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As of January 23, 111,481 people were confirmed dead. An estimated 90,000 more are still buried beneath the thousands of collapsed buildings.• Before the search-and-rescue effort ended on January 22, rescuers pulled 134 people alive from the rubble.
• On January 12th, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the nation where 80% of its population lives in poverty. About 50 aftershocks over a magnitude of 4.5 have hit Haiti since the initial earthquake.
• According to the U.N. 609,000 are now homeless in the capital of Port-au-Prince.• In a country where about 40% of its population is made up of children, there is widespread concern that children who appear orphaned may have just been separated from parents. In the panic and rush to aid survivors, organizations like Save the Children are calling a halt to adoptions and evacuations. Of greatest concern is that the disaster situation will make it easy for children to disappear into child trafficking circles—a heinous practice that becomes rampant after every disaster around the world.
• Over 580,000 people received water from Unicef while the Red Cross has delivered an additional 30,000 liters.
• The World Food Programme has distributed 1,167,000 rations, but millions more are needed in the weeks and months ahead as the country tries to work through the aftermath.
Most of us don’t have ties to Haiti, but that doesn’t mean we’re not bonded by the ties of humanity. They too are our brothers and sisters and in their time of need, please consider helping them any way possible. The organizations below are currently accepting donations along with countless of others. There is usually a minimum of a $10 donation; $10 can buy us three gallons of gas or a ticket to the movies. But it’s a small sacrifice when that $10 can be combined with other donations to get medicine, doctors, food, clothing, and shelter to the homeless and the helpless.
Save the Children
Red Cross
Doctors without Borders 
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