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Haiti Earthquake Resources

Church Appeals | News Reports | Relief Efforts | Prayers and Prayer Services | Spiritual Questions | Social Agencies | Background: Haiti

 

Appeals from the Church

Canadian Bishops Letter

The Pope Appeals for Aid (January 13, 2010)

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Letter

Eglise Catholique D'Haiti (No earthquake news posted as of January 15)

 

News Reports

CBC News

Catholic Register

Fides

Zenit

Vatican Asks US Agency to Lead Haiti Effort: Catholic Relief Services Coordinating Earthquake Aid

Education International: Teachers gear up to help Haiti

 

Relief Efforts

Development and Peace Fundraising information

Sharelife Archdiocese of Toronto

Canadian Red Cross

CARE Canada

Caritas Internationalis

Caritas Australia

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

Catholic Relief Services (Facebook page)

Chalice

Médecins Sans Frontières

Oxfam Canada

Canadian Red Cross & International Red Cross

Save the Children Canada

UNICEF Canada

 

Prayers and Prayer Services

Catholic Relief Services: Haiti Earthquake-Resources For Catholic Educators and Youth Ministers

Prayer Service of Solidarity , A Prayer for the Victims of the Earthquake in Haiti

Prayer Service from York CDSB (Word Document)

Prayer Service from Durham CDSB

CAFOD Prayer for Haiti (Word Document)

Textweek: Worship & Prayer Resources following a natural disaster (Ecumenical resources)

A Prayer After the Earthquake in Haiti Diana Macalintal, Diocese of San Jose.

Haiti Solidarity Week 2008 (Although it does not refer to the earthquake, it contains prayers that can be used in creating prayer services)

Prayer for the People of Haiti

Novena Prayer for the People of Haiti

Prayer for the People of Haiti by Jane Deren

Prayer for Haiti Rose Marie Berger

Archdiocese of Chicago Prayers of the Faithful for Haiti

Prayer for the Haitian People Holy Redeemer Catholic School Ottawa

Diocese of Westminster Petitionary Prayer

Education for Justice Requires subscription to access most prayers & prayer services

Day of Hope Prayer Service submitted by Tony Cosentino (RCDSB)

Prayers for Haiti (Anglican Diocese of Oxford)

 

Spiritual Questions

A Catechist's Journey: A Catholic Response to the Haiti Tragedy

Richard Rohr Reflects on natural disasters and God

Where is God in the Haitian Earthquake YouTube Video

The Spiritual Side of the Suffering in Haiti Carl Anderson

 

Selections from the Catechism of the Catholic Church for Addressing Questions Arising from Disasters submitted by Tony Cosentino (RCDSB)

 

Social Agencies

Fonkoze

Fonkoze is “Haiti’s Alternative Bank for the Organized Poor.” It is the largest microfinance institution (MFI) in Haiti, serving more than 55,000 women borrowers, most of whom live and work in the countryside of Haiti, and more than 175,000 savers.

Beyond Borders

Our mission is to work for justice and peace out of devotion to Christ by fostering sharing and understanding across cultural and economic borders. We do this to make real the reconciliation and liberation that Christ proclaimed for our world.

Partners in Progress and Rich in Mercy

Partners in Health: Stand with Haiti

Maryknoll

Haitian Connection

Background on Haiti's Long Standing Social and Political Challenges

Haiti Marycare

Some facts and figures about Haiti:
* Haiti has the third-highest hunger rate in the world
* life expectancy is 52 years
* infant mortality is 73 per 1,000 per live births
* of every 1,000 women who give birth, 17 die
* of 1,000 children born, 123 die before the age of five
* only 56 percent of children attend primary school
* only one in five children of secondary-school age attends school
* the literacy rate is 52 percent
* the unemployment rate is 70 percent
* Haiti is more "water-poor" (a measure of water quality and availability) than any country in the world

Dr. Paul Farmer's Work in Haiti

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