Sadly, Haiti has encountered many disasters and our relief efforts are all done through the local churches. As our church communities walk through the disasters with their own families, they also eagerly serve one another.
- October 4, 2016 Hurricane Matthew made landfall in southern Haiti. Our churches sent a 15 member team made up of ministry leaders, school directors and skilled carpenters to deliver food, distribute supplies, pick up debris, and reconstruct damaged roofs. Our churches pooled resources to purchase needed supplies to assist their neighbors.
- January 12, 2010 A 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, killing nearly 300,000 people. Though our communities experienced only tremors, over 133,000 people were estimated to have moved back to our area from the capital. Haitian and North American churches partnered together, delivering hot meals to the patients and family members in the hospital, filling their prescriptions, providing hygiene items, and offering comfort. Churches rented or constructed homes for families that returned to the area. Schools accepted students who had relocated to the area, and our homes accepted about a dozen children who had lost their parents in the earthquake. We offered scholarships to 81 relocated young adults to attend classes at our vocational school. We collected medical supplies that were forwarded to another agency for distribution.
- September 2008 Hurricanes Hannah and Ike hit our region in the same week. Our churches assisted by immediately distributing cash to over 650 families to purchase basic essentials and food and constructing many homes for families over the next few years.
- Spring and Summer 2008 Hunger hit our community due to failed gardens and rising food prices. We purchased a large quantity of rice and our church leaders delivered it to the families most affected in our communities.
- September 18, 2004 Hurricane Jeane devasted our area and over 3,000 people perished. We assisted more than 200 families, sent a medical team and also provided the building supplies needed for 40 families to construct new homes.