Haiti Earthquake Disaster

Written by: World Relief
Posted on: 2010-01-27

A 7.0 magnitude quake rocked Haiti on January 12 causing widespread devastation to the capital Port-au-Prince. An eyewitness at the scene reported that the city was “gray
with dust.”

The earthquake highlights the needs in a country already ravaged by poverty, natural disaster and instability.
Haiti is by far the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, with most of the country’s population living on less than $2 a day.When natural disaster strikes, the suffering is almost unimaginable. The earthquake has left people without food, shelter or water. World Relief will respond immediately with emergency kits – and we need your help now. Emergency kits will include ready-to-eat food, water and blankets.
The next few weeks will be critical, so please respond with any amount you are able to give.

For more than 15 years,World Relief has worked alongside hundreds of local churches, delivering vital aid to combat HIV/AIDS, empower mothers to raise healthy children and meet economic needs. In the days ahead, Haiti’s churches will be at the center of reliefand recovery efforts.

Pray

Pray for strength and perseverance
for the emergency response workers,
deployed from around the world, as
they are working long hours in very
difficult conditions.

Pray for the churches in Haiti, that they would find their strength in Christ in order to comfort their
community in the face of great loss.
Many churches have lost their pastors and leaders. Pray for them as they mourn. Pray the global church would continue to support the Haitian church in prayers,with their resources
and financial support.

Pray for World Relief’s 40 Haitian
staff –many of whomhave lost children,
grandchildren and parents. Pray for
comfort for them and the hundreds of
thousands of Haitians who have lost
loved ones in the earthquake.

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http://www.causeup.org