National Disaster
- Earthquake
- 7.0 Magnitude
- Devastates Port-au-Prince (Haiti Capital)
Official Death Toll
- 112,250 dead
- 194,000 injured
- unknown number are missing
as of 24th Jan 2010
Response
Extensive damage to the nations capital including Hospitals, government agencies, buildings housing international organisations have been severly damaged or destroyed completely.
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In that small island nation, the poorest in our hemisphere (with 80% living on less than $2 a day), people are dealing with the agony of hunger, disease, and death. Sorrow beyond our imagination.
Last year we had the privilege of saving lives there, and easing the suffering for many thousands of children and adults. But the food we sent has run out.
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