Lutheran World Relief - 2010 Haiti Earthquake

LWR Haiti Blog: http://blog.lwr.org/search/label/Haiti

FROM THE SITE:

Thanks to your generous support, Lutheran World Relief has raised enough funds to commit $6 million to immediate and long-term recovery work following January’s devastating earthquake in Haiti.

These funds already provided food, water, shelter and other vital needs immediately following the earthquake. Looking beyond relief to recovery, we are working with partners on the ground to help rural communities cope with the migration of nearly 600,000 earthquake survivors from urban areas.

Through programs focused on growing food, stimulating local economies, and getting Haitians back to work, LWR is committed to helping the people of Haiti recover. This work is made possible by the compassion and generosity of people like you. Thank you!

To help ease the stress on rural communities, LWR is working with several partners to provide immediate relief while developing a long-term response. With Partenariat pour le Développement Local (PLD), a local Haitian organization, LWR will help communities in the regions north of Port-au-Prince where most displaced people are migrating. The emergency response will focus on food, water, temporary shelter and sanitation.
Similarly, LWR is working with partner World Neighbors to grow food, restore local economies, rebuild infrastructure, get people back to work, and provide necessary health and sanitation measures in those same regions.

LWR is also working with the Actions by Churches Together (ACT) global aid alliance to ensure people have immediate access to food, water, and shelter in and around Port-au-Prince. LWR has committed more than $750,000 to providing temporary shelter, food and access to water and sanitation services. Since the earthquake, LWR has also sent thousands of health kits, layettes, and quilts to partners Christian Aid, Church World Service, and International Relief and Development. These items are being distributed to people badly affected by the earthquake and LWR is mobilizing more resources for future shipments to Haiti.