Food Aid Through At Port-au-Prince Port
Food Aid Through At Port-au-Prince Port
Despite
reports that the sea port at Port-au-Prince is out of
action, Caritas member organisation Catholic Relief Services
(CRS) has been unloading food aid from a ship docked in the
one operational berth:
Catholic Relief Services staff
was working to unload a ship filled with food aid, a rare
sight in Port-au-Prince, and helped get a hospital up and
running as they struggled to overcome myriad logistical
difficulties to get aid to the Haitian people.
"It may look to many in the rest of the world that those in need are not receiving any aid, but actually thousands here in Port-au-Prince have gotten help," says Karel Zelenka, CRS country representative. "It must be understood that the apocalypse occurred in a place where there was hardly any infrastructure before – hence the huge logistical challenges.
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