KLOVE and Food for the Hungry team up for Haiti

As tens of thousands of Haitians flee the capital city of Port-au-Prince, Food for the Hungry (FH) is targeting relief efforts in specific communities to mitigate further displacement and loss. The communities are: Bellevue La Montagne, Siloe, Kenscoff and Aux Cadets. There are more than 50,000 displaced people in these communities and more than 120,000 people are affected.

Current FH priorities include distributing food, blankets, plastic sheets for temporary shelter, solar flashlights, hygiene kits, water purification kits and cooking items. FH is also creating :child friendly" spaces in these locations to help children deal with the trauma.

Reporting from Port-au-Prince, FH communications staff Lindsay Branham said, "There are tons of people living under sheets and sticks in parks, yards or in the streets. People are scared to go back to their homes or they've lost their homes altogether. It's overwhelming to see the level of human pain and suffering."

Of the 26 Haitian staff FH has based in Port-au-Prince, every person was affected and most staff are sleeping on the street. Even as staff face great losses, they are working with the FH Emergency Response Unit to serve their neighbors.

Transportation remains very difficult. Roads are clogged with traffic.

The Haitian government estimates that 200,000 people have been killed, 250,000 injured and two million displaced by the earthquake that struck on January 12, 2010.

Shipments for Haiti Relief
FH disaster relief shipments to date include providing:

• 4,800 blankets, 160 rolls of plastic 2,200 solar flashlights, two commercial size water filters, 1,152 jerry cans and 1,440 hygiene kits, in partnership with Samaritan's Purse;
• 285,000 dehydrated food packs and water, in partnership with Stop Hunger Now;
• A container (in route) of clothing, plastic sheeting and tarps, wheelchairs, bandages and gauze, water purifying tablets, water and food, in partnership with Kode Red;
• An International Emergency Health Kit (in route) to provide basic treatment to 10,000 people for a period of three months, in partnership with the Global Relief Alliance.

How You Can Help

Without immediate relief, more will die. Food for the Hungry staff are on the ground and need your help to mount the huge relief effort that is going to be required for this disaster. Disease will be the next killer ... and that will begin within days.

Your gift of any size now will provide shelter, water, medicine and other life-saving help.

Whatever you can do, please take action now. There is no time to delay. We’re moving ahead in faith you’ll respond.