The World Vision charity is still continuing to distribute relief supplies in Haiti, even though a number of big aftershocks have hit Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital. After last weeks magnitude-7 earthquake, World Vision were straight on the scene to give out food, blankets, water containers and hygiene kits to thousands of Haitians.
So far, World Vision has reached 10,000 people with aid relief, with distributions continuing to local hospitals and medical clinics to help treat quake victims. World Vision is also helping to prepare and distribute hot meals to earthquake survivors with the assistance of local restaurants, with further airlifts carrying crucial aid due to arrive this week. So far World Vision have –
- Distributed emergency items around Haiti
- Provided medical supplies to 11 hospitals and health centres
- Supplied food and water to an orphanage of 150 children
- Deployed volunteers to provide assistance at local clinics
- Flown two planes of supplies to Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo
World Vision UK Chief Executive, Justin Byworth, said –
The extreme poverty in Haiti already makes children extremely vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, and unregulated adoptions could open the door to child traffickers. Children should not be leaving Haiti at this stage except with surviving family members or if adoptions already in process have full required legal documents. We are concerned not only about premature overseas adoption but also about children increasingly being sent unaccompanied to the Dominican Republic.
World Vision is calling for as much help as possible to try and help the people of Haiti at this impossibly difficult time. By making a donation to World Vision, you will be helping to raise the funds to provide those most devastated by the earthquake with the food, water and medical assistance they require at this terrible time.
