This vulnerability has meant that the effects of continuous rains and cyclones have always felt more harshly than other countries in the region and the disproportionate strength of current earthquakes, coupled with weak infrastructure, has left a bleak landscape. From the minute zero, the ACPP team in Haiti (2 persons) and the Dominican Republic (4 people) has set to work, first to diagnose the extent of the tragedy in Haiti’s southwestern region, where ACPP is working, and then, after sharing with others in the area, to implement the necessary machinery with which to respond to the needs of people affected by the disaster. The city of Jacmel, 20 km from the epicenter, has been ruined by nearly 70% and the number of affected families amounting to 8,000, which with an average of 5 members per family, giving a total of 40,000 people.

That is why the ACPP task force in Haiti and the Dominican Republic has had to be reinforced with another member in each country. The expressions of solidarity by the society, individuals, associations and educational institutions among many actors, coupled with the commitment of various public and private institutions, not just Spanish but also in other European Union countries, has been raised so that ACPP when more than 600,000 euros. These funds are being transferred gradually to the Dominican Republic, where our fellow ACPP in collaboration with the International Solidarity Spanish and Dominicans and others are taking charge of getting this help. That is, make purchases and sending to the border land of Pedernales medical supplies, hygiene kits, tents, mosquito nets, blankets, clothes, food or water that our team in Haiti, together with other stakeholders has identified as a priority to meet the most urgent needs of the affected population.

The Dominican government has made available to NGDOs and International Cooperation Agencies with a naval vessel to be shipped by sea from Pedernales to the port of Jacmel. Once there, a team of over 200 volunteers of the organization CROSE (our Haitian counterparts), is being undertaken to classify and store it for then-with the indispensable support of MINUSTAH (United Nations Mission for the Stabilization of Haiti ) -, making the deal. Shortly after the first earthquake, launched CROSE 3 posts in health and medical camps in Wolf Loge Siloam Maçonnique and who are giving care to about 27,000. They have been distributing medicines and medical supplies (gauze, bandages, disinfectants, gloves, syringes, scalpels, masks, tubes, sample tubes, anesthetics, antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, analgesics, insulin, etc.) sent from the Dominican Republic. Since different materials shipments from the Dominican Republic, ACPP and CROs have, in addition to medical supplies, distributing over 53 tons of humanitarian aid consisting of: * 3249 hygiene kits comprising: a container for water, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, feminine pads, soap, diapers, shampoo, lice lotion, towels, toilet paper, mosquito repellent and condoms.

* 3259 mosquito nets.

* 1201 Tropical blankets.

* 7520 liters of water.

* 360 kitchen kits, consisting of: plates, glasses, cutlery, 2 saucepans, a skillet, stainless steel containers and a water jug. * 455 bags of washing powder.

* 560 gallons of disinfectant.

This may be an initial assessment involving a shipment of humanitarian aid ACPP, but it did not stop there, the needs are increasing. The rainy season has just begun, a fact which increases the risk of epidemics and the threat of flooding, in turn, affects a greater vulnerability of the population in the very near future (might be talking about weeks). Therefore, I appeal for solidarity by individuals, associations and public and private, to the extent of its ability to continue to allocate extra funding to tackle the disaster. But not just now, that the image of the disaster still remains vivid in our memory, and we can not exclude the most basic needs of the population, but a lifelong commitment and continuity in time, through which we can Haitian society to give a new opportunity that boost in a few months a new process of real development, to ensure that in future we find a social Haiti more democratic and more real opportunities for all.