Convoy of Hope on the ground in Haiti helping victims of earthquake
Convoy of Hope is establishing an emergency command center just outside of Port-au-Prince where food, water and supplies will be distributed to victims of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti on Tuesday.
“Our Haiti country director is on the ground and working closely with our partners to check on the children we feed and also to assist victims with immediate needs,” says Hal Donaldson, founder and president of Convoy of Hope. “We have a warehouse in Haiti and have food and supplies immediately available to those in need. We will send more shipping containers in the coming days.”
Initial reports indicate that many buildings, homes and walls toppled under the strain of the earthquake. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Many of its nearly 10 million residents live in abject poverty.
For several years Convoy of Hope has worked in Haiti and currently feeds 7,000 children there each day.
