Dear friend,
Two years ago in August 2021, members of our Haiti team stood amid piles of rubble, surveying homes and businesses that were destroyed by the catastrophic 7.2 magnitude earthquake.
More than 12,000 people were reported injured, 2,000 were dead, and 140,000 buildings were in ruins. The flooding and landslides that followed made emergency efforts even more urgent and challenging.
As Mercy Corps’ Haiti Country Director, I feel extremely proud of how our local team members, many of whom were broken-hearted themselves from the losses they had experienced, mobilized immediately to help the roughly 800,000 people who needed assistance.
Mercy Corps Haiti team members assess damages after an earthquake struck in August, 2021.
In moments of crisis, families around the globe rely on the support and partnership of people like you to survive and thrive. That’s why today, I’m asking you to make your very first gift to our Global Emergency Response Fund.
Mercy Corps team members deliver supplies in preparation for kit distributions to communities impacted by the Haiti earthquake.
Since 2021, Haiti has struggled to rebuild amidst an intensifying crisis complicated by ongoing gang violence. The overall situation in Haiti is catastrophic. Today, an estimated 5.2 million people, or close to half of the entire population, require humanitarian assistance, including almost three million children.
Despite serious obstacles, Mercy Corps team members courageously work to provide cash assistance so families can put food on the table and purchase necessary supplies. We are also helping Haitians who rely on agriculture for their livelihoods to learn techniques for building resilience to climate shocks and other disasters.
Your gift to the Global Emergency Response Fund can help support critical work like this in Haiti and 40+ countries. Help us reach our $300,000 goal by sending your support now.
Sincerely,
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Johan Lefebvre Chevallier
Mercy Corps Haiti Country Director
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