Authorities in Haiti have not delivered on their promise to provide shelter for displaced victims of the earthquake. Aid groups have supplies to build roughly 140,000 shelters but have no land to build upon. There's been a meeting with some of the most prominant landowners in Haiti, but nothing has been disclosed about the discussion. There are 600,000 people living in tents and shelters with sewage and trash building up. To make matters worse Haiti's rainy season is fast-approaching; heavy rainfal usually starts at the beginning of April. This could mean further devastation for those already suffering in Haiti.

Haiti in Crisis

Today marks exactly one month since the devastating earthquake hit Haiti. Today the Haitian people are gathered together in mourning outside the national palace in Port-Au-Prince. Leaders of Haiti's two major religions, Catholic and Voodooism joined for a prayer service. Some Voodoo followers have actually changed over their faith to Chritianity out of a fear of God. The death toll has marked over 200,000.

Haiti in Crisis

Haiti is suffering from the terrible devastation of the earthquake that hit them on January 12, which registered 7.0 on the richter scale. An aftershock of 6.0 hit them just hours later. Many people were injured and the death toll is in the hundreds of thousands. The earthquake struck near Port au Prince one of Haiti's largest cities where the population is approximately one million. This blog is going to be dedicated to following the Haitian people and those that are trying to aid them in the recovery of this horrible and tragic natural disaster that has struck them.