Karin Jordan is an ACA member working in Haiti. This is a letter she sent today to David Kaplan, ACA’s Chief Professional Officer.

Hi David,

Time seemes to pass quickly as I work with the displaced people in the many camps all over the place. I have spent time with children, adolescents and adults, seeing that many are quite resilient. Food and shelter is and will be continue to be a challenge for a while. Most people I meet eat once a day. They are living in places that will soon be inadequate with the rainy season coming up. Children worry, and they are scared at night, as we had two nights of aftershocks of 4.7. People are very afraid, as a few were killed who were close to partially destroyed places.

The work with the children, adolescents and adults is providing a picture that is filled with horrible memories of death, fear, injuries, pain, helplessness, chaos, and death. So much destruction, so many lives changed, children orphaned, wives and husbands widowed… The little children in orphanages cling to people, as they have lost everyone: mom, dad, siblings and grandparents. They have no one….

Karin