HOW CAN YOU HELP RIGHT NOW?
RMI’s most urgent need is funds…specifically because it provides us speed and flexibility on the ground to respond as necessary. It sounds blunt but it is the reality we are living with right now.
$35 feeds a family 1 hot meal a day for a month - a priceless gift at this time
$75 provides a family with a water filter - clean water to ward off disease and illnesses
$65 provides a family with a large tarp - temporary shelter to give them a place to sleep and protect their belongings from the elements
The need for prayer cannot be understated! Our staff has worked 24/7 for weeks and continues to serve selflessly.
Go here to donate towards any of these needs.
RMI continues to respond to urgent needs at a feverish pace. Aid supplies arrive at our depot, via airlift or truck from Port-au-Prince, are stored in secure containers, then working with local officials and our staff, needs are assessed and our vehicles are loaded and taken to specific villages (with armed guards that we have hired due to the looting of relief trucks) and distributed. Every day multiple vehicles go out loaded, return empty, and get loaded for another run. It's a heavy load and responsibility for our staff, but it's one that they have done an amazing job of. We are very proud of them, and appreciate their loving service to their own people.
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| Loading a vehicle for another run of food aid |
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| Receiving a shipment of tarps |
Recently one of our staff pointed out something that they have found to be true about RMI. "The people know that if RMI receives things, it is going to touch them." Many have heard of organizations that have sent supplies and aid and it has sat for years - and the people never receive it. Yet they know that if RMI receives things, every bit of it will go to help others. That's a reputation that we hold dear and will continue to uphold.
It will take many years to rebuild what has been lost. The people of southern Haiti and RMI need your help! Please consider donating to these very specific needs. You can do that here.
