(AFP)
Remember, this is an island. There is no backroad into town. There is no way to get a specially trained team to swoop in with survivor-scenting dogs, or delicate listening devices, robots and the like. Nations who want to help in this way are hampered by a lack of infrasture. It was difficult to move around Haiti before this earthquake, and now it is even worse. Our countries, no matter how much they want to help, can't even get basic things like water or fuel in there in order to move things.
Earthquakes do not discriminate. Among the dead is the Archbishop of Haiti and other priests. Along with the dead in the poorest of slums, are many diplomats from foreign countries.
The Archdiocese of Detroit has a page set up for the Haiti earthquake relief effort. Catholic Relief Services is already on the ground there in the stricken country. You can send money through a provision they have on the web, or by check.
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