Since 2004 Artists Village has been preaching the message of developing the rural parts of Haiti in order to help decentralize the overly populated capital of Port-Au-Prince. Now in 2010, overpopulation in one area led to the horrific estimated death toll of over 50,000 people and rising.

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 The magnitude of a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday, January 12^th followed by frightening aftershocks which led to the collapsing of buildings, hospitals, churches and homes. Countless are left buried under piles of rubble while friends and loved ones search for each other. Though the numbers are still unconfirmed, the damages are enormous. Sadly, the country is simply not equipped to handle a devastation of this magnitude.