Sunday, January 24, 2010

Anyone Out There Have Some Camping Tents?


Latest update from Lubens in Jacmel, Haiti


Hey there,
Today I called the mayor and ask him how the mission can pray for him he said that he needs tents for the homeless. I ask him how will I know these people dont have a home, he told me to go to the soccer field. I went there and I tell you what I see can not be describe. The soccer stadium of Jacmel has a government refugies camp. I have videos where people actually talk and express the pain and trouble going on there. Their home are made with sticks and sheets, their beds made of paperboards. 

They're only feed one meal a day and that meal is between 12:00 and 4:00, they never know exactly when they will have it. When the food is ready they have to fight in order to get it.

In this little soccer field is 2500 people, mojority of them are women and kids. You find all kind of people: thieves, prostitutes, dreadlock with marijuana. Girls are beeing raped at night time, by the time the few guards that are there arrived it already over. A few girls are there doing protitution under a sheet house, they get paid between $3 to $10 Haitian about $0.40 to $1.25 USD.

This is crazy, main reson is that lots of these people are from ghetto area of Jacmel that has breakdown with the quake. Coming from a place where there were little rules to a place where there is no rules, some trouble makers are becoming the king of the soccer field at night. they become pirates out get whatever they can.

I really feel that we need to do something and if we dont, this may come out of control. The mayor seems open if we can get things organized there for him, but at the same time he has needs, like the tents, water and food. Tents for now are being the primary need.

I have lots of pictures and some videos of people expresing what's happening but the internet I am using is not allowing me to upload pictures. 

In our area the quake did not hit that much but we have at least a few hundred right now out of home to sleep. A neighbor offer us his field if we want to do something to help. We have about 30 people that only sleep there at night. we did make a few nights where we served a meal, now we dont have any ways of doing that. 

How can we help? and what do you want me to do? About the registration how do we start? should I come over and get the program so I get started?

Talk to you soon.
God's blessing, 
Lubens

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