Haiti Rebuilding Updates
Rebuilding Update
Interview with Edouard Lassegue – Vice President of Latin America Region. Can you briefly summarize Compassion’s strategies in Haiti? How is Compassion’s work moving forward in an environment of cultural disarray and unrest? How does Compassion’s disaster response differ from that of other groups? How are Compassion-assisted mothers, babies, children and students doing? Is there [...]
CONTINUE READING »Rebuilding FAQ
Interview with Regina Hopewell – Ministry Director, Complementary Interventions. One year later, what is the focus of Compassion’s work? How is Compassion meeting the unique needs of individual children? How is Compassion helping Haiti rebuild safer structures? What’s unique about Compassion’s response efforts? How are Compassion’s alumni being engaged in the rebuilding process? How is [...]
CONTINUE READING »2010: Year of Devastation for Haiti
As the poorest country in the Americas, Haiti experienced poverty and chaos for decades. Then, the January 2010 earthquake left the disadvantaged island country in shambles. Homes and buildings were turned into rubble, electricity and phone service became nonexistent, and Haiti’s unstable infrastructure could offer little help to its residents. The last months of 2010 [...]
CONTINUE READING »LDP Students, Church Leaders Gain “Leading in Times of Crisis” Training
The need for trained, equipped men and women to lead in times of crisis jumped exponentially in Haiti following the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake. Compassion International, in partnership with Equip and World Wide Dream Builders, responded by organizing and conducting a one-day conference — “Leading in Times of Crisis” — at the Karibe Convention Center [...]
CONTINUE READING »Preventing the Spread of Cholera, One Church at a Time
As of November 30, 2011, Ministry of Health officials in Haiti reported that nationally cholera has killed 6,942 people in Haiti since the outbreak began in mid-October of 2010.* Nearly 515,700 Haitians have been infected during the epidemic. In the Compassion programs, 236 Compassion-assisted children were infected during the early stages of the epidemic and [...]
CONTINUE READING »The Church Stands in the Midst of Ruined Buildings
In spite of physical damage to its buildings, the Church in Haiti has remained a strong moral and spiritual support to the earthquake survivors. In many cases, pews were plucked from the rubble and lined up for outdoor services. “People cried out to Jesus at the very time of the earthquake; they did not seek [...]
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