Earthquake Relief Updates

• Type of aid provided on January 27 as of 9:00 a.m.
• 20,000 hot meals at Port-au-Prince Feeding Center daily.
• We donated a solar-powered water purification machine that is processing thousands of gallons a day at the International Red Cross compound in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
• Two trucks of rice, beans, water, tents, clothing and shoes are being sent today to three beneficiaries in Jacmel.
• We are distributing rice and beans in Cite Soleil. This aid is being done in collaboration with "The Mothers Club" (Club des Mamans) in Ti Ayiti and CVNV (Centre Vocationnel de la Non Viloence ) run by Pastor Enock.
• We are giving rice and beans to community leaders in six tent cities of Petionville, with about 6,000 displaced residents in each. The food is cooked from noon to 3:00 p.m., and distributed from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
• We also are distributing Crocs to those same tent cities. (Many people did not have their shoes with them after the quake and the glass and rubble on the streets are very dangerous.)
• We are installing an 8,000-gallon water tank in the largest tent city in Port-au-Prince, the one at Delmas 40B. Today (1/26) they will receive 30,000 gallons of water. The camp is a shelter now for at least 50,000 people.
• We are supplying oxygen to eight hospitals and clinics. Hospitals/clinics receiving oxygen are: Saint Francois Salle, Asile Francais, Rue de Centre, Bernard Mevs, Communaute Haitienne, Rue Audant, Route de Freres, Le Mesi, MediMax, Saint Espirit, Maternite de Petion-Ville, 1 Rue Goulard, (They called Food For The Poor at noon today with a desperate situation: because of the destruction of the other hospitals they have an overflow of maternity patients that they cannot turn away. They are filled to capacity and have no food to feed their patients. They asked us for tents and food this morning and we are here at the hospital gate already (4:30 p.m.) about to deliver five large tents, 45 bags (110 pounds each) of rice, 10 bags of beans and jelly-filled toaster pastries. They were also given water, shoes and medical supplies – including IV kits.) CDO, Canape-Vert, Route du Canape-Vert, Foyer Saint Camille
• In addition, Food For The Poor distributed medicine from Americares to various hospitals, finishing the day at Delmas 40B, the makeshift clinic at the tent city. Bernard spent the day delivering medicines from Americares.
• In Cap-Haitien, we are distributing food, personal hygiene kits and Crocs to people fleeing Port-au-Prince. We are able to serve hot meals. We are seeing about 2,000 people arrive each day from Port-au-Prince.
• Food For The Poor is supplying its elderly home, girls’ and boys’ Angel of Hope homes, and the Little Children of Jesus Handicapped Home with hot meals each day. We are serving about 700 people a day in these homes.
• Our feeding center is located at the Food For The Poor complex at Rue Barbancourt, Route de l'Aeroport. Food For The Poor offices, warehouse and feeding center all are located there and the complex is secured with 150 members of the Jamaica Defense Force and is a safe environment.