Thursday, January 14, 2010

Dear Friends of Haiti –


We all are devastated by the recent events in Haiti and seek information about the country and people we love. We have created this blog in an effort to ease email congestion and provide easy and efficient access to multiple sources. We hope you will use this as a venue to share your updates, thoughts, and concerns as we work through this difficult time.


Maison de Naissance will continue to add meaningful posts as we obtain more concrete updates.  Please use the ‘Comments’ function below to share your updates. This is a public blog and is not intended solely for MN-specific information, but for general updates on the people and activities on the ground.


Thank you,

Maison de Naissance

68 comments:

  1. Subject: RE: News about Hopital Sainte Croix in Leogane


    Hi all,

    I’ve finally gotten into Port au Prince and am in the save office. I was going to head to the kinam, but it sounds like the folks are leaving. My cell phone isn’t working-although I don’t understand why because my colleague’s is working. Please find me via her phone if you need me: her name is Kate: 202-294-9700. I have a satellite phone, but it isn’t connected yet apparently. Luckily, wireless internet is working for the moment. We just had another aftershock, estimated at 4.8.

    We just had our first meeting, and are going to start rapid assessments tomorrow, and have put Leogane on the list-Leogane, Ti Goave and Jacmel as well. We don’t have much staff ready to do this yet. If Kara can reach me via email (try) or Kate’s cell (if you all make contact), I can talk to her about this. If we don’t find people already in Jacmel in our suboffice there, then I will lead a team there and will absolutely stop in Leogane. So I could be there as early as tomorrow morning. I’m not sure yet.

    There is a UN coordination meeting tonight at 5 pm, so I’m on my way in a moment.

    What I saw: around the airport there seemed to be not much damage. As we started up toward Petionville, it looked devastating. There are bodies on the ground, some covered, some not. Lots of structures down.

    More soon,
    K

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  2. All,

    I just spoke to Jack Lafontant. He confirmed that Hopital Sainte Croix did collapse as a result of the earthquake. He said that there were deaths as a result of the collapse but did not know who or how many.

    He had no information on the guesthouse or the missionary house. I asked for information on John and Suzy Parker and Albert but he had none. He is going to try and reach Hilda Alcindor at the nursing school and determine the conditions there and any information that might be available on the Parkers and Albert.

    I will update as information is available.

    Jess Hornsby

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  3. Cathy Dorvil wrote:



    Also getting information from friends from Leogane that the Catholic church in Leogane is destroyed, many schools and homes destroyed, and many deaths. I'm still trying to get more concrete information and will pass it along as I have it.

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  4. Re:News about Hopital Sainte Croix in Leogane
    Kathryn Bolles ( team contact CScott@Savechildren.org) hopes to fly into PAP from the DR for Save the Children this am and meet with their team. One of her priorities is to speak with authorities to get the road open from Carrefour to Leogane, on behalf of Hopital St Croix and many others. She is also trying to find Mr Murat &/or others who could help with getting clearance for a landing at PAP for an airplane from a group that has loaded it with supplies and personnel, the Remote Area Medical (RAM)Team group; that group has been known to even parachute in. They would like to go to Leogane and help there. Contact is Mitch Henrich 504 756 9511 or MHandr@LSUHSC.edu. Meantime have heard that DR Buresh & team (Univ Iowa) plans to go and hopes set up tent hospital near the bandshell at Leogane, since we have confirmed that the hospital itself has collapsed. CMMH (that supports Hopital St Croix as well as Ecole St Vincent and others) will have an emergency call in this morning for its board. There is as yet now news about the blind and deaf children of Ecole St Vincent, nor of the Sisters of St Margaret whose convent collapsed, although we have heard that they survived.

    Gretchen Glode Berggren, M.D., M.Sc.Hyg.
    Harvard School of Public Health (retired faculty)
    23805 Currant Dr
    Golden Co, 80401

    720 746 1172

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  5. I just spoke again with Jack Lafontant and he said that he has confirmation that the nursing school is OK and the Gates house is OK. He has no word on the status of any personnel at either place.

    Jess Hornsby

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  6. Any news about Relene Dagencon? She is a teacher at a primary school in P-au-P. Her address is College Francophonie; Route Nationale #1 Lizon. Also the Lozama family -- Edith and her sons -- I think they live in or near P-au-P.
    Sallie Dickinson
    LAwrence, KS

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  7. Many of you know Joyce Pipkin who works with many of us at HELP.

    Joyce and her husband, John arrived in Port au Prince a couple of hours before the earthquake.

    Initially, we had no information as to their whereabouts. However, we learned on Wednesday night that both were safe. We learned tonight they will return to the U. S. probably sometime tomorrow. Apparently the situation is so bad that only people with highly specialized training are being encouraged to remain; others are strongly encouraged to leave Haiti.

    David & Kathy Peironnet

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  8. Jerry, our son Alex, an orthopedic surgeon in Mississippi is anxious to join a medical team traveling to Haiti. He realizes that there will be major chaos for several days, and before infrastructure is in place for treatment. While there is great immediate need to save lives, orthopedic treatment will be urgently need soon. Are you connected to medical teams that are forming up to go to Haiti that I might pass on to him?
    Mel

    Jerry- A team may go to Leogane, where hospital is badly damaged. he can contact Christopher-Buresh@uiowa.edu who hopes to set up a team to go in.

    Gretchen Glode Berggren, M.D., M.Sc.Hyg.
    Harvard School of Public Health (retired faculty)
    23805 Currant Dr
    Golden Co, 80401

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  9. @ RAMhaiti - this is a picture of the destroyed Hotel Montana on Twitpic

    Isn't this surreal? In addition to our priest friends, all the Montana employees are on my mind. I don't know their names, but I know theirs faces. I know you do too. Wyclef Jean was there at the same time as the Rotary Conference. He was giving a free concert at soccer stadium. You spoke to one of his band members as we waited for ride.

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  10. You have sent wonderful words of support, and inquiries about what can be done to help in Haiti. THANK YOU! This may be the last of my special group emails -- I’ll be updating our website so that you can check there (www.haitinursing.org). But don’t hesitate to call or email.
    Board member Dr. Donna Martsolf just called from the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, feeling extremely blessed, and full of news. She and her husband Dr. Rob Martsolf are with Father John Talbird and staff from the Children’s Nutrition Program: Kara, Ashley, Laura, Joey and Courtney (sorry for no last names!).

    She reported that Dean Hilda Alcindor is fine, though mourning the loss of a student. We don’t have the student’s name, but she was at her home in Leogane, not at FSIL. The FSIL School of Nursing is fine. It appears that within a half hour of the earthquake, Hilda was working with students and graduates caring for the many people who came to the school grounds for medical attention. This is how we were imagining them, and it’s a wonderful image indeed.

    Michelle Sare, a potential visiting faculty member who traveled to Haiti with Donna, is safe at FSIL. Not only safe, she’s running the emergency “clinic” taking place at FSIL, along with some of the graduates (Evens, Marthe). Donna said the students “stepped up big time and they’re champs.”

    Hôpital Sainte Croix (Holy Cross Hospital) in Leogane, a mile from FSIL, was reported as collapsed. However, Donna said it is cracked but standing.

    Many of you have asked what you, your church, school, or university can do. A statement from the White House Press Secretary supports what we’ve been telling callers:

    DONATIONS
    “…We are encouraging private citizens to focus their efforts on supporting established aid organizations that are deploying resources to Haiti, and to hold off on travelling there themselves…”

    There are many excellent organizations working in Haiti, and it’s easy to find the most effective, reputable ones. We consider Haiti Nursing Foundation to be one. Contributions will reach FSIL as soon as possible, to cover student and faculty needs, medical supplies, hygiene kits, and other support for the school’s relief efforts.

    MEDICAL PERSONNEL, FOOD, AND SUPPLIES
    It’s wonderful how many nurses have asked if they can help in Haiti. At this point, however, only the most experienced relief organizations can deal with the challenges posed by a lack of water, food, lodging, and transportation. Most roads that are not strewn with rubble have been impassible at night because of people sleeping or lying wounded there -- bringing us back to the White House statement:

    “We ask that you keep track of offers of in kind services and supplies being offered in your communities in the coming days so that as needs on the ground are assessed we can quickly turn around the resources and get them to Haiti. Those looking to donate time, supplies or funds should contact the Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI) at 703-276-1914, or visit them online at http://www.cidi.org/incident/haiti-10a/


    “Cash donations are the most efficient and effective way to help the relief effort in Haiti right now. They allow humanitarian organizations to purchase (often within the affected region itself) the exact type and quantity of items needed by those affected by the crisis. “

    Pix Mahler
    pix@e-mahlers.net
    http://www.pcusa.org/missionconnections/profiles/mahlerp.htm
    PCUSA Haiti Partnership Facilitator
    1022 Floyd St.
    Lynchburg, VA 24501
    434-385-9486

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  11. I just talked to John who was at the US Embassy who will send Americans out of Haiti through the Dominican Republic and then be placed in hotels until they can arrange flights home.

    Mary Talbird

    Wonderful news!! The road from PAP to Leogane is passable?? I just received a call from Murat who is at his home! Sounded as if he had some damage. His family is fine, but nothing is open, so no food, no water.....I gave him Kathryn Bolles cell number with instructions to call her immediately. I told him John Talbird had made his way to the embassy and that bill Squire is endeavoring to come into pap tomorrow on spirit air. Murat had no news of Albert or anything about leogane.........jv

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  12. The info below has been confirmed. Pere Sadoni and the children and the staff at St. Vincent's are alive but shaken. Miraculously, St. Vincent's structures are reported to be intact with minor damage, even though buildings nearby collapsed (including the Roman Catholic and Episcopal Cathedrals).

    Here is the plan: CMMH President Bill Squire (who is a former career US military helicopter pilot, now an Episcopal Priest) is scheduled to fly to Port-au-Prince on Saturday with a moneybelt of cash so he will be able to work with Sadoni to make sure St. Vincent's has food, water, hygiene supplies, etc.

    Support from WER would be deeply appreciated. Believe the amount that we discussed previously--$10,000--would be of enormous benefit in providing for St Vincent's in the days ahead. Suggest you visit the CMMH website for donation instructions and that you contact Executive Director Ken Quigley (at 717.796.1852--his cellphone) if, say, you needed assistance in making a wire transfer. The website is www.cmmh.org If you go to the donation page you will see a photo of Father Bill Squire with a child from St. Vincent.

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  13. Jerry-
    I have spoken with Lesly Lamour, who has family in PaP. He is struggling to reach them. He said we should be fine on the peninsula. I have just spoken to Lindsey. After I reach Rosemond, (if I can) I am going to send an email to the board, board alumni and staff, letting them know of the quake, that our facility and staff are OK, asking them to pray for our friends in Port Au Prince, keep watching the news, and that we will update them if we learn anything specific.

    I don't know we can do much more than that.

    -Heather

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  14. hello all who love Haiti-
    Many friends, former colleagues and family have contacted me in the last 72 hours of news, how to help, what to do...

    As much as we would all like to go and lend our hands and feet to Haiti, right now the experts in disaster relief and rescue need to be the ones to provide the emergent aid and help that only they can give. Others descending on the country on their own or in small groups will likely add to those that have to be cared for, fed, transported, etc.
    Currently the airport is bottlenecked with planes on the ground, planes circling in the air unable to land.

    What can be done is donating to the organizations that MN Foundation has recommended on their webpage. MN needs funds also for the coming weeks and months when the true impact of this catastrophic event will sink in...PaP was the conduit to every other place in Haiti for fuel, food, goods, etc.

    I use the analogy of a death in the family...in the first few days and week after the loss, many bring food, physical and emotional support that is so needed in the first days of shock and grief. But then they all leave, go back to their lives and the grieving person(s) are left to cope with the reality of the loss, as it sinks in and they have to get used to every day life without their loved ones.

    MN and Haiti will need us more than ever in the weeks, months and years to come. Stay strong...Kenbe Fe....don't forget MN and Haiti after the initial emergency situation passes! Keep praying, keep seeking ways to provide funds that will help those on the ground recover and heal

    Cindy Obenhaus
    former Program Director Maison de Naissance Foundaiton
    cindyo@me.com

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  15. Hi Don,
    No word from Fanfan or Dr. Frank Vaughters.
    We have a growing list of status reports. Our e-mail boxes are crammed with traffic. We'll summarize on this new blog:
    http://haitiearth.blogspot.com

    Stan

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  16. We participated in a conference call with ERD President Robert Radtke and members of ERD Staff last evening, and here is what was learned about the situation in Haiti:
    • Haiti is the newest diocese in the Episcopal Church and destroyed were its cathedral, diocesan headquarters, bishop's residence and a convent, together with some local churches.
    • Early reports (right after the earthquake) poured out via cell phones -- now cell phone batteries are dying and there is no way to recharge them, so reports from on the ground have diminished to news agencies, government communications, etc.
    • Episcopal Relief & Development funding has already been disbursed to the Diocese ready for their use.
    • Several ERD staff members are in route to the Diocese of Dominican Republic (next door to Haiti)--where they will stage on the border area with Haiti to offer assistance and expertise in handling refugees, injured, etc.
    • This is going to the a long, long haul and will still be going years from now - just as recovery on the US Coast is still going on after Hurricane Katrina. It is very important to communicate this to our congregations and to keep reminders before them after the news media pulls out (and they will in couple of weeks) and Haiti stops being headline news.
    • ERD's approach is 3-phase: Rescue--this phase of rescuing people from debris, triaging medical needs, disbursing supplies on the ground, heavy-equipment use in finding people and removing debris, clearing streets and roads, etc., is best left to government agencies and army and other professional rescue personnel. This is NOT a time for people to get on a plane and go to Haiti to offer help -- way too dangerous, not to mention practically impossible to do. Far better for people wanting to help to pray, donate money and wait. The Rescue phase will last about two weeks
    • There is great concern and fear among agencies and experts that Haiti will develop into a public health disaster, perhaps of epic proportions.
    • The 2nd phase is Relief--this is where ERD begins to focus through local churches (some of this is showing up now) offering shelter, medical, counseling, short-term recovery assistance, etc. This phase is expected to last a few months.
    • And then there is the Recovery phase--rebuilding. Haiti has for some time been one of ERD's largest programs -- before the quake; ERD has been in Haiti for the long haul and expects to stay there for an even longer haul -- many, many years. This phase is when the media has left and Haiti becomes a footnote in the news. The "crises" phase of Rescue and Relief are over and now things change to "critical" -- and this is the time we MUST NOT FORGET and allow ourselves and others to lose focus. The Haitian people will need us most during this phase.
    • Most valuable thing we can do to help in Haiti is to donate money. Don't do as some churches are doing: holding winter coat drives for Haitian people--its warm down there, no coats are needed and this will become a waste. Instead gather clothing and coats and canned/packaged food products and hold a rummage sale, sending the funds raised to ERD for forwarding on to Haiti.
    • Food is reaching Haiti via agencies like Convoy of Hope, US government, and other worldwide organizations and government agencies.
    For the most up-to-date information and access to resources, visit www.er-d.org/HaitiCrisis. Included on this page is a video statement from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Episcopal Relief & Development President Rob Radtke. A downloadable bulletin insert is also available in both English and Spanish.

    To assist those suffering in the wake of this disaster, please consider making a donation to the Haiti Fund at www.er-d.org or call 1-800-334-7626, ext. 5129. Gifts can be mailed to Episcopal Relief & Development, PO Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116-7058. Please write “Haiti Fund” in the memo of all checks.

    Dave and Alice Williams
    ERD Diocesan Coordinators

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  17. The Rev. Canon Bill Squire, Chair or Children's Medical Missions of Haiti, is heading to Port au Prince today for a first hand visit of St. Vencent's Center for the Handicapped and Hospital Saint Croix in Leogone.

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  18. Cindy Obenhaus Just found out that my dear friends, Dr Gaguy Aupont and his wife Anne-Lise, their two young children, Abby and Gabriel, are okay, according to a friend of theirs who posted the news on his FB page! Praise God! This gives me hope for others that are still unaccounted for, especially my dear brother Fanfan! Keep praying all...keep praying..

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  19. I spent 24 hours in Port au Prince. In order to communicate with people outside of haiti, I travelled last night to les cayes. I was taking mrs Duracin to Cange to find health Care. I talked to Pere Walin, He is fine and his family in Hinche.
    Thank you for your prayers and support.

    Kesner Ajax

    The Rev. Kesner Ajax

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  20. We are anxiously awaiting any news about Pere Fernande at Holy Trinity in P-au-P or Pere Jeannot in Mirebalais, if anyone hears anything.

    Thank you!

    Serena Beeks

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  21. The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.

    'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain.'

    Friends, we are dancing in the rain. We just received news that our families are OK. We have lost some friends. We knew their faith and find solace that they are in heaven. Thank you for your unwavering support and prayers. When we though that our families where gone. We found YOU. Tragedies like this bring people together. YOU all have a special place in our hearts!

    Love

    Danielle and Lesly

    From: Danielle Jean-Francois

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  22. To donate to the Red Cross from your wireless phone text "Haiti" to 90999 and a $10 donation will be made and charged to your wireless bill. Donations are also accepted online.

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  23. Kesner-
    Any confirmed word about Pere Fanfan? thank you, and my God protect you and sustain you.

    Your sister in Christ,
    Cindy Obenhaus

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  24. Jerry,

    Here’s the latest news that I received today – so sad about St. Vincent’s…

    Susan
    __________________________________________

    January 15, 2010



    This news just arrived directly from Haiti, from one of our deacons, The Rev. Jean Michelin St. Louis, who has been in Port au Prince:

    •Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin is living in a tent at the football field behind College St. Pierre.

    •Madame Marie-Edith Duracin was taken to Cange yesterday by Pere Kesner Ajax to be treated for her broken leg.

    •Pere Leon Sadoni is well. He managed to escape from St. Vincent’s Center for the Handicapped. According to Michelin, many, many of the children did not survive. This is Michelin’s report, and is based on his own visit to St. Vincent’s. Please continue to pray about this uncertain situation.

    •All of our seminarians are fine. They are all accounted for and are well, as far as we know

    •Mere Fernande Pierre Louis is OK.

    •Pere Kesner Ajax spent 24 hours in Port au Prince, has seen the bishop, and took Madame Duracin to Cange to the hospital to be treated for her borken leg.

    •Pere Oge Beauvoir, Dean of the Theological Seminary, is OK. He has been in contact with Trinity, Wall Street.

    •My parish, St. James the Just, is still standing.

    •The Diocesan Office in Petion Ville is still standing.

    •Pere Yvan Francois is in South Florida. Many of his friends and family have died.

    •Mallory Holding, Young Adult Service Corps missionary, is back in the United States and on her way home to Chicago to be met by her mother.

    •Jude Harmon, Young Adult Service Corps missionary, is in Port au Prince at the Embassy, waiting to get documents. We expect to get him back to the United States today.

    •We have not yet found Pere David Cesar, the director of Holy Trinity Music School. Pray!

    •Pere Jean Fils Chery, one of our deacons who teaches at the University, is OK.

    •Pere Frederic , one of our deacons who teaches at the University, is OK.
    He is a graduate of General Theological Seminary.

    •Sr. Marie Margaret, Sr. Marjorie Raphael and Sr. Marie Therese are alive and accounted for. They are living in tents at the football field at College St. Pierre. The front of the Foyer collapsed, but the back is still standing. The sisters had some of the ladies from the Foyer with them.

    •Pere Walin Descamps and his family are fine. Pere Ajax talked with him.

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  25. Haiti (Country threat level - 4): Rescue and relief efforts are continuing in Haiti on 15 January 2010. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) remains in control of operations at Toussaint Louverture International Airport (MTPP/PAP), but it continues to struggle with the high volume of flights. As of 1420 UTC (0920 local time), the FAA has once again banned all inbound flights due to a lack of parking space and fuel supplies at the facility. A similar ban had been in effect earlier on 14 January, but normal operations resumed at 0100 UTC on 15 January (2000 local time on 14 January). It is unclear when the current ban will be lifted. Officials have cautioned that inbound aircraft have been in holding patterns in excess of three hours; delays in landing clearances and diversions to other airports are likely to continue in the coming days.

    Aid continues to arrive in Haiti. The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier is scheduled to arrive in the country on the morning of 15 January, while more than 5,000 U.S. Army soldiers and Marines will arrive by early next week. Military and civilian personnel from countries around the world are also arriving in Haiti on a daily basis. Small-scale rescue efforts continued throughout the night, as rescuers freed at least 14 survivors from the rubble at the Hotel Montana, which was completely demolished in the quake. An estimated 70 people remain trapped in the debris. At the Hotel Villa Creole, aid workers used the entrance of the hotel as a makeshift hospital, while journalists and rescue crews sheltered outside on the hotel grounds. However, logistical problems in aid distribution persist due to the lack of heavy machinery to clear debris and rubble from the roadways. There have been reports of residents using bodies to block roads in Port-au-Prince to protest the slow arrival of aid.

    While the security situation has remained relatively calm, there are increasing reports of looting and violence in Port-au-Prince, and there is concern that the lack of food, water and medical aid could fuel tensions. Some reports suggest that news of search-and-rescue teams rescuing foreign nationals at the expense of Haitians is also stimulating resentment. Looting of shops is becoming more prevalent, and survivors have reportedly scuffled over food. Unconfirmed reports indicated that the U.N. World Food Program reported that its warehouses had been ransacked, but the U.N. has denied such reports. Military officials warned aid crews that extra security may be necessary for humanitarian workers as the situation grows more desperate.

    The United States Geological Survey (USGS) continues to report aftershocks, albeit with increasingly less frequency and lower magnitude. However, additional damage is still possible. Authorities have not yet been able to issue a reliable death toll from the quake. Haitian Red Cross officials stated that the casualty count could range from 45,000 to 50,000 people, though some death toll estimates are higher. A U.N. official added that an estimated 300,000 people in the country are homeless after the quake.

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  26. : From Suzi Parker


    Friendds,
    I
    Using som,eone’s computer without using a bright screen, so I cannot tell aoba

    Ut my mistakes. I will send one msg to all, so some information will not mean anything to you.

    Hopital Ste. Croix is standing. John and I are fine. The administration collapsed under the guesthouse, and our apartment collapsed under the story above. We have nothing we brought with us to Haiti, but since we have done a lot of cleaning in the gusthouse and hospital, we can find what we really need. Someone who was here gave me some shoes, and I foiund another pair or reading glasses that will work, so I have what I need. John was caught under the wreckage for about 4 hours, but shortlthe roof above was supported y the lintel of the slinding glass door, which held up te second floor, so he was uninjured except for a small cut on the top of his head.

    Everyone connected with the hospital is alive except that we have not heard from Mario.. Several people lost members of extended family. Alber’s daught was injured but is fe, will recover fully. He saddest news is tat Marie Yves has died. In the earthquake. Motr and Chrislet are fine. The Ste. Croix church is cracked, I don’t know how badly. Eye clinic looks fine. Pere Kerouin’s house looks OK, Pere FanFan’s house looks OK with some damage, Pere Pierre’s house is damaged, but stll standing. Doctor’s quarter’s and penthouse are fine. If we can get it open, John and I may try to move in there for a while. At

    At night we sleep in the yard behind the hospital where the bandstand was. It has fallen, as has theEpiscopal school. Thee are 2-300 people who sleep in that field at night. Thy sing ymns until almost midnight, andn we wake up to a church service, with hymns, a morning prayer, and the apostle’s creed. The evening sky is glorious. In the field there is a real sense of community. Of course, we are the only blancs there. A group from FondWa arrived in Leogane today and will sleep there tonight. Janine the head cook brought John and me spaghetti from her home in Darbonne 8 miles away. We shared with the group from FondWa. They have some money so they went out and bought rice, etc, and we will eat tonight. People have shared with us and we are getting a chance to feel how the Haitians really live.

    The injuries we have seen at the hospital are enormouse, skulls exposed, one woman died in the yard. Another women’s leg was cut vertically to the bone, with muscles showing. Doctors worked and saw over 300 people with cuts, fractures, etc. Today they are not, but worked hard every day since the quake.

    Of course, we have seen looting. The end wall of the guesthouse by the shared drugs fell and it was open to the outside. My friends can imagine how I shouted down about 20 looters in the guesthouse. Righteous indignation works wonders, as does a tiny bit of pushing people to get out.

    John and I do not know our plans. We need to talk with the board, but have no phone. We have Joey’s phone, with battery that needs charging. Our idea is to stay as long as we can b helpful, then get out of the way.

    I have never understgood joy in the midst of suffering, but now I do. The caring I have seen, the help we have received from the Haitians, the evening songs and prayers. Are wonderful. The people will survive, though many will die. Please pray for us. And pray that we and the hospital can be of help to the people here.

    Suzi

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  27. Re: Conditions at St. Vincent's?

    Dear Ken,
    I met Pere Sadoni yesterday. i ride an employee to les Cayes last night. According to that employee Some children are died . A part of the building is destroyed.
    Pere sadoni is ok, that employee told me that first aids were a problems for the hurted children. I saw yesterday morning myself where the men live, a part of that building is destroyed.

    Kesner

    The Rev. Kesner Ajax

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  28. The Sisters of St. Margaret are an Episcopal Religious Order of women called to glorify God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ through our worship and work, prayer and common life. Our commitment to God and to one another is expressed through vows of poverty, celibate chastity and obedience.

    THE SISTERS ARE ALIVE AND UNHURT!
    We have spoken directly to Sr. Marie Margaret. She is with Sr. Marjorie Raphael and Sr. Marie Therese in a football field at College St. Pierre. The front of the Foyer collapsed but the back is still standing. They had some of the ladies from the Foyer with them. We will keep updating you as we know any more. PRAISE GOD! Click on the Haiti page for more information on our mission in Haiti and what you can do to help.



    Sr. Marjorie Raphael


    Sr. Marie Margaret


    Sr. Marie Therese

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  29. I want to share, I did receive a second confirmation that Dr. Gaguy Aupont, his wife Anne-Lise, and their two children are alive and well. A friend of theirs spoke with them directly this morning. However, Anne-Lise's sister Valery was killed in the earthquake. Please pray for her family. Dr. Aupont is the MN Haitian physician consultant and a true champion for MN.
    Cindy

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  30. Hello all-
    I wanted to share that I have just received, what I believe to be confirmation that Pere Fanfan is okay. Pere Ajax, the Partnership Program Director for the Episcopal Church in Haiti, was able to get to PaP yesterday. He returned to Cayes today and chatted online via Yahoo IM with Kathy Peironnet, a parishoner from Redeemer Episcopal Church in Parkville. I had received word of Fanfan earlier but did not want to confirm until I knew that someone had directly seen and talked with him. Thank you to Louise Thurlow, another Redeemer parishoner, for posting this on Facebook and confirming this with me.

    Here is the copied Yahoo chat entry between Kathy and Kesner"

    We'd heard that Pere Ajax was going to try to get to Port au Prince from Les Cayes. Apparently he was able to do so and has just returned to Cayes.



    Our chat on Fri, 1/15/10 5:58 PM -----
    kesner ajax (5:58 PM): I met pere Fanfan last night in Port au Prince He is ok


    PRAISE GOD our brother has been found and of course, as I have been told, has been helping those in need since the quake happened. Thank you for your prayers....and continue to do so.

    Mesi Anpil!

    Cindy Obenhaus

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  31. You've probably seen this already....but in case not... here's a video from ERD about the
    earthquake in Haiti - responding to Pat Robertson:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOPvc0HvsAY

    GREAT VIDEO!

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  32. Diocese of Haiti Actively Responds in the Wake of Disaster with Support from Episcopal Relief & Development

    In the aftermath of Tuesday’s quake, Episcopal Relief & Development has been working with partners to meet immediate needs of those made vulnerable by this disaster.

    In Port-au-Prince, the Diocese of Haiti has set up a camp where Haitians are seeking refuge. The Church is doing all it can to provide them with food, water and any other supplies that are available.

    “It is a camp the size of a football field where Bishop Duracin and the church leadership are serving thousands of survivors,” said Abagail Nelson, Episcopal Relief & Development’s Senior Vice President for Programs. “In the midst of losing their own homes, Diocesan offices and the Cathedral, the people of the Diocese of Haiti are reaching out in extraordinary ways to care for those in need.”

    Episcopal Relief & Development is also supporting the Diocese of the Dominican Republic. As people cross the Haitian border seeking assistance, the church is working to meet their needs. Members of Episcopal Relief & Development’s staff will join them on the ground this weekend to coordinate relief efforts and tackle the enormous logistical challenges that lie ahead.

    Episcopal Relief & Development has also partnered with IMA World Health to provide medical assistance to the wounded in and around Port-au-Prince. IMA World Health is a non-profit organization with working relationships throughout Haiti that will enable assistance to reach those who need it in a timely manner.

    “It is deeply inspiring to see our brothers and sisters in Christ serving others even as they themselves are struggling to overcome this heart-breaking tragedy,” said Rob Radtke, President of Episcopal Relief & Development. “The overwhelming generosity of the Episcopal Church will ensure that the Diocese of Haiti will be able to continue its ministries both in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake and as recovery and rebuilding begin.”

    For the most up to date information and access to resources, visit www.er-d.org/HaitiCrisis. Included on this page is a video statement from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Episcopal Relief & Development President Rob Radtke. A downloadable bulletin insert is also available in both English and Spanish.

    To assist those suffering in the wake of this disaster, please consider making a donation to the Haiti Fund at www.er-d.org or call 1-800-334-7626, ext. 5129. Gifts can be mailed to Episcopal Relief & Development, PO Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116-7058. Please write “Haiti Fund” in the memo of all checks.

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  33. From Betsy Wickstrom
    Here's an update from Brad Gautney, in Port au Prince with One5 Foundation:

    Hello MB and David,

    It was good hearing y'alls voices today. After we spoke with you things just hit full speed. Will give you a brief description of our day:

    We left MOH today early and went into PAP to check on an orphanage that we know of. already told you what happened there. Literally one minute after I hung up with you, we saw a DR surgeon we knew in the road in downtown PAP. He stopped and asked us if we could go to a hospital in the epicenter of where most of damage was. We agreed and when we arrived found hundreds and hundreds of people laying on the ground waiting for medical care as there is just so limited amount of any medical care. The hospital was the Haiti Community Hospital. I immediately met with the administrator and he put us in charge of settin up triage outside and begin seeing the people that needed the most care. We saw mostly large lacerations 3+ days old from the earthquake.We were able to clean, debried most of them and get them started on antibiotics. Broken bones, skulls, spines, you name it. After a couple of hours, a haitian orthopedic surgeon showed up and we began working hand in hand with him. Haitian medstudents helped us tremendously and we were worked incredible together. They were such a huge blessing. The hospital was almost completely out of meds and supplies so we left all we could.

    Upon leaving to head back to MOH, the mass destruction was just unbelievable. It really is hard to believe to be honest. Still trying to comprehend it and not sure how we will. It took us over 3 hours to get back as the Haitian government and UN closed so many of the roads to retrieve and move bodies from the rubble.

    Tomorrow we will head out with MOH to do mobile clinics. We are hoping to have a couple of surgeons show up, but we will see. We hope so.



    I will do my best to communicate again tomorrow if possible. After I send this, I will not have email tonight as others need to have internet. Thanks for all you are doing there to allow me to be here and work.

    Best,
    Brad

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  34. This is a CNN online report, interview Kathryn Bolles, SAVE employee and MNF board member.
    http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/15/earthquake.damage.elsewhere/index.html?hpt=T2

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  35. From Leeanna Varga, Mission Associate from St. James' Episcopal Church, in New York.

    From: Leeanna Varga [mailto:lvarga@stjames.org]
    Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 6:10 PM
    To: Leeanna Varga
    Subject: Haiti update
    Dear Friends,

    Direct communication with Haiti remains very difficult, but we’ve received some good news about friends and partners in Port au Prince and Les Cayes. Thanks be to God!

    Jean Claude Pelissier reports he was able to get through to Port au Prince by telephone, and all but one member of his family is accounted for. Please pray for Harry Thesee, whom they have not been able to reach. We pray and hope for the best. Please also pray for his relatives who will now be re-building their homes and lives: Mme. Paul St. Vil, Frantz St. Vil, Louis-Charles Cenat, Lucien Maluoisin, Daniel Surin, Marie Surin, Nelaton Paul, Suzette Appolon, and Ferdinand Pelissier.

    Trinity Church reports on its website that St. Vincent School for Handicapped Children is damaged, but the students and director Fr. Leon Sadoni, the director, escaped without serious injury! They are reportedly living in tents on the soccer field of the College of St. Pierre – a diocesan school which collapsed.
    The Sisters of St. Margaret report that they have spoken with their three sisters in Port au Prince, and they are also on the soccer field, which has become a displacement camp for more than 1,000, according to a report on Episcopal Life Online. The Sisters, Bishop Zache Duracin, and Fr. Oge Beauvoir are leading the camp. Trinity’s reports on its website that “It is hard to get food and medicine because everything is closed,” according to Fr. Beauvoir. “At this point, they have water, but the camp only has access to one water tank, and the water is running lower. There is a single truck that takes the injured to the hospital and the dead to be buried. The hospital has been turning back some of the injured.”
    From Les Cayes, we have reports that Fr. Estil Colbert, his wife, and child are alive, though their rectory is damaged. We have an unconfirmed report that Fr. Jean Alphonse Jean Phillippe is alive, as is his wife Marjorie Merizier and three-year old son Junior, who escaped from their home in Port au Prince, which is damaged. Fr. Franz Cole, ERD’s representative is reported to be alive.
    Please continue to pray for those who will be rebuilding their lives. As Robin Johnson, staff member at Maison de Naissance (MN), said in an email today, “Thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers. It is a huge support for us. As you’ve seen, new realities of Haiti’s current situation are coming to light every day. Although many things about life in the MN area are fairly normal, I am under no illusions that the rest of the country is the same way, or that the psychological effects of what’s happened will leave us anytime soon.”

    This Sunday’s forum will focus on Haiti, and we will offer a few prayers at that time.

    Tonight we offer prayers of thanksgiving for those whose lives have been spared. I also offer this prayer, familiar to many from the Compline service in the Book of Common Prayer:

    Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous, and all for your love’s sake. Amen.

    Peace,
    Leeanna

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  36. Saturday Jan 16 11:00 am

    Kyra here, I just went through my entire Haitian phone book and tried all friends in PAP - no answers until the very end, Z, when ZO ANSWERED and reported he and his family are ok.

    k

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  37. David Cesar of OK. He left his office one hour before the quake.

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  38. Leeanna Varga, Mission Rector at St. James' Episcopal in New York, has received an email from Pere Alphonse. He is alive and well, along with his wife Margorie and son Junior. However, very scared and unable to get to Torbeck. Please pray for this family for their safety, comfort and peace.
    cindy

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  39. Since Tuesday evening, PIH staff has been working around the clock to bring relief to the people of Haiti who are suffering immensely in the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake. You have seen the images on the news, read the updates on the web, and responded in a profoundly generous way to our calls for help - we are indebted to you for your quick mobilization and generous contributions.
    Our team, because of our deep roots in Haiti, was able to be among the first to respond with emergency medical services. Since the first days, our staff has stepped up to take on the challenge of serving the most vulnerable in Port-au-Prince and of providing comprehensive care ranging from basic primary care to complicated surgical services at our sites in the Central Plateau and Artibonite Valley. Co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer wrote yesterday, "We find that years of investment in building a strong local partner organization mean that we are again in the position of responding effectively to a natural disaster. We are very proud of our team."
    All of this work-our years of investment and our ability to respond is made possible because of people like you who do not become paralyzed in the face of suffering but rather stand up and help serve.
    Yesterday, Dr. Farmer arrived in Port-au-Prince to check in with our team and to meet with Government and UN officials. Since his visit, we have already seen the tide begin to change - this morning, the PIH/Zanmi Lasante team was designated by the World Health Organization to serve as the coordinators of the public hospital, Hopital de l' Universite d'Etat d'Haiti (HUEH), where thousands are suffering in need of medicines and surgeries. In this new role, we will be supporting the administration and staff and recruiting other NGOs to help restore services, particularly triage, nursing, and surgical, at the city's central hospital. Our priority is to increase stock of medicines and supplies, ensure steadily functioning operating rooms, and guarantee sufficient medical staff is available, particularly for nursing care to help with post-op recovery, iv management, and other care that has had to be self managed over the past three days.
    With supply chains in place and flights arriving more consistently in Port-au-Prince since the air traffic control has been reinstated, today has already been a turning point in our ability to respond to the enormity of the devastation and really get the field hospitals and public hospitals up and running. We have two planes of surgeons and surgical supplies arriving within hours, we have fuel on its way to Haiti through the DR, and we are reallocating supplies from our ten sites to where they are needed most on a regular basis.
    It is clear to us all that relief for Haiti must rely on our collective immediate response and our sustained long-term commitment to building back better. Our approach to health care delivery in resource-poor settings-partnering with the public sector, employing locally, and investing for the long-term-is a key part of the solution for Haiti now and in the future. We hope that you will continue to stand with Haiti now and in the months and years to come.
    Thank you for your solidarity during this crisis,

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  40. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MYAI-7ZS2CZ/$File/full_report.pdf

    Update from OCHA, UN Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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  41. Bishop Duracin quoted in the NY Times:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/18/world/americas/18haiti.html?hp

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  42. Via Kyra Abbott:

    Ciné Institute Director David Belle
    reports from Port-au-Prince:
    "I have been told that much US media coverage paints Haiti as a tinderbox
    ready to explode. I'm told that lead stories in major media are of looting,
    violence and chaos. There could be nothing further from the truth.

    "I have traveled the entire city
    daily since my arrival. The extent of damages is absolutely staggering.
    At every step, at every bend is one horrific tragedy after another;
    homes, businesses, schools and churches leveled to nothing. Inside every
    mountain of rubble there are people, most dead at this point. The smell
    is overwhelming. On every street are people -- survivors -- who have
    lost everything they have: homes, parents, children, friends.

    "NOT ONCEhave we witnessed a single
    act of aggression or violence. To the contrary, we have witnessed neighbors
    helping neighbors and friends helping friends and strangers. We've seen
    neighbors digging in rubble with their bare hands to find survivors.
    We've seen traditional healers treating the injured; we've seen dignified
    ceremonies for mass burials and residents patiently waiting under boiling
    sun with nothing but their few remaining belongings. A crippled city
    of two million awaits help, medicine, food and water. Most haven't received
    any.

    "Haiti can be proud of its survivors. Their dignity and decency in
    the face of this tragedy is itself staggering."

    David Belle, January 17th, 2010
    Go to Ciné Institute's website for latest photos and footage coming from the students
    in Jacmel.
    cineinstitute.com [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102947103940&s=1918&e=001hhLzsxM8H2M0uA0sK1jp65L9xP8BmKMLmVpLOhEP6GswEFlAUKo1H01F3mD6w_GsoZ6um0-77KvshaBc7WCcAkvwZSZyXDBfFLHenKsd-pHSCjf6B8mk1g==]
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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  43. Blog of Richard, director of Brenda Stafford Guesthouse at Brenda Stafford Eye Hospital in Les Cayes:
    http://laviolak.blogspot.com

    Many of us have stayed there and know how wonderfully committed Richard and Chantal, his wife, are to Haiti and its people. This blog is in French, but you can google translate. It is worth it, to get the perspective from the south.

    thank you Kyra.

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  44. Has anyone on the ground seen or heard from Bill Squire. We are prayerfully waiting on word from him and his companion Joe Diaz. The last word we got was Saturday afternoon as they were still waiting to cross the DR/Haitian border by car. Thank you, Dawn Squire
    email: dizzymom5@hotmail.com

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  45. We've heard from Bill! He was able to make it to St. Vincents and accomplished his mission. A brief email was sent to let us know his status after hooking up laptop to a car battery. We are vary grateful. We should know more soon as he is returning to the DR and then back to Florida. The hard work will begin once he is able to tell us more and what the needs of the school and children are.
    In Christ's Peace,
    Dawn Squire

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  46. The 'official' word: United Nations situations report-

    http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MYAI-7ZSW5R/$File/full_report.pdf

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  47. My last post here... 1st thanks for your concern and support for the amazing efforts all are doing on behalf of the citizens of Haiti. I know circumstances are overwhelming but I'd like to offer a word of caution that when someone is traveling into a dangerous situation, mentioning that they are wearing a money belt and then offering the potential sum truly could have put them in additional harm's way. I know communication is currently sporatic in the country but there is enough "twittering" going on that to create a pathway for less than honorable people to follow may not be wise. Just a thought for any future endeavors. God's peace,
    Dawn Squire

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  48. Please excuse me I forgot to attach the link. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Haiti-Earthquake-Stuart-Ramsay-Travels-To-Leogane-Where-Small-Hospital-Struggles-With-Victims/Article/201001315527567
    John

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  49. Hi Bonnie-
    Thank you so much for organizing and strategizing this. I want to add The Global Orphan Project to the list and will forward this to them. (www.theglobalorpanproject.org). They are based out of KC and have small orphan homes and schools in Haiti, caring for over 2000 children (growing now of course). They definitely should be a part of Haiti Connection as they are doing GREAT work and are quality people. I am going to Croix de Bouquet with them in February.

    I am not sure if you know it or not but I am no longer Program Director of Maison de Naissance Foundation; my position was eliminated due to budget cuts, effective immediately on Dec. 17. Needless to say, a shock not so much for the reason but for the abruptness and lack of warning. However, I am committed for a lifetime to Haiti. Stan and I are still hoping to partner together in the near future on a project related to the mass recovery and healing effort that Haiti will need after this cruel horrific event.

    Keep me in the loop! Blessings to you.
    cindy

    PS. http://ochaonline.un.org/ GREAT source for all Haiti updates on roads, status of relief efforts, etc from the UN's office of Humanitarian Affairs.


    Cindy Obenhaus
    obenhauscindy6@gmail.com

    I want to leave a legacy
    How will they remember me?
    Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough
    To make a mark on things?
    I want to leave an offering
    A child of mercy and grace who
    blessed your name unapologetically
    And leave that kind of legacy
    Legacy by Nichole Nordeman

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  50. From: thc-haiti-earthquake-network@googlegroups.com [mailto:thc-haiti-earthquake-network@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tiffany Keenan
    Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 7:43 PM
    To: network
    Subject: jacmel update

    Jacmel is doing okay. The quake was quite strong here this morning but not much more damage. We had a group in Petit and Grand Goave today that saw a lot of acute injuries. the epicenter of today's quake hit there.

    Logistics are the main problem on the ground. We, as various NGOs met with the hospital admin and local health minister tonight. we've set up one NGO to partner directly with the hospital, another to organize the other ngos in the area.

    The Canadian and US military are here bringing in supplies and the Canadians will soon set up a field hospital.

    If you're planning to come to south eastern haiti please send me your contact information. I'm based at the airport and meeting all planes as they arrive. We can help to get your teams organized.

    Tiffany



    Tiffany Keenan, MD CCFP
    Haiti Village Health
    www.haitivillagehealth.ca
    www.haitivillagehealth.blogspot.com
    "Sustainable Health Care in Haiti"

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  51. Article about Joyce and John Pipkin, Mission Aviation Missionaries. Joyce works in Cavillion with the Episcopal school and church there.
    GREAT article
    www.thestate.com
    www.thestate.com

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  52. Thank you all for being so informative. I have felt so helpless and many times have naively wanted to go to PAP. This morning I was asked by a friend to give her a personal perspective of Haiti. As I spoke about the people, their resolve, their spirit AND Maison de Naissance, I felt a wave of peace come over me. I guess continuing to do what I do is really all I can do...spread the word of big and small NGO's, keep the faith, and pray for hope and peace in Haiti.

    ~Helen

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  53. Betsy shared this with me regarding the efforts by a group called the Circle of Health International. Read the update and also a message from Agnes Jacobs, from the UNFPA with news of the nursing school, midwifery school and how this group will be helping the needs of women in the recovery phase. Thank you Betsy!


    http://www.midwiferytoday.com/news/news_earthquake.asp

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  54. This is in two parts for the posting:
    Dear Sisters and brothers in Christ,
    Please let me take some time to give you some update of the situation of Haiti and your beloved partners in the Episcopal church of Haiti. God has saved the lives of the bishop, the 32 active priests, 9 retired priests, the 6 deacons, the 17 seminarians, 3 nuns and the 4 missionaries and their families. All private houses have been damaged to some degree, but all churches, schools, rectories clinics, and hospitals from Croix des Bouquets to Miragoane are not permitted to be used. In Port au Prince and Leogane, all structures of the Episcopal Church have been completely destroyed. We cannot evaluate how many parishioners and staff members we lost. In the south, BTI is ok but the Saint Sauveur rectory is not safe to sleep in. The seminarians went back to their home town; one of them is a physician, and he has stayed at college St Pierre in Port au Prince to give first aid to the people. The Episcopal church of Haiti has set up more than 7 centers to support victims, mostly in the worst hit areas where the bishop is based with whatever supplies they have been able to receive.

    On behalf of bishop Duracin the partnership program and the people of Haiti, I would like to begin to thank you for your continuing prayer and assistance, especially ERD and our brothers and sisters of the Dominican Republic who share our same island home. We appreciated very strongly the sacrifices of Canon Bill Squire , Dr. McNelly and other team members who flew across the DR border to visit us. Your notes and emails of sympathy are very important to us. Please continue to send your notes of encouragement.

    The Episcopal Relief and Development ( ERD) is doing a very remarkable work to support Haiti during the dilemma, both with emergency support and beginning to plan to be part of the rebuilding of the Episcopal church in Haiti. You can see that Rev. Lauren and Dianne are encouraging you to share information about your work in Haiti. It is very important to cooperate in that survey, because while Port au Prince and Leogane areas are more directly affected by the damage, many victims are returning to their home towns to breath a little bit, find food to eat and a safe place to sleep. However, the movement of people from Port au Prince to the countryside is overwhelming our ability to provide for them, and no relief agencies are yet providing supplies to the countryside.

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  55. ERD is working together with the bishop and a Haitian emergency commission of 15 people where The Canon Oge Beauvoir is the coordinator. Please continue to support ERD with your emergency support. Do not forget your partners in Haiti. You can still send money to your partners by check via lynx and your wire via Citibank. For two days all of the banks have been open in other towns in Haiti, and today they opened in Port au Prince. Remember when you send support to your partners; please copy me and also the diocesan accountant Mr Frantz Antilus in order to facilitate the process. You already know what to do when you want to send your emergency to ERD who are helping us a lot now.

    School will not open in the West department , but schools and universities will open soon in the other 9 departments and will welcome children and students from other departments.

    Thank you for your attention to my note, do not hesitate to ask questions: Ask for the state of your projects. Ask for your beloved friends if they are safe or hurt.

    I continue to serve as the partnership coordinator and the DJ'O(Diocesan Jubile officer) and Rev. Frantz COLE serves as the development officer for the Episcopal diocese of Haiti. The Rev. Roger Bowen is still cooperating with me for the National Association Episcopal School. And Rev. Lauren Stanley who assists in the Partnership and Development program will coordinate with ERD in USA.

    Thanks you all, may God continue to bless you.



    The Rev. Kesner Ajax
    Executive Director, Bishop Tharp Institute (BTI)
    8 Rue du Quai, Cayes
    Tel. Office: 011-509-2286-4676
    011-509-2286-4677
    Mobile: 011-509-3445-3346
    011-509-3724-8376
    Mailing address:
    100 Airport Ave
    Venice Fl. 34285
    Or
    Partnership Program Coordinator
    Episcopal Diocese of Haiti
    C/o Lynx Air
    P.O. Box 407139
    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33340

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  56. January 22 update from OCHA UN:
    http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MYAI-7ZY7VE/$File/full_report.pdf

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  57. http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MUMA-8237QG/$File/full_report.pdf

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  58. Article in NY Times about birth in Haiti, post earthquake:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/world/americas/30birth.html?hp

    slide show http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/01/29/world/0129BIRTH_index.html

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