Some of the world-famous murals that adorned the walls of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti’s Holy Trinity cathedral prior to the Jan. 12 earthquake, and gave Haitians of all faiths a vision of their place in the stories of the Bible, could be preserved and possibly even restored.
Plan International, a development agency heavily focused on helping to repair the education system in Haiti, has sponsored unique psychosocial training sessions for several hundred teachers in hopes that educating them about the science of earthquakes and post-traumatic stress disorder will smooth what continues to be a bumpy transition back to the classroom for all.
Some good news of restoration of the murals from the rubble of the earth quake that leveled the Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
During a meeting with Episcopal Church Center staff in New York this week, the Rev. Kesner Ajax, Diocese of Haiti partnership coordinator reported on the progress of the recovery efforts in Haiti.
The U.S. Embassy chose College St. Pierre because of the Episcopal Church’s efforts to care for the people of Haiti, and to rebuild the country.
Michelle Obama accompanied by Jill Biden, the First Lady and the wife of the Vice President, made an unexpected visit to Haiti today. As part
When disaster strikes, it usually highlights the faults lines of poverty and class that already existed in a society. We saw this at work in New Orleans after Katrina, but never has this been more apparent than in Haiti.
The devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010, does not stop us from singing in joy and gladness, “Alleluia, He is risen” in this Easter season.
Haitian people are people of hope. They hope for a better future. The church has lost everything that it has; all the buildings are down. In all this, at the site of churches, you can go every Sunday and find many people gathered for worship. The church is there even though there are no buildings. We are there, the people are there.
The Department of Homeland Security recently gave Haitians living in the United States prior to the Jan. 12 earthquake permission to apply for Temporary Protected Status, which would allow them to obtain 18-month work visas.