RELIEF FOR HAITI EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

Haiti is the poorest country of the Western Hemisphere, suffering from high unemployment, social unrest, natural disasters, sanitation and health problems, and endemic poverty. On January 12, 2010, a powerful 7.3 earthquake rocked the southeast coast of Haiti, including its capital city, Port-au-Prince, Over 200,000 people died in this disaster, and millions are homeless. Many are in urgent need of medical care, food, and other basic necessities.

Fortunately, WWD-F's partner organization in Port-au-Prince, the Sunrise school, was not destroyed in the earthquake. The school has been functioning for 14 years and educates 230 children from the poor surrounding neighborhood. Immediately after the earthquake, staff at the Sunrise school began food distribution and medical care.

WWD-F has been collecting funds and materials to send down to our partners in Haiti. On January 26th, the Director of WWD-F, Ana Jabra, travelled to Port-au-Prince to assist in the relief operations, which includes the feeding of thousands of Haitians daily, emergency medical care to those injured in the quake, distribution of higiene kits and plastic sheeting for shelter to victims living in the relief camps.

Please donate generously to help Haitians recover from this calamity.

If you want to support our relief efforts in Haiti, click here.

"This school is extremely valuable for us because if it didn't exist our children wouldn't have gone to school. Also, we, the mothers, never had opportunity in our lives to receive proper education and skills training. This school is a gift from God."

Anonymous Parent