From the Evangelical Free Church of America website:
The Situation
Imagine life before a 911 emergency call system. People running frantically to and fro, no telephone service, no drinking water, cement dust like fog in the air. That is the situation after a 7.0 earthquake hit an area near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Damage reports are still coming in, but it appears to be a major crisis. Aftershocks every 30 minutes continued after the earthquake, some reaching 5.9 on the Richter scale. Many government buildings, including the Presidential Palace, have collapsed, trapping workers and leaving many people unaccounted for. Homes, hotels, hospitals and other buildings, including U.N. installations, have collapsed or sustained severe
damage.
Thousands are unaccounted for and are feared dead or trapped beneath the rubble. Port-au-Prince has an estimated population of 2-3 million people. Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, with 80% of the population living below the poverty line and 50% of the population living in abject poverty.
The Response
EFCA TouchGlobal is coordinating a response in connection with the EFCA Southeast District superintendent and an EFCA church planter in Port-au-Prince. Other partner ministries, NGOs and relief organizations have been contacted in Haiti as well.
For up to date information go to http://www.efcacrisisresponse.blogspot.com/
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