Posted tagged ‘earthquake’

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 [...]


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