurance card to every eligible Haitian worker has become the top priority of her leadership.
Acting on this strategic priority, Director of Social Security Andolphe E. D. Guillaume formally presented the ambitious new registration reform this week, an initiative crafted to tackle one of the ONA’s most persistent and intractable long-term challenges.
Far more than a minor administrative tweak, the reform ushers in an entirely new era for social security across Haiti. Its core objectives include issuing every registered worker a unique, permanent, and fraud-resistant social identity, fully digitizing and modernizing the management of insured workers’ personal files, and ensuring that benefits and pension disbursements are delivered faster, with greater transparency, and far higher efficiency than previous systems allowed.
For François, the ability of every Haitian worker to hold an official social security card represents far more than access to services: it is a tangible symbol of their fundamental rights, their individual dignity, and public recognition of the critical contributions they make to Haiti’s national development. This effort grows out of a deeply held conviction that social security must not remain a limited privilege reserved for a small group, but an enforceable, guaranteed right for every working person in the country.
François’ vision aligns with broader governance goals focused on delivering measurable results, modernizing Haiti’s public institutions, and placing the needs of ordinary citizens at the center of all government action. Issuing standardized social security cards to all workers formalizes their right to social protection, helps them plan for long-term financial stability in retirement, and rebuilds public trust in Haiti’s republican institutions. Under François’ leadership, and in line with the vision set out by Haiti’s Prime Minister, ONA has committed to meeting this historic national challenge head-on.