Posts Tagged Haiti Earthquake
Scientology Volunteers Establish Headquarters for Haiti
on June 4, 2010 by Meet-A-Scientologist in Scientology, Comments Off
Pétionville, Haiti—The Church of Scientology International Volunteer Ministers opened a new headquarters Saturday, signaling a new level of commitment to the people of Haiti in rebuilding their country. Located just east of Port-au-Prince, the new headquarters will facilitate the staging and coordination of operations, and provide temporary housing for volunteers from outside Haiti.
Scientology Volunteer Ministers Haiti: Over 284,000 people helped
on May 9, 2010 by Meet-A-Scientologist in Scientology, Comments Off
In the first week following the Haiti earthquake the Church of Scientology Volunteer Minister corps has mobilized and safely transported more than 350 rescue and medical professionals and Volunteer Ministers to Haiti. Donations for about 40 tons of food and medicine were raised and the supplies were brought into Haiti for distribution, in coordination with the United Nations. Within ten days over 100 Volunteer Ministers were working in Haiti.
Impressions: Unloading the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Ship
on May 3, 2010 by Meet-A-Scientologist in Scientology, Comments Off
The “Lifeboat for Haiti” arrived in Port-au-Prince in April 2010, loaded with tons of supplies–everything from MREs (meals ready to eat) to crutches, medicine, cooking-stoves and an ambulance. All the supplies were donated by charities and everything is being distributed to charities in Haiti including schools, orphanages, hospitals and clinics. The Scientology Volunteer Ministers in the USA and Haiti who had organized the ship and more than 100 tons of donations welcomed the ship at a private dock in Haiti.
Church of Scientology International Honors Haiti Volunteers
on April 21, 2010 by Meet-A-Scientologist in Scientology, Comments Off
Marking National Volunteer Week, Scientology Church praises 1,000 volunteers for more than 150,000 hours in Haiti relief effort
Scientology Volunteer back in Adams from relief trip to Haiti
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By Ryan Hutton, North Adams Transcript Tuesday April 20, 2010
ADAMS—After spending six weeks in Haiti, Adams resident Richard Girard is back in the Berkshires with tales of his trip.
A Tent for the Haitian Woman No One Thought Would Survive
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It was January 2010, a week and a half after the 7.0 earthquake hit Port-au-Prince. Benitha, a dying Haitian woman in a ward at General Hospital, called out for help—to no one, to everyone. Earlier that day, attempts to help her failed because they didn’t have the needed equipment or medications. Medical staff were stretched far beyond their ability to cope—with a handful of doctors covering the entire compound and hundreds and hundreds of patients in urgent need of care, there was nothing more they could do for Benitha. The woman was literally drowning in her own fl