Unfortunately, RMI is forced to temporarily suspend the sale of food boxes for individuals, families, and churches. Two containers of food that were expected to be delivered weeks ago have still not arrived for various reasons: either gang and road blockage issues in Port-au-Prince or customs issues. Consequently, we are unable to deliver food boxes that have been donated over the past six to eight weeks. Our team does not want to fall any further behind on deliveries without knowing when we’ll receive our next container so they feel it’s better to suspend food box sales at this time. Food box deliveries will resume as soon as we receive our next container and then we should be able to be caught up within a couple of weeks. We are sorry for the inconvenience. We’ll advise you as soon as we can resume donations.
It’s important to note that all food for the entire upcoming year for the Hot Lunch Program has been delivered. That program is not in jeopardy. However, we do not have any food in reserve for food aid or to respond to a natural disaster. There are 3 containers en route, so we are concerned about their arrival and delivery. We are researching alternative ports and methods of getting the food in.
