How it all Started
On January 12th 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale hit the nation of Haiti decimating towns and causing immense damage to the capital city, Port-Au-Prince.
A month later, it was reported that an estimated three million people were affected by the quake; with the Haitian Government reporting that up to 230,000 people had been killed, an estimated 300,000 injured, and around 1,000,000 homeless. Estimates were that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or been severely damaged.
The scale of the disaster was incredible and was compounded by the fact that this small nation did not have the resources necessary to support and assist its people – outside help was needed and would be needed for a long time to come.
What could we do to help?
Our children, although the oldest were only 7 and 5 years old respectively at the time, were as shocked as we were. Like us, however, they had no idea what we could do to help.
We’re not rich, we don’t have lots of money to give, we can’t go out and help in the relief. What can we do?
So on Sunday 21st February we sat down as a family to come up with ideas of how we could make a difference.
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