This blog was written before Hurricane Beryl reached category 4 and battered a number of Caribbean islands before turning towards Mexico this week. The author highlights the complexity of vulnerabilities for populations in Haiti who already experience so many challenges, should a storm like Beryl strike the island.

When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit on February 6, ACT members went to Syria and Turkey right away to find out what they needed. They also began to provide life-saving aid, including food, medicine, warm blankets, mattresses, and pajamas, to families who lost everything to the devastating quake, even as search and rescue efforts continued to free survivors from the rubble.