As the world's media attention begins shifting from Haiti to other news, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and many other organizations will be shifting as well.  The immediate needs of food, shelter and medical care are still a priority, but the shift to long-term rebuilding efforts has been in the planning stages since shortly after the quake.  Catholics in the United States have been extremely generous in their support for Haiti and what may well be one of the ten deadliest natural disasters in recorded history.

A senior communications specialist for CRS, Caroline Brennan, has written a moving account of the conditions in Haiti and what CRS has accomplished through the generosity of Catholics around the United States.  (Click here to read Caroline's letter.)