Help for Haiti: Join us in our relief efforts
Empowering Everyday Women Ministries is sending emergency relief to Haiti, as the death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake there climbed to 1,297 on Sunday—a day after thousands of structures crumbled and frantic rescue efforts were put in place.
Some survivors have lost everything and are in desperate need of our help right now. Children and families who have fallen victim to the quake lost their homes and now face exposure to COVID-19. Emergency support is needed to help assist them as quickly as possible.
With your support, Empowering Everyday Women Ministries will get food to vulnerable and hungry families in Haiti. A donation of any size will help make a life-saving difference.
Make your 100% tax-deductible emergency contribution now.
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More Details About the Disaster
Saturday’s earthquake left at least 5,700 people injured in its wake and thousands more in the Caribbean nation displaced from their destroyed or damaged homes. Some wounded survivors have been forced to wait out in the open amid the threat of Coronavirus because of overloaded hospitals.
Worse yet, Tropical Storm Grace is predicted to reach Haiti on Monday night, threatening to bring heavy rain, flooding, and landslides in an already devastated region.
On Sunday, people lined up to buy what little was available: bananas, avocados, and water at a local street market. Prime Minister Ariel Henry has declared a one-month state of emergency for the whole country and said he was rushing aid to areas where towns were destroyed, and hospitals were overwhelmed. The humanitarian needs are acute, with many Haitians urgently needing health care, clean water, something to eat, and a place to stay.
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Haiti’s Office of Civil Protection said more than 7,000 homes were destroyed and nearly 5,000 damaged. Hospitals, schools, offices, and churches were also affected. Medical workers from across the region were scrambling to help as hospitals in the badly battered Les Cayes started running out of space to perform surgeries.
“Basically, they need everything,” said Dr. Inobert Pierre, a pediatrician with the nonprofit Health Equity International, which oversees St. Boniface Hospital, about two hours from Les Cayes. “Many of the patients have open wounds and they have been exposed to not-so-clean elements.”
The magnitude 7.0 quake of 2010 hit closer to densely populated Port-au-Prince and caused widespread destruction. Haiti’s government put the death toll at more than 300,000, while a report commissioned by the U.S. government placed it between 46,000 and 85,000.
Will you help Empowering Everyday Women send relief to Haiti? Let God lead you about what to give, and make your 100% tax-deductible emergency contribution now.