Hurricane Matthew landed with malice on the villages and coastal regions of Haiti this week, accounting for a death toll of 877 at this time.
More than 61,000 have been displaced and made homeless by the storm.
Due to destruction of basic facilities, outbreaks of cholera have now begun to take lives across the island.
In the town of Anse-d’Hainault, seven people died of cholera, a disease that did not exist in Haiti until U.N. peace keepers introduced it after a 2010 earthquake that killed some 200,000 people.
With cellphone networks down and roads flooded by sea and river water, aid has been slow to reach towns and villages. Instead, locals have been helping each other.
Outside Chantal, stall holders at a makeshift market were selling vegetables and soft drinks, brought in from Port-Au-Prince as roads were cleared to the capital.
“All our houses have been destroyed. This is our existence.” one resident stated.
There are many charities in existence that one may chose to contribute to.
I have chosen a secular/ non-religious organization.
The empathizing for another that has been stripped of the most fundamental universal needs is just the first step…
