Hopegivers News

Posted January 15, 2010

Haiti Eathquake

Many folks have been calling and asking about Hopegivers' needs for the ministry in Haiti due to the earthquake. Most of Hopegivers' work in Haiti is focused primarily in the northern part of the country. In the North the quake was felt, but there has been very little damage reported. We praise God for the safety of all of these brothers and sisters.    

Nevertheless, there is tremendous need in Port-au-Prince and many other towns and villages in the South which were close to the earthquake epicenter. With the immediate need, Hopegivers is working with Iglesia Bautista de la Gracia, a local church partner in Santiago, Dominican Republic.  We have sent 200 doctors, who left for Haiti this afternoon to assist those injured in the quake. In addition, 24,000 bottles of water, along with food, medicines and other supplies are being brought tinto the Port Au Prince area.

In the short-term, Hopegivers will continue to work with local churches and ministry partners in Haiti and the Dominican Republic to provide assistance to those victims of the earthquake who need immediate help.

As a ministry, our medium to long-term response will be focused on reconstruction and caring for the orphaned and abandoned. After security has been established and the initial search and rescue efforts are over, Hopegivers will:

1.  Assist in the reconstruction of schools, orphanages, and churches that have been destroyed in the earthquake 

2.  Care for children orphaned and abandoned by the earthquake. In the coming weeks and months, there will be a need to start orphanages for the children whose parents were killed in the earthquake. 

With our focus on reconstruction and the orphaned and abandoned, we encourage you to ask people to give now so that Hopegivers will be in a position to help some of the tens of thousands of children who are expected to be orphaned because of this catastrophe. Governments and disaster response organizations are playing a critical role right now in helping with rescue and relief. We praise the Lord for them, but when they leave Haiti, the question will then become “What Now?" That is where we feel our response and your support can be most effective.

Thank you for all of the prayers and support. Please continue to pray for all those affected. While our friends in the North of Haiti are safe, we have not heard from many who live in the Port-au-Prince area.

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