Funds raised in Bermuda have gone to helping thousands in earthquake stricken Haiti.

Bermudian Phillip Rego, of the Feed My Lambs charity and orphanage, has been back and forth between Haiti and Bermuda since January's devastating quake.

"I just want to give an update because now we have been making several trips down there helping out," he said. "I think the key thing is to let people know that the money is being spent wisely.

"It's ongoing. I am on my way back now and I'm due to go back there in about two weeks' time."

He continued: "In January, a week after the earthquake Mark Byrne, from Longtail Aviation, donated the use of his luxury plane along with all the manpower and fuel needed to get us to Haiti with over 6,000 pounds of medical supplies and a medical team to help with surgeries and injuries related to the earthquake.

"Two weeks after that, Genesis Foundation donated half of the cost of a cargo plane along with a container of goods and additional medical supplies, food and clothing, truck and SUV a total of 33,000 pounds that were flown into Haiti."

Mr. Rego said many orphanages have been created since the earthquake. They are now providing children with food, medical supplies, clothing and baby formula.

"There's a lot of things going on. We're moving forward and there's a lot of work to do. There are kids living on the streets.

"I want to stress thanks to Bermuda because we couldn't have done half of what we did, or even five percent. A lot of interest is coming out of America now. A lot of people are calling me.

"We have been getting 150 to 200 hits a day on the web page."

Mr. Rego's charity is helping to feed and clothe approximately 10,000 people living in a tent city.

Now we have this tent city and there's a lot of people outside on the streets that we're giving tents. We were told by officials that this tent city is the largest one in Port au Prince and has about 10,000 people."

Mr. Rego said he has spent thousands on food. The budget for this upcoming trip is $10,000.

"To me it's exciting to see where we have come the last two years and what we have been able to accomplish now we have our own orphanage and clinic.

"Before I was helping out but now we have our own. I could collect 10 to 20 kids a day. People just have nowhere to go. So you can see that big things are happening with a very humble beginning."

l Mr. Rego's website is www.feedmylambsministry.org.