Rabbi Shimon Pelman, left, confers with officials after crossing the border into Haiti on Friday.
ith aid workers in place and more resources flowing into the devastated nation of Haiti, efforts at reviving its decimated populace kicked into high gear Friday and Saturday.
While rescue teams fought against the clock to free those trapped beneath piles of rubble in the capital of Port-au-Prince, medical personnel opened field hospitals to treat the wounded and foreign volunteers handed out food, water and water purification tablets.
Among the hundreds of volunteers and disaster relief professionals who have streamed into the country was Rabbi Shimon Pelman, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of the Dominican Republic. Arriving by jeep with a police delegation from the neighboring nation and an accompanying United Nations convoy, Pelman distributed truckloads of produce amassed by members of the 300 family-strong Jewish community in S. Domingo.
