Haiti Relief: Feeding The Hungry

On the one-week anniversary of the devastating 7.0 earthquake near Haiti, miraculous stories are coming out of Port-au-Prince of survivors pulled out of the rubble. These stories will become few and far between as the days go on, as the chances of trapped people surviving start to dwindle. However, in the coming weeks and months, a new type of rescue mission will emerge. The mission to keep the rescued alive.

Food and water are scarce, and many in Port-au-Prince have become violent and begun looting in a desperate search for sustenance. The task to feed the hundreds of thousands of survivors living in the streets will become one of the toughest challenges of the recovery effort.

ABC News profiled a group called the What If? Foundation, which is managing to distribute much needed food to Haitians, many of them children. The organization has operated out of a local church in Port-au-Prince for several years, and was one of the first groups able to provide free meals for survivors.

With Haiti as impoverished as it already was pre-quake, What If? distributed 1,500 free meals each day. With new supplies coming in from the Dominican Republic, they hope to improve that number during this desperate time. Even before the earthquake, 24 percent of Haitian children were considered malnourished and diarrhea (caused by drinking dirty water) was the second leading cause of death. To What If? founder Margaret Trost, the earthquake has only exacerbated what's been a long-term humanitarian crisis.

What If? is accepting donations for earthquake relief. If you want to be more creative, they encourage you to host a dinner or ask for support materials from their office.

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