Survivors in Port-au-Prince await the arrival of a truck dispatched by Chabad-Lubavitch of the Dominican Republic and stocked with supplies just days after the Haitian earthquake struck. (Photo: Marc Asnin/Chabad.org)
By Joshua Runyan
As heavy machinery takes the place of sniffer dogs at crumbled hotels and public buildings across the ruined Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, Jewish communal efforts are picking up the pace in delivering aid to the hundreds of thousands of people left sick, starving and homeless after this month’s devastating earthquake.
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief each allotted grants to the Chabad Haiti Relief Fund to underwrite convoys of food, water and medical supplies from Chabad-Lubavitch of the Dominican Republic.
