More Sopudep

[bcholmes]

The Sopudep school building is currently functioning as a makeshift hospital, as is Réa Dol's home. Apparently several students and teachers died in the earthquake.

It sounds as if a lot of aid effort is being focused on the central, downtown area of Pòtoprens; organizations seem to be afraid to go into neighbourhoods like Site Soley (which I hear is relatively intact) or Bel Air (which has suffered a great deal). Sopudep is up the mountain in Petyonvil, and supplies aren't getting up there at all.

Edit: I'll point out that the Sawatzky Family Foundation, which is an organization that helps fund Sopudep, is a registered charity in Canada, and an excellent place to donate in this crisis.