Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in Haiti Monday to see the country’s struggle firsthand. Harper is the first G20 leader to visit the island since the devastating January 12 earthquake. He touched down in Port-Au-Prince for a two day trip, where he'll tour Jacmel, Governor General Michaelle Jean’s ancestral home and an area that has been largely flattened by the quake. Harper will also visit Leogane, south of Port-Au-Prince, where Canada is leading the recovery mission with the Disaster Assistance Response Team (D.A.R.T.)

There are now 2,000 Canadian troops stationed in Haiti. They are expected to have distributed nearly half a million meals by time Harper arrives. The United Nations says more than 200,000 people were killed by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake and some 1.2 million were left homeless.

In addition to $85 million in immediate aid money pledged by Ottawa, Canadians have opened their hearts and wallets to the tiny island nation, pledging $142 million in relief funds, $124 million of which will be matched by the federal government. Federal officials say Canada is the second biggest donor overall to the Haitian cause, and by far the biggest per capita.