Tarps are a great blessing to many who have nothing
loading up for another adventure
More shelter is still needed
Tarps and tents are needed by all
Medical care is still a big need
Preaching as the aid and medicines are delivered
Sanitation is a growing concern, as retreving and burial of the victims is a slow process
Some help is reaching some areas,
but many of the more densly populated areas remain un-aided
Many are still camped in public centers, without adiquate shelter
Homes & apartments were ripped open by the quake
Shanty towns are rapidly growing
From the desk of Joey Klein, visiting CDMM team member who has come to respond to the need for Aid in Haiti:
I came prepared, bringing plenty of supplies and tents to build shelters. Our team was also equipped to provide medical help… but nothing, not even previous disaster responder experience, could have prepared me emotionally for the devastation we encountered in Port-au-Prince. With the stench of death all around as thousands of buried victims have yet to be recovered. Still more impressionable to me were the survivors searching for shelter and substance in the streets, hanging on to precious life. As my heart wrenched for the pain of those around me the smiles on the faces of the hungry Haitian people reminded me of God’s great providence.
Though broken down and hungry many people are grateful to be alive and band together to help each other rebuild. The devastation is enormous with every major building flattened and most homes as well leaving no safe place indoors. Nearly two weeks from the first quake the ground was still unsettled and the quakes continued throughout the day and night... one lasting only a few seconds nearly knocked me to my knees... the remaining buildings continue falling apart and falling down all around the city. People continue to be injured and killed by these shocks still people break out in worship and song following the aftershock quakes, thanking God for a fresh chance at life.
With the ocean port destroyed, very little help is able to come through and reach the nearly two million people living in the city. The best way to reach the Haitian people with much needed supplies is by traveling over land from the Dominican Republic. God has placed Christian Dominican Medical Mission in the position to be an instrument to bring the needed help to Haiti.
The crew and supplies arrived in Santo Domingo, Saturday; to meet up with Gary and CDMM team, we then drove through the night and arrived in Port-au-Prince Sunday morning. We were able to deliver and set up many tents and tarps for temporary housing (EVERYONE needs them) and also deliver medical assistance with Gary and my sister Christy seeing patients. We went to the neighborhoods of Carrefour (only five miles from downtown Port au Prince) where we were the first and ONLY foreign aide and relief to reach the area. We have partnered with a Dominican ex-pat, a business owner living in Haiti, a Haitian surgeon, and an independent Christian church already organizing community recovery.
Though broken down and hungry many people are grateful to be alive and band together to help each other rebuild. The devastation is enormous with every major building flattened and most homes as well leaving no safe place indoors. Nearly two weeks from the first quake the ground was still unsettled and the quakes continued throughout the day and night... one lasting only a few seconds nearly knocked me to my knees... the remaining buildings continue falling apart and falling down all around the city. People continue to be injured and killed by these shocks still people break out in worship and song following the aftershock quakes, thanking God for a fresh chance at life.
With the ocean port destroyed, very little help is able to come through and reach the nearly two million people living in the city. The best way to reach the Haitian people with much needed supplies is by traveling over land from the Dominican Republic. God has placed Christian Dominican Medical Mission in the position to be an instrument to bring the needed help to Haiti.
The crew and supplies arrived in Santo Domingo, Saturday; to meet up with Gary and CDMM team, we then drove through the night and arrived in Port-au-Prince Sunday morning. We were able to deliver and set up many tents and tarps for temporary housing (EVERYONE needs them) and also deliver medical assistance with Gary and my sister Christy seeing patients. We went to the neighborhoods of Carrefour (only five miles from downtown Port au Prince) where we were the first and ONLY foreign aide and relief to reach the area. We have partnered with a Dominican ex-pat, a business owner living in Haiti, a Haitian surgeon, and an independent Christian church already organizing community recovery.
CDMM will be returning frequently to assist the neighborhoods of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Aztec in Carrefour, as finances and supplies (tents in particular) come in we will continue to deliver resources to those in need and share the practical love of God to these un aided communities.
Thank you friends, for your prayers, encouragement, and financial assistance. As we continue our medical and church planting projects in the Dominican Republic and our effort to aide Haiti we consider it a high honor to collaborate together with each of you to extend God’s hands of love to hurting people.
Check us out and get involved:
www.cdmmissions.org
Joseph M. Klein
1st John 3:16-18
Thank you friends, for your prayers, encouragement, and financial assistance. As we continue our medical and church planting projects in the Dominican Republic and our effort to aide Haiti we consider it a high honor to collaborate together with each of you to extend God’s hands of love to hurting people.
Check us out and get involved:
www.cdmmissions.org
Joseph M. Klein
1st John 3:16-18
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