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Haïti is getroffen door een verschrikkelijke aardbeving die al duizenden mensen het leven heeft gekost en nog veel meer mensen dakloos heeft gemaakt. De christelijke hulporganisatie Compassion is actief in het rampgebied, als je je afvraagt hoe je een bijdrage kunt leveren aan het helpen van de slachtoffers, dan is hier je kans: https://www.compassion.nl/index.php?url=machtiging.php

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IFES is ook actief op Haïti: http://www.ifesworld.org/news/item.php?newsID=798

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As we pray together for the Haitian people and our friends there, we can praise God who is our refuge and our fortress, our God, in whom we trust (Psalm 91:2).

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Er staan weer updates op de ifesworld site waaronder dit:

haiti: the grace of God

Itazienne Eugene and Mario Jean Paul, GBEUH

A week after the earthquake, the general situation of Haiti and, specifically the area surrounding Port-au-Prince, is still extremely fragile. However we want to express our thanks to God for his grace in the midst of dramatic circumstances. Thank you too for your support and your prayers.

We are very grateful for the positive reports we have received so far about the members of the GBEUH (the IFES movement there). Communication is still very difficult. Itazienne Eugene, our acting General Secretary, remains the only direct contact for news of what is happening on the ground.

Mario Jean Paul (the other GBEUH staffworker) has visited her and they have been able to share more information. Mario managed to escape from the third floor of the building where the office is located. Of course he left everything behind him in the collapsing building. Recently, the GBEUH had just acquired some furniture and a computer. Even his cell phone was left behind.

Mario writes: 'Blessed be the name of the Eternal One! Since Tuesday 12 January I have experienced the most difficult days of my life. On that day I escaped alive from the collapse of a four storey building, the Maurice Laroche University, where the GBEUH offices are located. At the moment of the earthquake, I was on the third floor. The hand of God protected me by means of cast iron and what remained of the office furniture. I could hardly move to first climb through a hole, then under a girder before jumping to the ground. "Eben-Ezer"!'

You can imagine that situations like his are not isolated. For many people the reality of daily life is becoming a great challenge: the need for food, for shelter, and for medicine. The shops and the banks are closed. The smell of dead bodies is in the air. Distribution of petrol from the gas stations is still not organised. People must constantly be alert because of high prices, smuggling of diluted petrol, and insecurity. In the night, if you manage to get some sleep, it disturbed by many sporadic gunshots.

This summarizes the reality of what is now the daily life of many Haitians after last week's earthquake.

Report received from Marc Pulvar, IFES regional staff in the Caribbean

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