Caring for the Haitian people

We never run out of people to help in some way. Things just seem to be a little more concentrated if you will. This lady has come with her baby who is malnourished, has turned one but can't walk yet. She is pregnant so she decided she should stop breast feeding her. She is so light. Her name is Faubien. We tried to help them out with some nourishing things for her to eat like cornflour, spaghetti, milk and a few other things.

We continue to share the food with as many people as possible. This week we were able to share with 380 families. There were 150 of those families who are direct refugee families who moved to Carries after the earthquake because they have nothing left in Port-au-Prince. We have many people to take care of at Carries including our school children and their families. Many of their parents do not have any income now because they used to go sell whatever they could find in PAP. Others here in the village worked at one of the beach/hotels. They have fired and laid off many of their workers because after all of the devastation. No one is coming to spend the weekends at the hotel now. More and more people are beginning to feel the pangs of hunger.

The rains are coming and they can't be avoided.......just stop a moment and look at this housing. Think about what you would be thinking if you were living in this condition with your spouse, your children. What would be going through your mind??? Pray for the Haitian people to find they help they so desparately need. Pray for us. We are still sleeping out under tarps because the people are afraid to go in. Last night it rained at Carries. Our tarps were sagging and drooping with rain water. It was a very damp and uncomfortable evening. We are trying to figure out some temporary housing that will be dry and safe for everyone.

In the mean time this is the story through out PAP

and the surrounding areas. Make-shift tents are everywhere. Rubble and debris still block the streets in many areas. People walk through it, over it, around it and even under it to try to carry on business as usual. People are still pilfering through the rubble. There is still a chance some will die while pilfering through the shifting debris.
If you dare, say a prayer, that Haiti might find the help she needs. Maybe that help will come from you. Dee