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 Feb. 8, 2010 - It has now been almost a month since the devastating earthquake that affected so many people in Haiti. Although there has been no reported loss of life of our sponsored children, we have discovered that many of our sponsored children have lost brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins who were living, studying and working in Port-au-Prince.
As television coverage dwindles and life goes on in Haiti, we must keep our sponsored families and all the people of Haiti in our thoughts and prayers as they struggle to regain some sense of normalcy in their lives.
In a recent statement, the International Manager for Haiti, Suzanne Johnson writes: "Lifting up Haiti will be a long and difficult road. It will be a road filled with great challenges and even harder decisions. There will be frustrations and jubilations felt by many over the coming weeks, months and years. There will be mistakes and there will be great successes. There will be more loss and there will be new births. Chalice remains committed to the relief and recovery effort at our Haiti North and Haiti South sites through our sponsorship and disaster relief programmes."
As we receive information on individual children, it will be posted on our website. Please keep checking the site for updates. Also, please continue to offer your prayers on our Chalice Prayer website, www.chaliceprayer.org and on 'Friends of Chalice' Facebook group . The prayers offered will be shared with our sponsored families in Haiti.
This is the final week that donations to Haiti relief will be matched by the federal government. If you would like to donate, please click here. |
been a very high priority for Chalice, as we believe that education is the key that will help to break the cycle of poverty for many families in the developing world.
