Posted by : Lizzie on 12/02/2010 at 10:42

A month after the earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince it is good to hear that the government is beginning to get itself back on its feet. It is a mammoth task but, with assistance from the UN and aid agencies, Haiti is starting to get more organised. Aid is finally getting through more efficiently and being distributed to the right places. Many now jobless Haitians have been assisting with the distribution and have been a real help to the overwhelmed aid agencies.

Our partners recently attended a meeting with the UN, the US army and the major aid agencies. Aid is now flooding in by sea and air and it is a challenge to co-ordinate it all, but as the different organisations discussed their struggles they all found little ways they could work together better to deliver aid more efficiently to the places where it is most needed. It was also a good opportunity for all the agencies to discuss security situation. There are still some grave fears for the security of those delivering aid, as in just the past week two large shipments of aid from the port in Labadie were intercepted by gangs with bullets flying through the air.

We have had a new girl join our project in House of Blessings, a refugee fleeing the devastation in Port-au-Prince. Check back soon to hear her story.

Jubilee Action's medical volunteers arrived safely back in the UK this morning. They have been in Haiti helping in the overcrowded hospitals, now filled with disabled and paralysed victims of the earthquake. Check back soon to hear more of their experiences in Haiti.