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#1 01-15-10 9:10 am

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Haiti, Adventism and the Earthquake of 2010

Haiti: Relief efforts underway in aftermath of devastating earthquake Inter-American Division

Communication Department
Libna Stevens
Jan 14, 2010

    January 14, 2010 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti...[Libna Stevens/IAD]

    Forty-eight hours after a powerful earthquake hit the impoverished country of Haiti, thousands of Seventh-day Adventists are still unaccounted for and concerns are rising over the possibility of deaths among church members. The 7.0 earthquake, which hit near the capital city of Port-au-Prince, flattened buildings and killed thousands.


    image by www.cia.gov

    Among Seventh-day Adventist casualties, one pastor is reported to have been killed in the disaster.

    Damage to church property includes the destruction of two of the city's largest churches. In addition, the Adventist university and hospital sustained some structural damage. However, the university has made its campus grounds available to hundreds seeking refuge, and the hospital staff has resumed its medical operations outdoors.

    "Our leaders are frantically addressing their situation there," said Pastor Israel Leito, president of the church in Inter-America, after hearing from Dr. Elie Henry, vice president of the church in Inter-America, who was in Haiti when the quake hit. Dr. Henry, who took part in the Follow the Bible activities in Port-au-Prince earlier this week, has been in Haiti helping to organize efforts and providing support in the wake of the disaster.

    "The top three administrators at the church's headquarters office in Haiti are coordinating efforts the best they can in the aftermath of the disaster," said Pastor Leito, who spoke to leaders briefly today over the phone. Leaders from the Central Haiti Conference based in Port-au-Prince are searching for pastors and their congregations, as well.

    "We fear that many of our members may have died," said Pastor Leito. "We are so concerned about getting help for our brethren. They need shelter, water, food, and medicines."

    A special assessment team from the Inter-American Division (IAD) is flying today to the Dominican Republic, and plans to cross the border into Haiti by car tomorrow. The team will help coordinate relief efforts. The eight-member team, including four from the ADRA International Office, one from Germany, and three from Inter-America, will team up with four experts in disaster response and post trauma counseling in the Dominican Republic to respond to the needs in Haiti.

    In addition, ADRA International has coordinated a group from Canada that will be joining the assessment team and providing medical aid in mobile clinics.

    "The purpose of our team is to establish a basis of operations so that we can offer logistics and volunteers to the other entities and donors and other non-government agencies that are eager to partner with us," said Wally Amundson, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) director for Inter-America.

    Team leaders will work in Haiti for at least one week, and some team members are prepared to stay and help for an additional three to four weeks.

    ADRA International, ADRA Canada and ADRA Inter-America have put together an initial relief operations budget of $85,000.

    "We know there will be more support as we go, but that's just to get things started," said Amundson. "Many of the ADRA offices around the world have said they are willing to become partners."

    "With the lack of communication in Haiti, we don't know how much is available locally or how much we would need to draw on from the Dominican Republic, which is a potential source of supply line and hub for the relief effort," said Amundson, who has satellite phones which will provide direct communication to the IAD.

    Church leaders hope to soon have more information as to its 100,000 church members living in Port-au-Prince, as well as the damages to its 123 temples and dozens of schools there.

    The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Haiti has more than 335,000 church members and 470 churches. In addition to a hospital, a university, and a bakery, the church operates dozens of schools there.

    For more updates on Haiti and other news, visit us at http://www.interamerica.org/.

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#2 01-15-10 2:26 pm

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Re: Haiti, Adventism and the Earthquake of 2010

The problems, as reported by the various news agencies, is delivery of necessary supplies:  water, food, medical necessities.  Until that has been solved, all the supplies now stacked up in the airport, it cannot be distributed to the needy population.

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#3 01-16-10 6:36 am

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ADRA Convoy Arrives in Haiti; Water Purification Devices

Time's Jay Newton-Small travelled to Haiti as part of an ADRA convoy. His dispatches, so far, can be accessed here:

http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/01/15/haiti-d ispatch/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm _campaign=Feed%3A+timeblogs%2Fswampland+%28TIME%3A +Swampland%29#ixzz0cjok6hlG

and here:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article /0,28804,1953379_1953494,00.html?iid=tsmodule

His reports provide a first-hand, journalist-eye account of conditions in Haiti; plus an incidental view of ADRA's arrival with water purification devices in the Haitian capital.

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#4 01-16-10 8:10 am

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American Technicians in Control of Airport; Military to Secure City

The New York Times reports:

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    ... Mr. Obama said he had spoken with the Haitian president, René Préval, and pledged the United States’ full commitment in helping rebuild from a quake that, according to United Nations estimates, destroyed at least 30 percent of the capital and half the buildings in some neighborhoods.

    “As I told the president, we realize that he needs more help and his country needs more help — much more,” Mr. Obama said. “And in this difficult hour, we will continue to provide it.”

    The United States, in fact, took firmer control of the emergency operation on Friday. After three days of chaos and congestion at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s government ceded control of it to American technicians, to speed the flow of relief supplies and personnel.

    The Federal Aviation Administration, which began managing air traffic into Haitian airspace, issued a stern warning to allow aid to flow in a more orderly way: no planes from the United States, military or civilian, would be allowed to land without express permission from the agency.

    Exceptions to the new rule would be granted only to humanitarian aid planes, based on arrival times and on the availability of space at the airport, a notice from the agency said. The F.A.A. warned pilots that fuel still was not available at the airport, and that any aircraft bound here would need to have enough fuel to circle in the air for at least an hour.

    Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that 9,000 to 10,000 American troops were expected in Haiti, on shore and off, by Monday, and that the Pentagon was poised to send more.

    Speaking at a Pentagon news conference, Admiral Mullen said that about 5,000 would be ground troops, who would help with security and logistical support, among other duties; the rest would be on ships. He said that an American aircraft carrier, the Carl Vinson, arrived off Haiti early Friday with 19 helicopters aboard, and that it would serve as a staging area for relief flights, purified water and other supplies...

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/world/americas/1 6haiti.html?pagewanted=1&th&emc=th
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/world/americas/1 6haiti.html?pagewanted=2&th&emc=th

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It is refreshing to see the US military moving in as policemen rather than warriors. I had heard of the chaos in Haiti and wondered who was in charge. This action by the United States is a welcome one, IMO.
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#5 01-16-10 9:06 am

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ADRA Convoy Brings Water Purification Supplies, etc.



Friday morning, ADRA's emergency response team approaches the international border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. (Photo Credit: John Torres/ADRA International)

    SILVER SPRING, Md. —An international emergency response team from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, this afternoon after entering from the Dominican Republic, bringing with them water treatment systems, tents, mobile clinics, and medical personnel to help alleviate a growing humanitarian crisis.

    The group, which departed the Dominican Republic’s capital of Santo Domingo early Friday, January 15, arrived at the border town of Jimani, about 150 miles from Port-au-Prince, during late morning to find scores of Haitian refugees entering the Dominican Republic on foot and by car in search of medical care at a local medical clinic. According to a first hand report, severely injured survivors were being airlifted from Haiti aboard helicopters and brought to Jimani, which serves as one of two main cross border thoroughfares, where a unit from the Puerto Rico U.S. Air National Guard has set-up a command center.

    “There are a lot of people leaving Haiti. Many are injured, including children, and they need immediate assistance,” said John Torres, Senior Public Relations Manager for ADRA International, who is traveling with the team.

    According to Torres, the situation on the ground is dismal, especially in Port-au-Prince where the team arrived at approximately 3:30pm local time. Buildings have been destroyed, fuel shortages are widespread, and the humanitarian situation has become severe.

    “There are a lot of dead people,” said Torres while driving through Port-au-Prince Friday afternoon aboard an ADRA convoy. “It looks like the city has been bombed. People are trying to dig by hand and move the crushed concrete. On the grounds of the presidential palace, thousands of people are staying in makeshift shelters.”

    During its initial response, the agency expects to distribute more than 2 million water purification tablets, provide medical treatment through a team of doctors and emergency medical technicians, and dispense antibiotics, over-the-counter medications, and other medical assistance. ADRA has already committed $1 million to its response in Haiti, and more aid is expected to arrive shortly.

    To send your contribution to ADRA’s Haiti Earthquake Response Fund, please contact ADRA at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372) or give online at www.adra.org.

    Follow ADRA on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest information as it happens.

    ADRA is a non-governmental organization present in 125 countries providing sustainable community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association, age, gender, race or ethnicity.

    For more information about ADRA, visit www.adra.org.

    Author: Nadia McGill

    http://www.adra.org/site/News2?page=New … _ctrl=1141

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    Time's Jay Newton-Small travelled with this group. His dispatches can be found at:

    http://www.covenantforum.com/discus/mes … 1263637283


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#6 01-16-10 9:28 am

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Dutch ADRA Worker and Body Bags

Lara Marlowe writes for the Irish Times:

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    ...Access to the beleaguered capital, Port-au-Prince, is difficult, with commercial flights suspended. The long road to Port-au-Prince starts in Santo Domingo in the neighbouring Dominican Republic.

    In the immigration queue at the airport, I met a Dutchman from the Adra aid agency, who is travelling overland to Port-au-Prince to take possession of plane loads of bodybags to begin the grim work of burying the dead, widely believed to number in the tens of thousands.

    With corpses decomposing in the sun, Haitians have taken the matter into their own hands, ferrying bodies north to a place called Cabaret...

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/011 6/1224262473166.html

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Help where needed, huh. Any volunteers?

ADRA Canada's office is here in our town. We invited one of their team to come speak to our Grade 10 Religion class. He mentioned that Friday morning they received a call wondering if ADRA knew of any surgeons who could come to Haiti to do amputations.

From another news source, a graduate from Loma Linda University Medical School, an orthopedic surgeon working with a Loma Linda team in the Dominican Republic is heading over to Haiti to assist there.

The Adventist University in Haiti is providing its grounds to help some of the people relocate temporarily. The neighboring Adventist Hospital has set up a clinic outdoors.

ADRA seems to be specializing in water purification supplies, medications, and field hospitals.

ADRA Canada has an initiative to distribute emergency survival kits.

Oakwood University chapter of National Association for the Prevention of Starvation have sent a team to Haiti to develop a response initiative.

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#7 01-16-10 4:44 pm

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Don, it appears to me, the pipeline is very narrow for heavy equipment to clear roads, for rescue teams with dogs, for the very sustaining items such as water and food (best delivered by helicopter. How many ADRA copters are there?)

Haiti is a country whose corruption has ill prepared them for this sort of disaster. Buildings sitting on a fault line as large as San Andrea were ill prepared for this. For the future, another airport of some substance should be built, with the capacity for large US military planes with heavy equipment and helicopters should be considered for more rapid deployment. The first 72 hours have past with devastating consequences. The leaders of future Haiti need to quit skimming the cream from the financial aid supplied in years past, and put together safe guards against this and some depth to their government, even on a voluntary basis if necessary. I know more easy said than done, but this operation is quick become one to learn from, things as simple as disposing of bodies, with proper identification and dignity. The people of Haiti as we see on the Anderson Cooper 360 have resorted to placing the bodies in the street to prevent vechicles from rushing by and neglecting them and their needs.

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#8 01-16-10 5:03 pm

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Bob, I agree that there will be much to learn from this crisis. Meanwhile, the crisis must be met as best as possible. A devastation like this always catches people unprepared. The UN and the USA seem to be the two most able forces. Even then, problems arise. A French team, ready to deploy a field hospital, was turned away, not allowed to land. The French government lodged a complaint with the USA who control the airport now.

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#9 01-16-10 5:13 pm

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January 16, 2010, CURE CARIBE

Loma Linda graduate and orthopedic surgeon, Scott Nelson, works in the Dominican Republic. He has arrived in Haiti with his team.


(in no particular order) Dr. Scott Nelson, orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Dielika Charlier, a pediatrician and Haitian, Lucia Hernandez, a nurse, Susan Beemer, a nurse, and Steve Bostian, CURE’s executive director in the Dominican Republic.

Here is a recent letter posted on his Cure Caribe blog.

    Hello All,

    We were fortunately able to make a landing after circling PAP airport for one hour. They gave our pilot 3 minutes of time to stay on the ground. We were met by a team of people who were waiting for our plane and had good vehicles to take us to assess a couple of hospitals. Most of our equipment was placed on another plane which did not make it today. We found parking lots full of fractures, open wounds, traumatic amputations. The damages are every bit as bad as seen on CNN. Dead bodies are laying on the sidewalks in many places, some have been collected by trucks.

    The first hospital we visited was not equipped to do orthopaedic surgery even under normal conditions. We then went to Hopital du la Communitie Haitien a 75 bed community hospital in Freres near Delma. There are many orthopaedic cases filling the parking lot and patio as everyone is too scared to be inside a building.

    One 3 year old child was about to get his arm amputated by an opthamologist and she was relieved to turn the case over to me. The family was even more relieved to know that we could save the arm. Tomorrow we will do further surgery on him and others.

    The hospital is not damaged and they have power and running water available. There are 2 OR's that are quite nice. We were not able to visit Hopital Adventiste D'Haiti, but we will try to assess the situation there tomorrow as well as some other locations. We plan to begin operating at the Hopital du la Communitie tomorrow when our equipment arrives. Meantime we will try to team up with some of the rescue teams and stay in touch with the media.

    To all those interested volunteers who want to pack goods and work - I do not yet have much of a needs list, but will say that there are orthopaedic injuries of all types and do not hesitate to mobilize yourselves. I am trying to identify a several places with at least some minimal infrastructure where we can safely treat people. More soon.

    We are being well taken care of.

    Scott

    Posted by Scott Nelson at 2:59 AM

    http://curecaribe.blogspot.com/

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http://www.covenantforum.com/discus/mes … /4440.html
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#10 01-16-10 5:24 pm

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If an airport has not enough jet fuel to send a plane to it's next destination, it has a responsibility to have that plane seek another destination. The French left Haiti in history, but not sure what the issue was, logistical or political, but maybe this supplies a clue:

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    [January 14]9:52 p.m. -- The U.S. Air Force, which arrived at Port-au-Prince's airport last night to re-establish air-traffic control there, is trying to make sure planes flying into the airport arrive with enough fuel to fly out. The airport, which is crucial for quick delivery of aid, is having refueling difficulties: At one point Thursday, 44 planes were parked at the airport, but only two fuel trucks were available to refuel the planes, Air Force Lt. Col. Brett Nelson said.



http://images.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/14/ha iti.updates/index.html

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#11 01-16-10 5:33 pm

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Don, I went to
http://curecaribe.blogspot.com/

and found this picture from Dec 2009. Notice the condition of the street even then?

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#12 01-16-10 6:43 pm

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It could very well have been a fuelling problem. The press only report the problem, not the resolution. Most things are resolved behind closed doors unless there is a PR person to inform the public.

I am quite impressed with Dr. Scott Nelson's work; especially the saving of that kid's arm. Of course, Nelson works with such problems day in and day out at his hospital in the Dominican Republic and thus knows his business quite well.

If a person doing work, as he is, needs help with supplies, it seems like a pretty reliable way to help financially; little chance for corruption.

Regarding Haiti's overall situation, as evidenced by the street in the picture Bob posted, notice this from The Washington Post:

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    From Haiti's ruins, a chance to rebuild a nation

    Even as rescuers are digging victims out of the rubble in Haiti, policymakers in Washington and around the world are grappling with how a destitute, corrupt and now ruined country might be transformed into a self-sustaining nation.

    Development efforts have failed there, decade after decade, leaving Haitians with a dysfunctional government, high crime and incomes averaging a dollar a day. But the leveled capital of Port-au-Prince must be rebuilt, promising one of the largest economic development efforts ever undertaken in the hemisphere. And those who will help oversee it are thinking hard about how to use that money and attention to change the country forever...

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co … 01848.html



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#13 01-16-10 8:11 pm

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Don, the rescue group you said was turned away, had it filed a flight plan or received an arrival time at Haiti, or did they just take off from France hoping for the best?? Note this article:

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20100116/tbs-quake-h aiti-flights-7318940.html

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#14 01-16-10 8:53 pm

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Landing Difficulty

This news item mentions the problem. In this report France plays down such problem with the USA.

"... The disorder even appeared to cause diplomatic ripples, with French Secretary of State for Cooperation Alain Joyandet telling reporters he had lodged a complaint with the United States over its handling of the Port-au-Prince airport.

"I have made an official protest to the Americans through the US embassy," he said at the Haitian airport after a French plane carrying a field hospital was turned away.

"A spokesman for the French foreign ministry later denied France had registered protest, saying "Franco-US coordination in emergency aid for Haiti is being handled in the best way possible given the serious difficulties..."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar … iCIuLm_ocQ

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#15 01-17-10 9:04 pm

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ADRA's Partner "Global Medic" at Adventist Facilities in Haiti

I just came across this Global Medic story in the Toronto Star. You may have noted that Global Medic of Toronto has partnered with ADRA International to provide water and medical work. These people work at the same place where Dr. Nelson is working. This piece mentions both the University and the Hospital. Wonderful water success stories along with tragic tales of amputations.

http://www.covenantforum.com/discus/mes … 1263775766

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More from Global Medic

"January 16, 2010 (Port Au Prince)

"The 6-member GlobalMedic Rapid Response Team travelled overland from the Dominican Republic yesterday and has based operations SW of Port-au-Prince in the Adventist University of Haiti. They have been operational providing clean drinking water and medical care since Friday afternoon.

"Two strong aftershocks were felt today. People are scared and sleeping on the street. There is looting and banditry at night.

"The team's doctor is working in the Adventist hospital doing general surgery with 2 medics assisting him at all times. The 71 bed hospital is seeing over 500 patients with more showing up every day. Fractures and infections are common. There are not enough medics or doctors to keep up and medical supplies are running out. Four Trekker water purification units have been installed that are supplying clean drinking water to 2000 people per day including the hospital's patients, patients families and staff.

"Over 20,000 people are seeking refuge on the grounds at the Adventist University in Haiti.  The Explorer water purification unit is up and running producing 64L/min of clean water. Distribution networks have been put in place to provide Aquatab water purification tablets to beneficiaries. There are long line ups for water but everything remains orderly as of now."

http://www.covenantforum.com/discus/mes … 1263781102

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#17 01-22-10 2:02 pm

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Re: Haiti, Adventism and the Earthquake of 2010

Just watched this.

http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m … itians.htm

I don't agree with everything about Adventism, but one thing that I have always liked about the church is its local unity (if that makes sense) and sense of community.  I don't know if these Haitians were prepared because of the Adventist end times mindset, but whatever the reason people are getting fed and keeping their spirits up.   

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Ryan, bet they wish they had built that church as soundly as they built that surrounding compound wall.  Also, they know their limitations in a crisis, and help their own before diluting their efforts outside that compound. Very wise.

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#19 01-22-10 11:25 pm

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Who is Doing What?

InterAction: Coalition; U.S.A. iNGO's. Forum for leaders to work together. 180 organizations. NGO list:  http://www.interaction.org/crisis-list/earthquake-haiti

InterAction is the largest coalition of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focused on the world’s poor and most vulnerable people.

At InterAction, we recognize that our global challenges are interconnected and that we can’t tackle any of them without addressing all of them. That’s why we create a forum for leading NGOs, global thought leaders and policymakers to address our challenges collectively. Leveraging our shared expertise, on-the-ground insights from our 180 member organizations and strategic analyses of the foreign aid budget, we deliver a bold, new agenda to end global poverty and deliver humanitarian aid in every developing country.

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#20 01-23-10 1:06 am

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Re: Haiti, Adventism and the Earthquake of 2010

Listen to ADRA President's update recorded at a displaced persons' camp where ADRA's helping nearly 30,000 people

http://www.adra.org/trinet/new09/audio/ … nk_you.mp3

Speaking from ADRA Haiti office. An Internally Displaced Person camp. 12000 people. Water provided for them. Global Medic's purification system. From nearby polluted stream to swimming pool; a water purification plant. Can daily serve 30 000 people.

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Are you telling me Don that the guy on the first video that talks about "us in here" and "the disorganized out there", has finally opened the compound to the outside, all comers?? I think I would check that out. This ADRA space beside the office is probably not the same area as seen on the video.  On the video, certain sanitizing procedure were being followed, which outside were not. How about next door to ADRA, this 30,000, are they following good, viable, hygienic practices that will help end some of the sickness in Haiti? Do you know???

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#22 01-25-10 2:52 am

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Are you telling me Don that the guy on the first video that talks about "us in here" and "the disorganized out there", has finally opened the compound to the outside, all comers?? I think I would check that out.

I think the video you are referring to is that of a Haitian SDA Church group. If I remember correctly, they let anyone in who is willing to help in their common cause of helping each other.

This ADRA space beside the office is probably not the same area as seen on the video.  On the video, certain sanitizing procedure were being followed, which outside were not. How about next door to ADRA, this 30,000, are they following good, viable, hygienic practices that will help end some of the sickness in Haiti? Do you know???

The SDA church group shown are not located at the SDA Hospital/University area (I don't think.)

The 30, 000 IDP's are near the SDA Hospital/University area. One of the ADRA teams arrranged for 60 latrines for the camp. I doubt that it all began in a good, viable, hygienic manner, but I believe that those tending to these people work for their improved conditions. A fresh, clean water supply, latrines, and cleaning supplies would go a long way in improving things.

I am impressed with the Adventist relief effort and that of their partners, such as Global Medic. Aslo, there are other groups doing such award-winning work. LLU, Florida Hospital, ADRA and its various national teams have shown themselves to be quite professional. The huge shipment from Florida hospital arrived at the Haitian hospital. ADRA's logistical team had UN trucks ready to help as the stuff arrived at the airport.

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#23 01-25-10 8:57 am

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UN Health Cluster, Twitter Note

Haiti Pic. LLU attend UN Cluster meeting. http://preview.tinyurl.com/ylxwnkx ; LLU Haiti blog: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yksswz2

Explanation:

The UN organizes its relief effort into eleven clusters

  1. Agriculture

  2. Camp Coordination/Management

  3. Early Recovery

  4. Education

  5. Emergency Shelter

  6. Emergency Telecommunications

  7. Health

  8. Logistics

  9. Nutrition

  10. Protection

  11. Water Sanitation Hygiene

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#24 01-25-10 9:38 am

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How about next door to ADRA, this 30,000, are they following good, viable, hygienic practices that will help end some of the sickness in Haiti? Do you know???

Loma Linda University's Public Health Assessment Team has arrived. They are seeking to improve the conditions you address. Notice these:

A Recent Twitter:

Haiti: LLU PH Assess team at SDA site. Team to improve public health for 30,000 IDP's at SDA university. http://preview.tinyurl.com/yjcrk3f

From the LLU in Haiti blog:

"We were also excited to have the LLU Public Health Assessment team here at the hospital, with special thanks to the ongoing work of Dr. Ryan Sinclair on our water treatment system. This team is working feverishly to improve the emerging public health crisis at the Seventh-day Adventist university up the street from us where there are approximately 30,000 refugees camped out."

http://lluinhaiti.blogspot.com/2010/01/ … pital.html
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#25 01-25-10 4:24 pm

bob_2
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Re: Haiti, Adventism and the Earthquake of 2010

Thanks Don, for clarifying the answer to my original question. It's good to see we (SDAs) are sharing our knowledge with the "ignorant" and "uneducated" because, faced with generations to come of "ignorant" and "uneducated" people, what we see that happened with this earthquake will happen again without education, and literacy, and occasionally a hand-up not a hand-out, eh???

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