• Only hours later, a quake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale sent people rushing to the streets of Port-au-Prince, particularly in its devastated centre, the local Radio Metropole reported.
• PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (Reuters) – The death toll from last month's devastating earthquake in Haiti could jump to 300,000 people, including the bodies buried under collapsed buildings in the capital, Haitian President Rene Preval said on Sunday. "You have seen the images you are familiar with the pictures. More than 200,000 bodies were collected on the streets without counting those that are still under the rubble," Preval told a meeting of Latin American and Caribbean leaders in Mexico. "We might reach 300,000 people."
• That would make Haiti's earthquake one of the most lethal natural disasters in modern history, more than the 200,000 people killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.
• The population of Cap Rouge is growing daily as families move back from the Cities – this increases the needs in the area where we work!

Secondly our Update:

• Our Director and his family are living in a makeshift Home – using tarps! This is an indication of the dedication and sacrificial service of the AOJ Team.
• Wilson reports that it has been so hard to hear the cries of people – people who have lost everything, people crying out for food and water.
• The smell is the City is awful, not only are people living on the streets, but dying on the streets!
• As a result of your generosity, The Water Purification system has arrived and cleared customs!! This should be working within a few days providing 1 gallon of clean water every minute!

We have distributed (since our last report) the following:

• 12,000 lbs of rice;
• 2000 lbs of sugar;
• 860 litres of cooking oil;
• 200 lbs of corn meal;
• 250 packages of spaghetti;
• 673 tins of milk;
• 156 lbs of Rika fish;
• 13 boxes of pasta tomato;
• 200lbs of yellow igname ;
• 70000 gallons of purified water;
• over 200 warm blankets

We have started rebuilding homes!!! And will continue building until funds run out.

Please remember the need growing daily, Haiti may not be in the news as it was a few weeks ago, but let’s keep Haiti and it’s people in our hearts!

Dr. Sam Martin