Things were already extremely difficult for Haiti’s desperately poor population of over nine million but yesterday’s earthquake has now brought about further untold suffering. Estimates say that over a hundred thousand people may be dead and that well over three million people will be affected by the magnitude 7 quake and strong aftershocks.
This morning during my radio programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM I spoke to Edouard Lassegue about the devastation in Haiti.
Edouard is Compassion’s Vice President, Latin America and Caribbean Region. He is based in Miami where he is trying to gather information so that he can coordinate Compassion’s immediate relief efforts.
The tragedy has struck very close to home for Edouard who is Haitian and was once the Compassion Country Director for Compassion in Haiti. He has family and friends in the country and his heart is breaking with the current tragic situation.
Listen to what he had to say by clicking the play button on the audio player at the bottom of this post.
You can donate to the emergency appeal set up by Compassion Australia by clicking here.
Edouard was in Haiti with our Australian team in April 2008 when we had to exit the country rather quickly as rioting and looting took hold in Port-au-Prince.
When we made our somewhat risky trip to the airport to leave Haiti, Edouard was the one who stepped out of the ‘safety’ of our vehicles to try to find a way forward. He’s a very brave man who quite possibly saved our lives.
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