My heart is breaking as I read the reports out of Haiti.  Dr. Paul Farmer of Partners In Health, which provides health care services to people in the areas hit hardest by the hurricanes, writes “I have never seen anything as painful.”

Fr. Jean-Juste just emailed me that “There was a sudden increase of children for the meal on Friday. It seems to me, that some of those leaving the flooded areas are coming to our Food Program. The additional bags of rice and beans we had in reserve are gone. I am worrying and looking for a quick answer. I am considering giving a press conference on the food issue this coming week.  Haiti falls like a puzzle.  We must place all the parts together.  Piti piti na rive.  Little by little we will rebuild.”

Donations are needed now more than ever – to Partners In Health for their hurricane relief efforts as well as to our food program at St. Clare’s so we can continue to respond to the increased number of children in need of food.