Help for Haiti

Haiti needs your help.
Four Hurricanes blew through the Carribean in August and September, causing flooding, and crop devestation, and has triggered a food crisis. Estimated people in need of Humanitarian aid is upwards of 800,000. In a country where the government is unstable, and too poor to support its people, let alone help them back on their feet, our help is definitely required.

Haiti needs long-term help after storms, says UN official
Last Updated: Saturday, September 27, 2008 | 9:15 AM ET Comments13Recommend10CBC News
The director of the United Nations World Food Program has arrived in the Haitian city of Gonaives on a mission to alert the world to the need for aid after four killer storms devastated the area.

After arriving for a two-day visit on Friday, Josette Sheeran said feeding the victims is a top priority, but she also urged agriculture officials to buy seeds and other produce from local farmers to revive the economy.

"Haiti wants to grow its own food and to be self-sufficient, not just waiting on food assistance while they recover from this devastating storm," Sheeran said.

The coastal city was largely cut off from the rest of Haiti as the storms flooded roads and wrecked bridges.

At least 194 people were killed by the tropical storms in less than a month this summer in Gonaives and the surrounding region, the largest share of a nationwide death toll of 425.

Tens of thousands of its residents still live in shelters and roam muddy streets looking for food.

Rene Preval, Haiti's president, told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday that his country requires long-term reconstruction efforts, beyond immediate food and disaster relief.


How you can help:
http://www.worldvision.org/home.nsf/index.htm#highlight/0

http://www.haitisupport.org/

http://www.helphaitinow.org/

Cheers and Blessings
Tyler