Haiti Relief Information

Below is a collection of articles and links regarding relief for earthquake victims in Haiti. This page will be updated as more information comes in.

A fire breaks out near the heavily damaged Roman Catholic cathedral in Port-au-Prince Jan. 12 after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit impoverished Haiti. Roman Catholic Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot was killed by the quake, according to the Associated Press

From www.episcopalchurch.org

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/haiti.php

Locating Family Members:

The State Department Operations Center has set up the following number for Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747

New tax relief law for Haiti donors

Haiti Crisis Map

Using the Ushahidi platform: http://haiti.ushahidi.com/main This Crisis Map of Haiti represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date crisis map available to the humanitarian community. The information here is mapped in near real time and gathered from reports coming from inside Haiti via: SMS, Web, Email, Radio, Phone, Twitter, Facebook, Television, List-serves, Live streams, & Situation Reports.

Liturgy Sources

Bulletin Inserts

Litany in Response to the Earthquake in Haiti

A Prayer on the occasion of a disaster, from General Convention 2009:

Compassionate God, whose Son Jesus wept at the grave of his friend Lazarus: Draw near to us in this time of sorrow and anguish, comfort those who mourn, strengthen those who are weary, encourage those in despair, and lead us all to fullness of life; through the same Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

From Episcopal Relief and Development

January 16, 2010: The Three R’s of Disasters

January 15 ,2010: Diocese of Haiti actively responds in the wake of disaster with support from ERD

January 14, 2010: Episcopal Relief and Development coordinates initial Haiti disaster response

January 13, 2010: Episcopal Relief and Development responds to devastating earthquake in Haiti

From the Office of Public Affairs of the Episcopal Church

January 18, 2010: The Presiding Bishop speaks of Haiti in her sermon on Martin Luther King

January 17, 2010: The Presiding Bishop’s Homily at a prayer service for Haiti, Washington National Cathedral

January 16, 2010: Facts about the Diocese of Haiti

From Episcopal Life online:

January 25, 2010: In Haiti’s ‘new era’ Episcopalians around the world offer help

January 22, 2010: Haitian bishop briefs Episcopal Relief and Development on diocese’s priorities

January 21, 2010: Church continues to assist Haiti with aid by air and by hand

January 20, 2010: Aftershock rocks Haiti; diocese expands its recovery role

January 19, 2010: Missionaries call on church’s deep connections with Haiti

January 19, 2010: Presiding Bishop addresses needs in Haiti, Liberia in January 31 bulletin inserts

January 18, 2010: Haitian bishop, living in tent city, says ‘the people are strong’; Duracin calls for help as church, Episcopal Relief and Development respond

January 18, 2010: Presiding bishop: King would ‘remind us that the people of Haiti are our brothers and sisters’

January 17, 2010: Episcopal Church spends Sunday in prayer for Haiti

January 15, 2010: ‘I was certain I was going to die’; Caught in Haiti earthquake, Episcopal Church missionaries recount survival

January 14, 2010: In Haiti, Milwaukee men are alive; others continue to wait for news of the missing

January 14, 2010: Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion rally to aid Haiti; leaders call for an ‘immediate and generous’ response

January 14, 2010: Church’s response to Haitian crisis grows; Episcopal Relief and Development official due to travel to region

January 14, 2010: Haiti earthquake prompts the desire to help, asks the question of how

January 13, 2010: Updated: Haiti struck by devastating earthquake; diocese suffers heavy damage

January 13, 2010: Presiding Bishop urges prayers, support for Haiti following devastating earthquake

January 13, 2010: Letter from the Presiding Bishop

January 13, 2010: Statement from the Presiding Bishop regarding the earthquake in Haiti

Photo Galleries

A gallery of photographs taken near College Ste. Pierre, a diocesan school in Port-au-Prince, in the hours after the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti is available here.

Multimedia – Video

January 13, 2010: Presiding Bishop and ERD President respond to the earthquake in Haiti

ONE Blog

January 15, 2010: Help Haiti. Drop the debt.

From EPPN (Episcopal Public Policy Network)

January 15, 2010: Pray. Give. Advocate

ECVA Blog:

January 14, 2010: Update on Haiti aid from Episcopal Relief and Development

From the Dominican Development Group:

January 13, 2010: Dominican Development Group Newsletter regarding Haiti relief