Template:Humanitarian Aid Updates
LDS Church Continues to Send Aid to Haiti 18 January 2010
Shipments of relief aid from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints arrived in Haiti soon after the devastating earthquake, including a large shipment of 85,000 pounds of supplies from Miami. That shipment included emergency resources such as food, blankets, tents and tarps. Latter-day Saint missionaries assisted in unloading the supplies. Two more shipments of food, medical supplies and other items were quickly trucked in containers from the Dominican Republic to Haiti. More shipments were planned for the following week that included supplies specifically requested by local Church leaders on the ground.
A team of doctors was also sent by the Church to help the injured in Haiti. The team included 14 doctors and nurses and two family services specialists. The group was self-contained and carried their own medical supplies, which were augmented by additional supplies sent separately. [1] Another small group of physicians from the Dominican Republic and coordinated by the Church were already working in Haiti. Many private LDS physicians, returned missionaries who could act as translators from French and Creole, and other concerned Mormons mounted relief efforts for Haiti.
Seven Latter-day Saint chapels in Haiti were being used as shelters for over 4,000 people from the community. All of the Church’s chapels in Haiti were left largely undamaged by the quake, and many are being used in the relief effort. As of late February, the Church had donated $4.25 million worth of relief. The Church also shipped 600 temporary housing kits to Latter-day Saints displaced from their homes. Donations for relief efforts can be made at LDS Emergency Response.
