Haiti hit by devastating Earthquake

Haiti has been hit by a massive earthquake - a magnitude 7.0 quake

The damage is horrendous and terrifying to see. The loss of lives can only be guessed at - but I think it is clear that the numbers are not going to be small by any stretch.

And this will both not be helped by and will be exacerbated by Haiti's devastating poverty. The country is the poorest nation in the Americas and many of its population live in dire poverty beyond most of our imaginings.

A disaster like this is always tragic, but these people already have so little and are already so vulnerable that recovery from this and saving what can be saved will just be that much harder

The British Red Cross is running an Appeal

Other appeals where we can help:
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This is pure, vile, evil

Pat Robertson saw the horrendous earthquake in Haiti

And decided they asked for it for making a pact with the devil which also explains why they live in dire poverty.

To characterise any people's fight to free themselves from slavery and colonialism as a deal with the devil is beyond vile to begin with - but to do so in this context? While the dead aren't even bloody cold?

I don't know why I'm surprised by it. They did it during the Tsunami. They did it during Katrina. They did it for 9/11. These moral 'christian' leaders see a disaster and are already using the dead to push their agenda before the dust is settled and the dead are found - let alone buried.

Remember:

The British Red Cross is running an Appeal

Other appeals where we can help:
Médecins sans frontières
Oxfam
International Red Cross/Crescent

Pat Robertson, you are a disgusting excuse for a human being. Stop spitting on these poor people's graves before they're even dug and stop twisting the knife of grief even deeper into the hearts of the suffering. I don't care what your dogma says or what your beliefs say - you need to learn some bloody common human decency