Haiti Earthquake 1 year later: On the 1 year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the work of rebuilding continues. The Episcopal Diocese of Alabama sent six medical mission teams to Haiti during 2010 along with relief funds and supplies. The effort is part of Alabama’s five year relationship with the Diocese of Haiti:
Alabama Episcopal Church medical team serves Haitians during quake anniversary
Team members see progress amid challenges one year later
From Episcopal News Service online
Two days before the first anniversary of the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake that devastated vast portions of Haiti, young children were making music in the ruins of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the capital of Port-au-Prince.
The sight and sound of students of the Diocese of Haiti’s Holy Trinity Music School practicing under the open-air shelter that now serves as the cathedral nave was “very encouraging,” the Rev. Deacon Dave Drachlis of the Diocese of Alabama told Episcopal News Service in a telephone interview Jan. 10.
The effort is part of Alabama’s five-year companion-diocese relationship with the Diocese of Haiti. The relationship is focused on St. Simeon parish. The Diocese of Alabama sent six medical mission teams to Haiti during 2010 along with relief funds and supplies.
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“I get a sense that the Haitian people are trying to get their lives back together,” said Serio. “There’s still a very long way to go.”
Drachlis called this visit “bittersweet” because a year after the quake “there’s still a lot of suffering going on and that’s heartbreaking.”