Pray for Haiti

I'm presently on a conference call, listening in, to Anoni (I hope I got that right) and her husband Jean-Marc, who is half Haitian, talking about the disaster and Tearfund's response.

1) A Tearfund needs assessment team, with experience from the South-East Asian Tsunami, will arrive in Haiti at the weekend, with a particular focus upon water, sanitation and health.

2) Communications have gone down in Haiti, no one really knows what's happening beyond their kilometer. For 8 hours or so after the earthquake communication by mobile phone was posible, but now they need recharged and there is no electricity. (Humbled to think 48 people around the UK can join in a onference call).

3) A significant disaster, the central coordination of the country will need rebuilt, at the same time as the provision of food, clean water and health care. Many aid, relief agencies have office in Haiti, but these have been destroyed, affected by the earthquake.

4) Tearfund's immediate focus will be on helping with food, shelter and clean water.

5) Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, 80% in abject poverty, 70% unemployment.

6) Pray for Tearfund partners and their ability to offer aid to their communities.

Please pray