Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb 14, 2010 / 05:49 am
As the Haitian government has declared four days of prayer to mark the one month anniversary of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, leaders from Catholic relief groups met to prepare further aid for quake victims.
At least 230,000 were killed in the quake, while half a million were made homeless.
Archbishop Bernardito C. Auza, apostolic nuncio to Haiti, on Thursday hosted a meeting for the Caritas affiliates at the Holy See’s embassy in the Haitian capital.
The meeting examined relief operations and long term challenges such as education, agriculture, reconstruction and disaster preparation, Caritas reports.