HAITI
IN THE
FATHER'S HAND CRECHE (ORPHANAGE) UPDATE
Port de Paix, Haiti
Rescuers dug
through mud and ruined homes for bodies, expecting the death
toll of more than 600 from Tropical Storm Jeanne to rise even
further. Half of the crowded northern city of Gonaives was still
under water from the devastating winds and rain.
Gonaives was
the hardest hit and Port-de-Paix the second hardest hit in the
latest tragedy to beset Haiti in a year of revolts, military
interventions and devastating floods. Bodies including many
children were stacked at the City's main morgue, where weeping
relatives searched for loved ones…
"I lost my kids and there's nothing I can do,"
said Jean Estimable, whose 2-year-old daughter was killed and
another 5 children were missing and presumed dead. "All
I have is complete despair and the clothes I'm wearing,"
he said Monday, pointing to a floral dress and ripped pants
he borrowed from a neighbor."
Dieufort Deslorges
a spokesman for the government civil protection agency described
the situation in Gonaives and Port-de-Paix as "catastrophic."
He said "survivors need everything from portable water
to food, clothing, medication, and disinfectants…….
"We expect to find dozens more bodies…."
Elsewhere 56 people were killed
in the northern city of Port-de-Paix. Pray for God's Wisdom
and how you can help us buy food and medicine for the children
in this Crèche which was also robbed one week before
tropical storm Jeanne.
