Disaster Response Haiti Project #25309

Emergency Relief for Survivors of Haiti Hurricane

by World Concern

Project Report | Mar 31, 2017
Thank You for Your Generous Support!

By Jonathan Steck | Senior Editor

Thank YOU for your support!

Thank you so much for compassionately supporting families affected by Hurricane Matthew.

Back in October 2016, parts of Haiti were once again rocked by a catastrophic natural disaster, This caused widespread damage and pushed many families even deeper into poverty.

In the weeks and months following Hurricane Matthew, your generosity has helped World Concern provide emergency aid and support to more than 800 Haitian families. That number continues to climb as we walk with affected families and support them as they rebuild. You have allowed this to happen, and on their behalf we want to say thank you.

At the height of the disaster, your gifts distributed hygiene kids and food packs to those most in need, and allowed us to better work with partners to identify communities where water borne disease was becoming an issue. Lives were saved because of you!

Hurricane Matthew flattened more than just homes. In communities across the country, farms and livelihoods were uprooted and washed away. Years of work, even generations of work, was gone.

You helped these desperate families in their time of need and World Concern will work continue to work together with survivors and community groups to implement medium, and long-term shelter opportunities.

Thank you again for all that you've done to help these families recover and rebuild.

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Dec 29, 2016
You're Helping Families in Haiti Rebuild!

By Jonathan Steck | Senior Editor

You're helping Jean, and his children rebuild!

From the moment Hurricane Matthew made landfall in Haiti, your generosity enabled us to quickly stockpile tarps, and begin distributing shelter materials, and hundreds of mosquito nets to keep families safe from disease-carrying mosquitoes.

Thanks to you, our emergency response teams on the ground were able to distribute hygiene kits and food packs to the most needy, and work with partners to identify communities where diseases such as Cholera, and other water-borne illnesses would threaten the poorest families.

Jean is just one of the people that have been impacted by your quick action and generosity. When he heard the front wall of his home crack, and fall to the ground in the middle of the night, Jean yelled for his two young daughters and they all fled for their lives.

“When the house started swaying, I decided to take the kids and leave … everything was destroyed, nothing is standing,”

But as with many in his community, Hurricane Matthew flattened more than just Jean’s home. His plantain trees—the family’s only source of income—were uprooted and washed away. Years of work, and his future income was gone.

As the weeks become months, your gifts will enable World Concern to remain close to people like Jean, and communities that have suffered from this disaster. We will work together with survivors and community groups to implement medium, and long-term shelter opportunities, and water and sanitation solutions that work to protect families and help them heal.

“I have to rebuild the house,” Jean says.

Your gifts are giving people like Jean hope, and the capacity to recover, and rebuild. Thank you so much for your gifts, and for making a difference in the lives of people affected by Hurricane Matthew.

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