Haiti
January 12th 2010 will be forever etched into the memory of all Haitians and most of the world. The 7.0 magnitude quake that hit Haiti at 4:53 PM was the strongest earthquake to shake the country since 1770 and round 250,000 people were killed. The earthquake left the nation destroyed with more than 1.5 million people made homeless and 75% of the capital, Port-au-Prince being destroyed.
Convoy of Hope had been active in Haiti for a number of years feeding over 10.000 children every day. Days before the earthquake, our warehouse had just been restocked with over 1 million meals.
Immediately following the earthquake COH staff was able to start handing out emergency food parcels and water and was able, through our local partners, to provide basic medical care to survivors.
So far, Convoy of Hope has been able to distribute more than 10 million meals, has served more than a million people and is making more than 165.000 liters of clean and safe drinking water available to the population.
In the next three years Convoy of Hope has identified the following goals.
- Feeding Program – Convoy of Hope will attempt to feed 45.000 children every day. This daily meal is, for many children, the only meal they will receive.
- Infrastructure – Convoy of Hope will help to rebuild schools, community centers and churches.
- Water and Sanitation – Convoy of Hope will educate people on hygiene and sanitation plus continue to make safe and clean drinking water available through family size water filters and larger communal water filter points.
Haiti Update – Aug, 2010
More than six months have passed since a 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed upwards of a quarter million people and left 1 million homeless. In the days after the earthquake, Haiti — which is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere — was deluged with help from around the world. Among the first to provide emergency relief was Convoy of Hope, which was already in country.
Continue reading 'Haiti Update – Aug, 2010'April 27, 2010
It is encouraging to report to you that even though life in Haiti is still difficult, there is a sense of normalcy returning to this broken country. As COH continues to feed the needy in Haiti some of the delivery methods are beginning to transition to a more permanent process. Our immediate food distribution, in [...]
Continue reading 'April 27, 2010'March 9, 2010
Convoy of Hope has now distributed more than 7,000,000 meals. We bought several trucks in Gibraltar, shipped them in and this has helped us to distribute the food to the neediest. Culligan, a well known company, has donated 3 water filter systems. Each one is capable of producing 15,000 gallons of pure drinking water on [...]
Continue reading 'March 9, 2010'February 9, 2010
Included in the churches we will be working with in the future in Haiti are those belonging to the Assemblies of God. They have reported that 300 of their members were killed, including one pastor. 15 church buildings and 24 parsonages were destroyed. While we mourn with the relatives of those that were lost, this [...]
Continue reading 'February 9, 2010'February 3, 2010
CHRIS DUDLEY WITH CONVOY OF HOPE IN HAITI Every time you walk by a devastated building you wonder if someone is buried alive underneath the debris. Then you hear that they have pulled out a 16 year old girl, ALIVE, after being buried for 15 days. It makes you think. We have now given out [...]
Continue reading 'February 3, 2010'January 26, 2010
They are now saying that Haiti will take 10 years to return to normal. We are wondering how they judge normal. Food is being distributed to more areas. All of the aid agencies are working together. The U.N. is dividing them up into clusters with different short and long term responsibilities. COH has been involved [...]
Continue reading 'January 26, 2010'January 25, 2010
Chris Dudley, Convoy of Hope Southern European Director, Reports from Port au Prince. Today (Saturday) we gave out around 105,000 meals which now means we have distributed over 1,100,000 during the last week. There are still lots of trouble with transport and shortage of diesel. Before the earthquake the airport handled 16 incoming flights. Now [...]
Continue reading 'January 25, 2010'January 22, 2010
REPORT FROM CHRIS DUDLEY, CONVOY OF EUROPE, SOUTHERN EUROPE DIRECTOR I drove from our warehouse today to deliver 21,600 meals to one of our distribution centers, Quisqueya Chapel in Port au Prince. Driving past the mass graves is horrible as the stench is overpowering. We are still having issues with lack of fuel and trucks. [...]
Continue reading 'January 22, 2010'January 19th, 2010
Convoy of Hope has been active in Haiti for 3 years where we have been feeding several thousand people daily. We now have 1.5 million pre vacuumed meals in our warehouse. 1) 294,296 meals distributed by COH at 9 PODs (points of distribution) 2) 2 main points of distribution are Quisqueya Chapel and Cite Soleil [...]
Continue reading 'January 19th, 2010'