Haiti Earthquake UpdatesReceived from Fr. Effener on March 5, 2010 The conditions at the parish School are not going to good; there are some children (survivors) from Port-au-Prince coming in the School. They need some helps (clothes, materials for School especialy books). 346 children are enrolled in classes this year. The conditions at the City Gonaives are not too good . All the activities are going well: School, Church, business .... but the people coming to Gonaives from Port-au-Prince are hungry. They are waiting for from Governmentsome foods and tents to sleep. Now, after the earthquake there are more poverty in Gonaives, in Haiti. Some of survivors come to the rectory to ask help (foods, money, medicine, clothes ...) The surviors live in the rectory. Some of them go to the School. Among them, there is an orphan (3 years old); her mother died in the earthquake. So, the parish have others needs besides the meal program:
Foods ......................................................... $ 2,750 US Yes, I'm planning to visit your family in Orlando this year in June. I'll send to you some informations about that. About the meal program there are no money for the next week. I count on you ! Now, after the earthquake, the cost of foods increased and and the rate of exchange from US money to Haitian money is down because the big business at Port-au-Prince are not open; there are not enought business at Port-au-Prince. The cost of food for the meal program is $ 3,850.00 US. The estimated cost to fedd a chil for one month at the School is $ 11.50 US. If I'll have others informations or answers I 'll send them to you. My Greeting to you and all parishioners ! Fr. Effener The following are links to updates from the Doctor Mortel of the Haiti Outreach Project of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Catholic Relief Services, parishes and the United Nations in Haiti. Updates from the Mortel Family Foundation. Dr Mortel is the Director of the Missions Office of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Manager at the Haiti Outreach Project of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. High Hopes for Haiti - More Updates from the Mortel Foundation with Videos. Report from the Mortel Foundation on Distribution of Donations Updates from Parishes in Haiti Updates from Catholic Relief Services - February 3, 2010 Updates from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Map showing the displacement of people out of Port-au-Prince as of January 28th. National Catholic Reporter Articles about HaitiLessons learned in Haiti: From the mouths of babes - March 8, 2010 Protecting Haiti's children - February 2, 2010 'I am humbled by these people' - February 1, 2010 A huge tragedy made startlingly personal - January 27, 2010 Line between haves, have nots has disappeared - January 24, 2010 The outpouring of compassion is amazing - January 23, 2010 Organized chaos' as help reaches Haiti - January 22, 2010 Haiti, desperate poverty even before the earthquake - January 19, 2010 The displaced flow into a small Haiti town - Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2010 |