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Several weeks have passed after the earthquake that affected the southwestern part of Haiti.  According to the information provided by the National Spiritual Council of Churches in Haiti (CONASPEH)<\/a>, in the areas of the Nippes and the Grand’anse, 37,312 houses are destroyed, 46,913 damaged, and more than 2,207 have died.  A million people and 500,000 children were being affected in some way by the earthquake.  “This new earthquake reminds us of the one on January 12, 2010, which was felt in several geographic departments and as far as Port-au-Prince. I remember the destruction of public and religious buildings, schools, and businesses,” said Rev. Dr. Francoise Villier, CONASPEH’s General Bishop and President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Global Ministries provided an initial amount of funds to assist CONASPEH in their assessment, accompaniment, and the attention of the most stressing needs in the southwestern part of the country.\u00a0 It has not been easy.\u00a0 Reverend Villier described, “The earthquake has put our Bishops under challenging situations in the country’s three most affected departments. \u00a0Combined resources from Global Ministries and our local congregations allowed our Bishops, as supervisors, to bring emotional and pastoral care in their zones.\u00a0 They also continue gathering information as much as possible in their respective zones.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the five departments affected by the most recent earthquake, CONASPEH has nine Bishops who are supervisors and guides.  They visited congregations and communities, as each Bishop is in charge of at least ten churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The best help that we can bring to a brother or sister is to be present and to support them. \u00a0Psychologically and emotionally, they will feel loved and surrounded; therefore, our presence has been significant. \u00a0Our Bishops have been providing counseling, group and individual prayers, and seeking concrete alternatives to alleviate the pain and suffering. \u00a0We are also providing food and water, as they are priorities at this moment,” said Villier.\u00a0 They could assist approximately 300 families, or 1,500 persons, with food, water, medicines, and clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONASPEH shares their many thanks to all the siblings who have helped make this work possible.\u00a0 They appreciate the efforts conducted by the Week of Compassion, Global H.O.P.E., and Global Ministries to accompany the Haitian people amid this present crisis. \u00a0Still, the needs in these departments are enormous. \u00a0People are starving. Moreover, as Reverend Villier told me in our last communication: “A lot of help has arrived in the name of the poor.\u00a0 The thing is that the poor receive too little of that help.\u00a0 That is because many people in Haiti seek to be rich in the name of the poor.\u00a0 However, you have thought of us. \u00a0You facilitated that we can be there for our brothers and sisters.\u00a0 They know us, and we know them.\u00a0 We can be for them because we were already there before the earthquake, and we will continue being after that that aid is gone.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To accompany our partners, CONASPEH and House of Hope, you can make a financial contribution to support their ministry of accompaniment to victims and families.  Information on sending gifts to Global Ministries online, by check in the mail, or by phone can be found at www.globalministries.org\/give<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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