LEICESTER, United Kingdom – As Haiti prepares to mark the 15th anniversary of its catastrophic earthquake, Mary’s Meals continues its efforts to make sure children there are able to have healthy food at school.
The magnitude 7 earthquake hit the Caribbean nation on January 12, 2010, killing an estimated 160,000 people and causing billions of dollars in property damage.
The Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, often called Port-au-Prince Cathedral, was destroyed during the earthquake.