Multiple Christian groups are helping Haiti in a 'chaotic and extremely difficult' time.

"On August 14 there was an earthquake that really shook the southern part of Haiti. There's still a lot of digging through rubble happening," says Annie Loewen, the Interim Director of Disaster Response at Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).

The extent of damage from the 7.2 magnitude earthquake is still being processed. 

"The count is now over 2,000 people who have died and over 10,000 that have been injured," says Loewen. 

To make matters worse, it is the beginning of the tropical storm season over the area. 

"In the past few days Haiti has received a significant amount of rain because of Hurricane Grace and we're anticipating more hurricanes coming throughout the rest of the next few months. It's layer upon layer," she says. 

MCC has been working in Haiti for over 60 years. 

"We have local partners that are assessing the damage to their communities and ways we can help support. We hoping to be able to start helping through food needs, water, and shelter. One of the long-term things we are thinking about is trauma and psycho-social care for people."

Another long-term aspect MCC will help with is crops and helping farmers rebuild their lives. 

Christian organization Samaritan's Purse is also in Haiti helping out.

"So far we have flown more than 30 tons of emergency relief including shelter material, medical supplies, and two community water filtration units. Each of those units can provide clean water for up to 3,500 people each day," says Frank King, the News Media Relations Manager with Samaritan's Purse Canada. 

They've sent 13 disaster response specialists to Haiti since Saturday's incident. 

"It looks like we'll also be setting up an emergency field hospital," says King. "Haiti's health care system is fairly primitive, so even in the best of times the system would have difficulty dealing with a lot of injuries so this has exacerbated the situation," he says. 

For people looking to help financially, they can visit MCC or Samaritan's Purse

"When people donate it's actually them doing the work," King says.

Prayer is also being asked for the people who are recovering in Haiti, the injured, and the teams on the ground helping out.

"The prayers that people have been sending, that means a lot," says Loewen.