We’re committed to staying with the Haitian students and their families for the long haul, even after the media attention has gone. With a network of 90 schools and support for over 9,000 school children, we need to get school children back into schools, rebuild lives by creating sustainable communities and rebuild the schools.

Your response of $300,000 made it possible for Outreach International to support relief efforts by supplying medical relief and providing food, water, toiletries and material for makeshift tents for the most affected school children and their families. This support however, will run out within the next couple of weeks.

Matthew Bolton is our Haiti Emergency Coordinator and is based on the ground. Here is an update about his first few days in Haiti:

“Welcome to the U.N. logistics base of the Port-au-Prince airport, epicenter of the humanitarian effort to bring life-saving assistance to earthquake-stricken Haiti.

I flew into Haiti this morning on a U.N. plane, packed with relief workers from around the world.

The logistical challenges are enormous, andthe overwhelming majority of people here are from outside the country.

By contrast, Outreach International’s work is driven by the issues identified by local people themselves. So in the coming weeks and months, I will learn how ordinary Haitians are coping with this crisis and how we can best bring about long-term Sustainable Good for these children and their families.

Working alongside me within the camp was a team from Doctors Without Borders, a charity which Outreach International worked through to offer immediate initial response to the earthquake.” —Matthew Bolton, Haiti Emergency Coordinator 

During the coming weeks, Matthew Bolton will send updates about the children, families and the work of Outreach International to rebuild. Please continue supporting our efforts to help the children and families in Haiti.

Matthew Naylor, President
Outreach International