ORLANDO, Fla. — New Missions in Orlando is prepared is to ship badly needed supplies to students throughout Haiti when conditions in the country are safe enough to receive them, the nonprofit's president said.

The battle between gangs and the police is creating havoc in the Caribbean nation, and with Port-au-Prince shut down, goods cannot be brought in, even for humanitarian purposes. On Sunday, a U.S. government-chartered flight landed safely in Miami after the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince urged U.S. citizens to leave “as soon as possible” because of the gang violence.

New Mission President Tim DeTellis and his team have been preparing supplies, such as toothpaste and items needed for schools, over the past few months.

“Ten thousand boxes ready to leave for Haiti,” DeTellis said.

About 500 Haitians work with the nonprofit directly at 31 campuses in that country. 

The problem for DeTellis is that no goods can be sent into the primary port, Port-au-Prince. Government and aid agencies over the weekend reported looting of aid supplies as the situation worsened.

“We have the infrastructure to move these goods, to put them in the hands of children, to bring them home safely to their family,” DeTellis said.

DeTellis hopes that the country opens a port in Miragoane, where he said there is currently no violence.

“We hope there is new leadership to rise up in Haiti," DeTellis said. "The international community is exhausted. And a peacekeeping force is what everyone is waiting for.”

DeTellis grew up in Haiti, and his parents established New Missions in 1981 to provide support to the Haitian people directly. 

Over the decades, the organization has assisted the country with goods and services, even during turbulent government changes and natural disasters.

DeTellis said he is hopeful that New Missions will be able to deliver the goods to Haiti in the next 30 days, depending on the gang violence.

A local catholic church in Winter Park is also hoping to help feed many of those displaced by violence by raising money.

St. Margaret Mary has done mission work in Haiti for over 20 years and has raised about $13,000 of their $30,000 goal.

Kenneth Firling, who sits on the church's Haiti committee, says food prices in the country have become unaffordable.

"There’s food available in Haiti but because of the turmoil the price of food has gone way up and people are unemployed so they can’t afford the food," said Firling. "We’re raising funds to purchase food, to feed those people initially that are destitute but also to provide food at a reasonable price for those people who can’t afford to buy it.”

Donations can be made on the church's website.