HAITI EARTHQUAKE
Your donation to The Salvation Army’s relief efforts in Haiti has been put to good use and continues to make a difference. To date we have served more than 5.4 million meals and 4.2 million gallons of water, employed 400 local people and provided shelter and medical care to tens of thousands.
Your gift will continue to save lives far into the future. In the next year alone, our response teams will serve another 7 million meals, build nearly 4,500 transitional homes and employ 700 more men and women. This is in addition to our ongoing outreach in Haiti. As a local service provider, we have been operating schools, churches, clinics and hospitals there since 1950.
Haiti has become The Salvation Army’s largest humanitarian effort in our 145-year history. And our ability to save so many lives has been made possible by caring people like you.
To learn more about how your donation has been making a difference, please visit www.sawso.org
Blog:
-Haiti Strategy Conference Plans for Long Haul
-Four Miracles Amidst an Earthquake
-Relief Workers Prepare Before Haiti’s Rainy Season
-Salvation Army Offers Proposal for Green Shelters in Haiti
-Two Armies – One Mission
-An Unexpected Delivery
-Kids to the Rescue!
-Haiti Relief Workers Face New Injuries, Diseases in Post-Earthquake Environment-American Idol Star Visits Haiti
-13-Year-Old Girl Crochets Roses for Haiti Relief
-E-Bay Earnings from Celebrity Signed Football to Benefit Salvation Army Haiti Relief Efforts
-Food Used to Raise Awareness of Human Trafficking Threat to Haitians
-February 3: Notes from Haiti’s Disaster Zone
-Salvation Army Officer Gives Personal Account of Disaster Relief Efforts
-Go Fly a Kite!
-A Lifeline to Home and Hope
-Haitians Welcome Safe, Orderly Food Distribution Process
-More Supplies and Aid Reach Haitians
-Jeremiah 29: Plans to Give You Hope and a Future
-UN Names Salvation Army “Lead Agency”
-UPS Director Volunteers in Haiti
-No Such Thing as a Quick Fix
-Salvation Army Comes to Aid of Orphanage
-First Baby Born after Earthquake
-More Teams Arrive in Haiti
Press Releases:
-Salvation Army Builds 600 Transitional Shelters in Haiti Following Destructive Earthquake
-UPS Tracking Technology Used to Streamline Salvation Army Supply Distribution in Haiti
-The Salvation Army in Haiti:
Healing, Wholeness and Hope Update
-Delivery Giants Lend Expertise to Salvation Army Critical Food Delivery
-The Salvation Army in Haiti: A Place of Life and New Birth
-Salvation Army Assists 28-Day Survivor
-The Salvation Army in Haiti:
Bringing Healing, Wholeness, and Hope
-Weekend Update
-Jan 28 Haiti Relief Update
-Jan 27 Haiti Relief Update
-Jan 26 Haiti Relief Update
-Jan 25: Salvation Army Haiti Relief Fact Sheet
-Salvation Army to Reopen School in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti Following Earthquake
-The Salvation Army Earthquake Relief Operation
Extends to Haitian Countryside
-Elementary School Students in New Brighton Holding Fund-Raising Competition for Haiti Relief
-"Wheels are Up" on Emergency Supply Shipment
-Jan. 22 Update: Aid by the Numbers
-Jan. 21 Update: Aid by the Numbers
-Jan. 19 Update: Aid by the Numbers
-Medical Teams, Relief Workers and Materials Support 700 Local Salvation Army Officers and Staff
-Latest from the Assessment Team in Haiti
-Salvation Army Assessment Teams Arrive in Haiti
-1/14 Update on Haiti Relief Efforts
-Update: Disaster Relief Efforts in Haiti
-The Salvation Army Serving in Haiti
Amid Damage to its Own Facilities
-Salvation Army Mobilizing Personnel,
Resources to Aid with Haiti Earthquake Relief
Photos:
-Haiti Disaster Response
Video/Audio:
-The Salvation Army - Hope for Haiti
-Salvation Army Food Distribution in Haiti
-Check out all our disaster videos
-Haiti Situation: Critical
-Interview: Bob and Vicki Poff Witness Disaster in Haiti
-Facebook video of the scene outside our Divisional Headquarters in Port Au Prince, Haiti
-Salvation Army Haiti Public Service Announcement
-Hardball: Interview with Bob Poff
-MSNBC: The latest from Haiti
-MSNBC: Aid Worker Calls Earthquake "Most Horrific Thing I've Ever Seen"
-Facebook video of Bob Poff following the earthquake-recorded by Yves Montoban.
-Salvation Army Official Bob Poff Calls Haiti Earthquake 'Horrifying'
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-McDonald's in International Falls
-Texas Roadhouse in Grand Forks, ND
1/14/10 Letter from Bob Poff, Divisional Director of Disaster Services in Haiti
Good morning, Facebook family and friends! It is day 3 in Haiti - and today takes a big turn for us! Support staff from around the globe begin arriving, and we will venture out in the further regions of Haiti to assess needs, and determine our plan for helping literally hundreds of thousand of people in the coming mont...hs.
Please pray for us today, as we deal with the issue of not much potable water left; food supplies going low; many, many people who medical attention beyond our capacity; and the growing sense of despair about the future.The Salvation Army - and indeed the Haitian people - are very stroing! And we're going to use all of our strength - the strength of the Lord - to serve His people, in His name, for His honor and glory! If you could join us in that prayer - we would be honored.
And as soon as you are finished praying, you must make a plan about what YOU can do to help! Many of you have asked me on FB, and I haven't the time at the moment to respond to each question. However, I can tell you that the place to start with your questions is your local Salvation Army. They will know exactly what to do to help you. You can also go here for more information or to make a donation. YOUR support is critical, both now and in the coming weeks and months!
Thank you for your prayers, your kind words, your willingness to help! Together, we ARE making a difference!
God bless you!
Bob Poff
Devastation in Haiti
(1/13/10 Letter from Bob Poff, Divisional Director of Disaster Services in Haiti)
Words cannot begin to describe the devastation that has taken place in Port au Prince, Haiti.
I am the Director of Disaster Services for The Salvation Army in Haiti, and I am from the United States. My wife and I have been in Port au Prince since April, and have fallen deeply in love with the country and its people.
When the earthquake struck, I was driving down the mountain from Petionville. Our truck was being tossed to and fro like a toy, and when it stopped, I looked out the windows to see buildings "pancaking" down, like I have never witnessed before. Traffic, of course, came to a stand-still, while thousands of people poured out into the streets, crying, carrying bloody bodies, looking for anyone who could help them. We piled as many bodies into the back of our truck, and took them down the hill with us, hoping to find medical attention. All of them were older, scared, bleeding, and terrified. It took about 2 hours to go less than 1 mile. Traffic was horrible, devastation was everywhere, and suffering humanity was front and center.
When we could drive no further, we left the truck parked on the side of the street, and walked the remaining 2 miles to get back to the Army compound. What I found was very sad! All of the security walls were down. The Children's Home itself seems pretty intact, but our quarters, which is attached, are destroyed. Unliveable. The walls and ceiling are still standing - but so badly compromised that I wouldn't even think of trying to stay there. All of the children, and hundreds of neighbors, are sleeping in our playground area tonight. Occasionally, there is another tremor - another reminder that we are not yet finished with this calamity. And when it comes, all of the people cry out and the children are terrified.
As I am sitting outside now, with most people trying to get a little sleep, I can hear the moans and crys of the neighbors. One of our staff went to a home in the neighborhood, to try to be of assistance to the woman who lived there. But she was too late.
The scene will be repeated over and over again. Tomorrow, we will begin the process of assessing damage, learning about casualties, and preparing for the future.
God bless Haiti.
CHILE EARTHQUAKE
Blog:
-Salvation Army Aids Chile’s Fishing Communities
-Strong Arms Around Chile
-Water Well from Years Past Put to Good Use
-A “Very Deceiving Earthquake”
-Update: Chile Relief Efforts
-A Life Saving Army – Serving in Chile for 100 Years
-Tents Set Up to House Chile’s Displaced Earthquake Victims
-Text-To-Give to Chile Earthquake Relief Effort
-Salvation Army Immediately Responds to Chile Earthquake
Press Releases:
-The Salvation Army Ramps Up Service Across Chile
-The Salvation Army Responds to Earthquake in Chile
Photos:
-Chile Earthquake Response
