The Indian community in Haiti consists mainly of professionals , businessmen , and volunteers from the congregation of the Sisters of Charity . The community is made up of immigrants from India as well as other Caribbean islands such as Martinique and Guadeloupe . Indo Caribbean immigrants from other Caribbean islands have intermarried with other Haitian communities . Their descendants are known as Marabous . There is also an influx of Haitian children born to Sri Lankan Tamil fathers and black Haitian mothers . During the 2010 Haiti earthquake , many members of the Indian community have lost their homes had appealed to the Indian government to provide them financial assistance to rebuild their lives . There were about 40 Indian families scattered around the country at the time , some of whom had been living with the FPU for several days . Those who were wishing to return to India found themselves unable to do so as they could n't get into neighbouring Dominican Republic , which is the only way out of there since there were no direct commercial flights in and out of Haiti
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Indo-Haitians