Free Republic

SALT LAKE CITY -- In the first month following Haiti's devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has provided an estimated $4.25 million in assistance to date, with plans for ongoing relief and recovery support for the ravaged Caribbean nation. Relief efforts have included providing food, relief supplies, shelters for displaced Haitians and medical teams to treat the injured and ailing. Recent fatality estimates are between 170,000 and 230,000, with many times more left homeless and destitute from the magnitude 7.0 quake. To date, the LDS Church has shipped 28 truckloads of relief supplies...