Disaster Relief
Precious Cargo Arrives in Haiti
After weeks of anticipation and a few bumps in the road, 10 containers of relief supplies from Cross being carried by a treasure-hunting ship reached our ministry partners in Les Cayes, Haiti. The 20-foot containers — carrying food, water, medicines, and other urgently-needed relief supplies — were a welcome site to our ministry partner, who … Continue reading
Visiting a ‘Ghost Town’
Cross President Jim Cavnar and several staff members recently returned from a trip to Haiti. During their time in the earthquake-devastated country, they visited several of the ministries we are helping during this time of recovery. In their first few hours on the ground the staff was struck by the empty streets of Port-au-Prince, which … Continue reading
A Time for Mourning and Fasting
In Haiti, one thing has always been certain. Through all the poverty, tragedy, and violence that has plagued the small Caribbean nation, Haitians have always celebrated Carnival. But not this year. The lively annual festivities, which would have begun Sunday and ended today, have been set aside, so the Haitian people can observe three days … Continue reading
Turning Haiti’s Mourning into Gladness
This week, Cross staff met with Haitian mission partner Gladys Mecklembourg, who runs the Togetherness in Christ orphanage, to learn how her ministry is coping with the earthquake crisis. Cross supplies the orphanage with weekly deliveries of rice, beans, oil, and other food, and has provided addition funds to help Gladys meet emergency needs. By … Continue reading
Hands-On Support in Port-au-Prince
On Saturday, Cross International took part in another emergency aid distribution. The event was held at a church in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Jacquet. Much of the city remains in ruins since the Jan. 12 earthquake, and those who have not fled to outlying areas are still in need of food and shelter. The distribution … Continue reading
Supplies and Support for our Haitian Partners
Between serving as a guide and translator for an NBC news crew and personally delivering pillows for all the beds at the main Project Medishare hospital in Haiti (as he put it, “My vehicle looks like a giant cotton ball!”), Cross International Projects Officer Michael Wilson has successfully established a food distribution network in the … Continue reading
Survivors’ spirits battered, but not broken
In an email update from Port-au-Prince to our Florida headquarters, Cross International Projects Officer Michael Wilson describes a nation picking itself up by its bootstraps. His observation—a testament to the incredible resilience of the Haitian people—is excerpted here: There are signs of normalcy, whatever that means in a Haiti that is forever changed. We saw … Continue reading
From the Field: Aid to Hospital Espoir
We received some good news from Mike Henry, our projects officer who has been coordinating relief in Haiti since the earthquake. He and one of our partner organizations were able to get medical supplies to a hospital we support near Port-au-Prince. Below is an excerpt from his field notes a few days ago: With the … Continue reading
Prayers Needed as Staff Travel to Haiti
Two more staff members will be traveling to Port-au-Prince Wednesday to help with our relief efforts being coordinated from our office in Haiti. They will meet up with Project Officer Mike Henry, who has been working diligently from the devastated country since the earthquake hit Tuesday. “We will be doing whatever we can to help … Continue reading
From the Field: The day after the quake
Our Projects Officer Mike Henry, who has been updating us from the field since the earthquake shook Haiti Tuesday, sent us more news this afternoon. Below is an excerpt from his notes from the day after the earthquake: I woke up at dawn on Wednesday morning to the sound of helicopters flying over and thought, … Continue reading
