Death Toll Reaches 1,000

Several news reports now indicate the death toll from the Cholera outbreak has grown to just over 1,000. In addition, the total number of people hospitalized with Cholera since the outbreak began now stands at just under 17,000. Nearly $200 million has been committed to help with the outbreak with nearly $90 million being slated for permanent clean water distribution systems.

Tensions are high with reports of unrest in the north coast town of Cap-Haitien where demonstrators have began protesting against the U.N. The frustration with the U.N. is due to initial reports the Cholera outbreak came from a Nepalese U.N. camp's sewage system leaking into a river which provides drinking water for a large number of people in the surrounding valley. The U.N. camp has now been cleared from fault as the source of the outbreak.

Please pray for the people of Haiti to remain calm. Protests in Haiti have a history of getting out of hand. The last thing the country of Haiti needs at this time is to create a situation where the relief workers who are treating those who are sick find themselves in a dangerous situation and have to leave the country.

John Rodgers