{"id":21604,"date":"2021-08-26T15:37:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T15:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adra.org\/?p=21604"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:27:50","slug":"adra-responds-to-disasters-in-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/adra-responds-to-disasters-in-haiti","title":{"rendered":"ADRA responde a las cat\u00e1strofes en Hait\u00ed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cWe are asking ourselves how we are going to move on,\u201d Dumont said, after his house was destroyed by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti. \u201cPersonally, I don\u2019t have any means to build another house to live in.”
Photo Cred: Evans Bernardin for ADRA Haiti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When the 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, Dumont was outside his house with several of his children. His wife and remaining children were attending a funeral at a church nearby, and he was completing some last-minute yardwork before joining them at the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dumont heard an unusual noise and he leaned on his shovel to listen. It sounded like rainfall. That\u2019s when he noticed his house was shaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEarthquake!\u201d he shouted. He yelled for his children to move away from the building and to lay down in the yard. Flat on the ground, Dumont watched his house collapse into rubble. Finally, the tremors subsided, but the nightmare was far from over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen things calmed down, the kids were screaming and asking for their mom,\u201d he said. \u201cI told them to stay here and that I was going to find their mother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dumont sprinted past scenes of destruction as he searched for his wife and remaining children. On the road leading to the church, he found them waiting in shock, his wife frantically yelling for the rest of her children. Dumont gathered his entire family and his surviving neighbors and escorted them to a field to wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have been looking for other people, but a lot of people died, people that we knew,\u201d he said. \u201cThis saddened our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The earthquake struck southwest Haiti on the morning of August 14, killing more than 2,000 people and injuring more than 12,000. Many are still trapped in the rubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within hours of the disaster, the ADRA office in Haiti deployed a local team to assess the impact to nearby hard-hit communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTheir homes are destroyed, or damaged beyond repair, or the structural damage is so great it\u2019s simply unsafe for them to try to go back and occupy the homes,\u201d said Lisa, the Emergency Relief Coordinator in Haiti. \u201cYou have people without homes, without water, without sanitation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite major challenges facing Haiti, including political instability, widespread poverty, and the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, ADRA is working tirelessly to help those affected by the disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re focused on getting the basic materials: the hygiene kits, food, water\u2014the very urgent needs,\u201d said Billy, the Emergency Response Planning Manager who is in Haiti responding to the earthquake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yvrose is one of many in Haiti who lost everything. When the earthquake struck, she was singing a song with her mother. Before she could finish the verse, however, she was interrupted by a horrible sound. The ground began to shake, and her mother fell to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yvrose is one of thousands in Haiti who lost everything to the 7.2 magnitude earthquake. ADRA is in Haiti to provide food, water, hygiene kits, and temporary shelters for the most vulnerable.
Photo Cred: Evans Bernardin for ADRA Haiti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yvrose helped the elderly woman to her feet and together they ran toward an open field. When the ground stopped shaking, she returned home to find her house was demolished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This disaster comes on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has wreaked havoc in Haiti, a nation that has still not recovered from a decade of disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been so many disasters seemingly back-to-back,\u201d Lisa said. \u201cYou have this earthquake that happened, but you have pre-earthquake needs that are here. You have people who have been displaced by gang violence, and people who are still recovering from Hurricane Matthew, and you still have the pandemic that every country around the world is struggling to cope with. The needs are plentiful across all sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dumont is happy that his family survived the disaster, but he does not know how they will recover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are asking ourselves how we are going to move on,\u201d he said. \u201cPersonally, I don\u2019t have any means to build another house to live in. All the possibilities I had were invested towards the education of our kids. Now, we are left with nothing in our hands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADRA continues to serve people like Dumont and Yvrose. ADRA was active in Haiti before this most recent earthquake and will remain active to help the most vulnerable who lost everything in the disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cADRA is meeting the needs of the people,\u201d Lisa said. \u201cThe ADRA Haiti office is very well connected to this community and very well respected here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cADRA is not here temporarily,\u201d Billy added. \u201cADRA has been here and is invested in the community.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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