After the update post about the gang situation on Monday, we have received some questions in regard to shipping. Some people have asked how we are still able to ship food and supplies to Love A Child because of the gang situation. Wouldn’t that make it impossible to ship? The answer is simple. We are unable to ship through Port-au-Prince. All of the roads that lead to the ports are now controlled by the gangs.

Anything Love A Child ships to Haiti must be sent through the Dominican Republic. The containers coming from the States by boat arrive in Santo Domingo and are then trucked to the Dominican border at Jimani. Although the border is technically closed to people crossing back and forth, there is currently an ability to cross with commercial freight.

Love A Child is located very close to the Dominican border. To the east of us is the Dominican Republic. Directly to the west of us are the gangs and “gang-controlled” territory. Although the gangs have been entering closer and closer, the road to the east remains accessible.

Please pray that God keeps this supply chain open. Thousands of people here in Haiti depend on this food and medicine. It is very expensive to ship everything this way, but God is faithful. Thank you for continuing to support this ministry! Without you, shipping food and medicine to Haiti would be impossible.

Jesse Ostrander