Archive for the ‘Outreach International’ category

Volunteer in Haiti with Outreach International

January 13, 2012

Outreach International, a charity affiliated with the Community of Christ, is advertising a long-term volunteer position in Haiti. For information, click here.

Help Needed in Haiti

September 21, 2010

Outreach International is looking for a long-term volunteer with good research and writing skills to work in Haiti for 6-12 months. If you are interested in helping Outreach International’s school system in Haiti, which serves over 9000 students, recover from the January earthquake, click here to read the vacancy announcement.

The Globalization of Zion

June 2, 2010

‘Zion’ has been a central theological concept and practical imperative of the Community of Christ, since its very beginnings.  Particularly in the first half of the 20th century, Zion (not to be confused with Zionism) represented a vision of ‘the kingdom of heaven on earth’ – not to be realized in some far off future, [...]

Help Out in Haiti: Outreach International Needs Long-Term Volunteers

April 20, 2010

Outreach International, a humanitarian and development charity affiliated with the Community of Christ, is seeking help with post-earthquake reconstruction efforts in Haiti. Outreach International supports a network of 90 schools in Haiti.  Some 30 of these schools were destroyed or sustained major damage from the earthquake.  The reconstruction process goes far beyond the normal scope of [...]

Reflections from Haiti

March 6, 2010

As of the last week in January, I have been working as the Haiti Emergency Coordinator for Outreach International, a charity affiliated with the Community of Christ. Since the 1980s, Outreach International has supported a network of about 90 schools catering to 9,000 students in Haiti. About 30 of these schools were in the earthquake-affected [...]

Responding Responsibly to Disasters like the Haiti Earthquake

January 14, 2010

In response to the terrible earthquake in Haiti, both Outreach International (click here for their appeal) and the church (click here for their appeal) are calling on church members to give generously to those in need. In times like this there is often a rush of people wanting to jet to the disaster zone and [...]

Devastation in Haiti! Please Help!

January 14, 2010

Much of Port-au-Prince has been destroyed, including even the Presidential Palace (above) and the United Nations mission. Outreach International has issued the following concerning the catastrophe in Haiti: Thousands of people, possibly 100,000, have been killed by the earthquake that hit Haiti at 5pm Tuesday evening. Outreach International has been working in Haiti since the [...]


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