PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - CONCACAF President Jack Warner returned from a visit to earthquake ravaged Haiti Monday, vowing to rebuild the football federation's devastated headquarters and get soccer in the country moving again.

"I have not seen it all, but I have seen enough to know that our family has suffered great losses," Warner said.

Estimates range as high as 200,000 killed in the 7.0-magnitude quake that struck in on January 12, including nearly 30 people buried in the three-story Haitian Football Federations headquarters when it collapsed in the late afternoon.

Warner visited the rubble of the demolished building, meeting with numerous officials and family members, and hearing tales of survival.

"This site was once a hub of activity. It was our building, our colleagues, our friends," Warner said. "Our family still lay buried here. But today I publicly say, like a phoenix, the FHF shall rise again. From these ashes, we shall grow stronger.

"We shall rebuild this building. We must never forget what has happened here but we will chart our future from today. "

Haitian federation president Yves Jean Bart, one of the few to escape the rubble, has been conducting federation business solely through his Blackberry handheld wireless device.

"It is the only piece of equipment which remains from the Federation" Jean Bart said.

Collapsed remains of the Haitian Football Headquarters in Port-au-Prince.
Nearly 30 members of the Haitian Football Federation
were killed when its headquarters collapsed in the
January 12 earthquake.

Warner proposed moving the federation headquarters to the country's FIFA Goal Project offices in the Port-au-Prince suburb of Croix-des-Boquets, which was opened in 2002.

"Relocation is one step but we cannot wait," Warner said. "We must resume operations. We must take hold of this situation and move forward. The office must resume operations. I will explore options to ensure that the staff resumes duties with compensation as soon as possible." Warner said.

With FIFA already pledging $250,000 to the quake relief effort, Warner said he will personally embark on a food drive for Haiti while submitting a report to soccer's world governing body on Wednesday.

Other initiatives Warner said that will be introduced include urging member nations of the Caribbean Football Union - which is to meet in Trinidad for its annual congress in late February -- to house Haitian players for six months to a year so that they may continue their training until the federation is able to resume full operations.