Today was our first full day in Port-au-Prince. We began our day at 5am and after getting ready, we started to prepare the daily meal for 1,600. We also became aware that the team here prepares a separate meal for the children at the local hospital, many of whom are orphans.
We dropped off the meal at the hospital at noon and witnessed many amazing sights and had the honour to meet a number of courageous doctors who were doing all they could do to alleviate the suffering around them.
Our daily routine also includes scouting locations for the distribution of the meals. Today, we received a tip of a slum that was located one hour outside of the international relief efforts and was therefore neglected by the other relief organizations.
We went to distribute the meal at 2pm and found the local Haitians to be very organized. Children received their meals first and were followed by older children and then adults.
The experience of distributing the food was extremely moving for all of us. We will provide an update with videos and pictures as soon as possible.
Beginning tomorrow we will take full seva of the langar as the group of volunteers/sevadars from Toronto are heading home. The days will become even busier but we will try our best to keep the sangat updated.
Take care,
Team Jericho