An earthquake hit the country of Haiti on January 11. Please use the information below to see what we're doing as the people of Trinity UMC and how you can help.
Please be patient as we continue to assess and discover needs in Haiti. Resources, needs, and logistics are changing by the minute. We and the people we're working with are doing all they can.
Join us for a presentation on Haiti
On Sunday, March 14, representatives working with relief efforts in Haiti will be sharing suring the Sunday School hour. Click here for more details.
Urgent need for volunteers
- Warehouse volunteers - the warehouse in Decatur needs people to process, sort, and prepare collected items for shipment. There is a huge need for anyone with medical or pharmaceutical knowledge in order to help sort and identify items. Contact Matt Reed for details, or click here to find directions and contact information.
Situation update
Since the last update, many things have changed regarding needs, priorities, and assessment of capabilities. One of the aspects of this disaster in Haiti is that it is so unlike the disaster we have responded to in the past.
Without going into too much detail, because of the pre-existing gaps in care, organization, and poverty, compounded by Haiti's remoteness, lack of adequate ports and air entry, and extent of serious injury, the standard relief and response timetable has been extended. This means that relief workers in Haiti are still addressing first-level crises, when in other situations this stage would have already subsided.
What this means for us as a church and people of compassion, is that our usual efforts to respond and support those in need are different than how we have done things in the past. Additionally, through prayer and the efforts of some extremely gifted people in our congregation and in our community, we have felt led that Trinity's resources would best be used by concentrating them on very specific areas.
Financial donations are accepted at Trinity will go toward relief efforts being coordinated here. Make checks payable to Trinity UMC with the memo indicating Haiti Relief. 100% of the money collected will go directly to providing relief to the people of Haiti.
Donations coming from all over
Other ways to help
Other ways to help through the UMC
The General Board of Global Mission is developing a response now. Go here for the ADVANCE project.
Go to GBGM's Website now.
Find GBGM on Facebook.
Follow GBGM on Twitter.
Links to our partner groups
- Haiti Food Drive - a food and fundraising drive to help the people of Haiti
- Harvest Field Ministries - working to meet spiritual, physical, and educational needs of the children of Haiti
- Food for the Poor - ministry to impoverished people
- H.E.R.O. (Haiti Emergency Relief Organization) - local mission doing relief in Haiti
Directions:
Take I-565 to I-65 South
Exit 334 West (Priceville) off I-65
Go 3.2 Miles turn left on Highway 31 South
Go 1.0 mile turn left between the Ford dealerships two car lots (Joe Sartain Ford)
Behind Joe Sartain Ford, go past the first warehouse and turn right.
Go around the building and the UMC Disaster Relief Warehouse is in building R.
Phone: (256) 642-1759 or (256) 341-9961
Hours for drop off: 9am-4pm
Compassion International
Compassion International also has a significant presence in Haiti. At the current time there are 230 churches helping 65,000+ children and their families. There are also 2,200 Child Survival Mom and Babies being served along with almost 200 LDP Students.
Get updates about Haiti from compassion International's blog at:
http://blog.compassion.com/tag/haiti/
When we have any information we will share it via Twitter and Facebook.