Articles : Haiti earthquake
Nov. 28, 2011 issue
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Photo by Silas Crews/MCC
Business, education keys to Haiti’s recovery
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Before the magnitude-7 earthquake struck here almost two years ago, Ronald Sadou Zami struggled to find work. Like many Haitians, he had discovered multiple ways to earn minimal income. He wrote poems for schools, was a sewing machine mechanic and sometimes did masonry work.
Now, after participating in a masonry seminar led by Mennonite Central Committee, he has more consistent employment and earns more money for his family.
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Beyond aid, MCC Haiti an advocate for people
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Nearly two years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, about $9 million of Mennonite Central Committee’s $16 million disaster response funds have been spent on projects to revitalize Haitians’ lives.
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Trauma healing not just for earthquake survivors
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — With dignified humility, Edouarnus Estivil calls himself a direct victim of the January 2010 earthquake. It destroyed his Port-au-Prince home. It paralyzed his sister, and it killed his mother, the head of his household.
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Hope for a new Haiti
Haiti will always be Haiti. It will never change. That’s what a young, educated Haitian told me as our Land Cruiser meandered past the still-destroyed National Palace. He said he had little hope for his country but would always have hope for himself and his family.
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Housing, latrine projects help bring dignity back to life
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In a matter of seconds, the January 2010 earthquake turned Elumene Charles’ modest, concrete home to rubble. She lost everything.
Jan. 24, 2011 issue
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Building homes means clearing barriers in Haiti
AKRON, Pa. — Rebuilding houses in post-earthquake Haiti seems like it should be a simple, straightforward task — clear away the rubble and build houses that do a better job of protecting lives from disasters.
Jan. 17, 2011 issue
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MCC family worldwide embraces Haiti’s recovery
AKRON, Pa. — From Paraguay, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, people volunteered through Mennonite Central Committee to work side by side with Haitians, cleaning up rubble left by the devastating earthquake that hit the island nation a year ago.
Aug. 2, 2010 issue
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MCC, MEDA helping Haiti’s homeless
Haitians left homeless by January’s earthquake are getting construction help from a collaborative venture.
July 19, 2010 issue
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Foreign aid, local compassion as MCC continue response to Haiti earthquake
WINNIPEG, Man. — Mennonite Central Committee has approved $3.4 million in projects in the first six months of its five-year response to the Haiti earthquake.
June 14, 2010 issue
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Seminary professor sees Haiti’s hope in its people
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Lonnie Yoder will long remember the story told him by a young woman from Haiti who survived the country’s horrific earthquake.
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