Hell on Earth in Haiti

On Tuesday January 12th at 4:53 pm life was changed forever for many Haitians. When I had visited the country last summer, the only real way to describe it was "hell". The streets stank, the houses were crumbling, everyone looked miserable and poor. The country was desperate, you could feel it in the air, and see it in people's eyes. It was a scary place to be. Out of all of my travels to developing countries, I'd never seen anything so shocking or heartbreaking as Haiti.

And now, more than 100,000 Haitians were just killed in a blink of an eye, and many more, maybe twice that number, will die in the coming weeks and months of disease and lack of food, water, and medical care. Haiti is a country where 55% of people earn less than $1 a day, and 80% less than $2 a day. The misery is only compounded by this latest tragedy.



We fear that all or most of the orphans who we laughed and played with only a few months ago are dead. They lived on the side of a hill in a house that was barely standing before the earthquake. At best, they are now parentless, homeless, and without food. We're trying our best to get in contact, but with communication lines down and chaos everywhere it might be weeks or months before we know. Its really unspeakable and heartbreaking. I don't even know what else to say. These kids were happy, playful, and caring, just like all kids. The only difference is that they had the bad fortune to be born into a country like Haiti.



If you would like to make a charitable contribution please consider donating to the Red Cross, a lot of people could really use your support right now, even if its only a few dollars. There are many people whose lives are hanging in the balance.

Hell on Earth in Haiti