Category: Disaster
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Together in Mission: Haiti
There is a new Lutheran Church in Haiti. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Haiti is a growing body of believers with 12 congregations scattered across Haiti. The Florida-Bahamas Synod of the ELCA asked me to put this video together for the 2010 Synod Assembly.
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Clearing Rubble, Redemption Lutheran, Carrefour, Haiti
Members of Redemption Lutheran Church in Carrefour, Haiti gather to clear rubble from their destroyed church building. The structure collapsed during the January 12, 2010 earthquake that hit Haiti. Fortunately, no one was in the building when it collapsed.
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Religion and Ethics Weekly: Haiti
At the Haiti/Dominican Republic border, I ran into Gail Fendley a producer with Religion & Ethics Weekly on PBS. Gail and her crew were producing a story on relief work from the Dominican side of the border. We exchanged business cards and I was able to share footage I recorded in Haiti which they used…
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Haiti, Three Weeks After: Chris Herlinger Reports
My friend Chris Herlinger from Church World Service and I produced this story in Port Au Prince, Haiti, three weeks after the January 2010 earthquake. Port Au Prince, Haiti February, 2010 by Chris Herlinger In the nearly three weeks since the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake, Haiti feels like a desert bereft of much that makes…
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Why We’re Addicted to Disaster Porn
My friend, photo journalist Paul Jeffrey shared this David Sirota story with me. I post it here as a response to friends and family who ask, “How was Haiti?” Though not a religious article, I think there is some Gospel in here somewhere. Tim Why We’re Addicted to Disaster Porn By David Sirota, AlterNet Posted…
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Wrapping Things up in Haiti
Packing up my equipment and belongings as my time in Haiti draws to a close, thoughts and emotions percolate. I was invited to come to Haiti two weeks after the January 2010 earthquake that leveled much of Port Au Prince and the surrounding countryside by the ELCA Disaster Response and the Lutheran World Federation. As…
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Food Distribution Gone Bad
Here is what it looks like when a food and tent distribution goes bad. This scene was recorded in Gressier, a village about 20 km outside Port Au Prince, two weeks after the 2010 Earthquake.
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Sylvia Raula, LWF Haiti
Sylvia Raulo, Country Representative for the Lutheran World Federation Haiti Program reflects on the 2010 Haiti Earthquake.
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Advocating for Haiti’s Disabled
Haiti’s disabled population is particularly vulnerable following the January 2010 earthquake. Church World Service is working with the Haitian government to distribute health kits.
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Act Alliance Supports Haiti’s Homeless
Tent cities have sprung up across Port Au Prince following the January 2010 earthquake. In one settlement, ACT Alliance provides tents, drinking water and children’s programs.