News Stories involving Adventists and Haiti
ADRA
Strong Quake Strikes Haiti Again; ADRA Focus Turns to Thousands of Displaced Survivors
A strong aftershock struck near Port-au-Prince this morning causing heightened anxiety among the local population, including thousands of displaced survivors from last week's disastrous earthquake who are receiving emergency assistance from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), reported agency staff in Haiti...
Southern Union
Southeastern to send 41 doctors and nurses to Haiti
The Southeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (SEC), headquartered in Mt. Dora, Fl., announced today that it will send two teams of medical professionals to aid in the rescue and recovery efforts in Haiti...
Haiti earthquake donations streaming in from Southwest Florida
At the Eden Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Fort Myers, First Elder Jean Melidor said there was a “fantastic” response from the community. ...
Oakwood Student Finds his Father Alive
As he was departing last week for Haiti with the Oakwood University chapter of the National Association for the Prevention of Starvation, student missionary ...
NAPS Report from Haiti ...
This week, we've been bringing you reports from six Valley doctors in Haiti with NAPS - the National Association for the Prevention of Starvation's chapter at Oakwood University. ...
Video from WAAY TV
Photos from Oakwood University NAPS
West Indies Union Conference
Relief pours in for Haiti
West Indies Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in Jamaica has donated US$10000 and is encouraging its members in the more than 735 congregations in ...
Other Links of Note
Paulsen Comforts Haitian Adventists: ‘Don’t Lose Courage’
Your brothers and sisters around the world, they think about you, they pray for you, they want to be involved and want you to know that they are your family. … Don’t lose courage,” said Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, in a Jan. 20, 2010 statement aired on the church’s Hope Channel as part of a fund-raising effort to aid victims of the Haitian earthquake ...
Haitians Helping Haitians
Quake victims organize at Port-au-Prince Seventh-day Adventist church: You can see the entrance of the international airport where hundreds of Haitians are coming every day, hoping to get a humanitarian pass out of here. While they are doing that, we spent some time inside Port-au-Prince walking around, and we by accident, ran into a church...
T-Mobile USA Waives Call Charges to and From Haiti
T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced that the company is taking a number of steps to provide relief and help unite families in the aftermath the earthquake disaster in Haiti. ...
Coping With a Disaster or Traumatic Event
Trauma and Disaster Mental Health Resources
The effects of a disaster, terrorist attack, or other public health emergency can be long-lasting, and the resulting trauma can reverberate even with those not directly affected by the disaster. ...
Haiti Emergency Response