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MCC’s Haiti response continues with medical teams, engineers and food aid
As MCC plans the next steps in its multiyear response to the Haiti earthquake, MCC medical teams and structural engineers are providing immediate assistance, relief kits and other supplies are being distributed and more aid is being shipped.
MCC Haiti Update
MCC Haiti Update
It's been nearly two months since the devastating earthquake and MCC's response is well underway.
Colombian Mennonite churches call for prayer and action for peace
Face the Displaced event to focus attention on injustice in Colombia during two days in April.
Lenten prayers from around the world - Colombia
Lenten prayers from around the world - Colombia
This week’s Lenten prayers are from Mennonite Brethren and Mennonite leaders in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital.
Courage across the globe: International Women’s Day
Courage across the globe: International Women’s Day
In honor of International Women's Day, on March 8, we lift our voices in thanks for courageous women around the world.
Making blankets, relief kits help students deal with grief
Grade 12 students from College Louis-Riel put the final touches on blankets that will be shipped by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) to Haiti.
MCC’s relief kits, comforters, meat and more en route to Haiti
MCC’s material aid is gradually arriving in Port-au-Prince, despite challenges.
MCC Haiti alumna to lead disaster recovery efforts
Dr. Susanne Bradley Brown, a pediatrician and health care advocate, will lead Mennonite Central Committee’s disaster recovery efforts in Haiti.
Neighbor with neighbor, Haiti rebuilds
Neighbor with neighbor, Haiti rebuilds
Emmanuel Michel has spent the weeks since the earthquake helping his neighbors build shelters in Nerettes, a neighborhood on the edge of Port-Au-Prince. Using scrap wood and metal and tarps donated by MCC, Michel hasn’t charged any money for his labor because he believes that "everybody has a job to do and God will bless you for blessing others."
Strong in faith
Strong in faith
Pastor Lesly Bertrand, pastor of Assemblée de la Grace Mennonite Church in Haiti, speaks about the strong faith of his congregation and many Haitians.
Haiti story - January 18th
Haiti story - January 18th
A snapshot of life in Haiti on Jan. 18, 2010, through the words of a man living with his family in a camp for Internally Displaced People
Structural engineers assess building damage in Haiti
Structural engineers working with MCC in Haiti begin evaluating the safety of structures left standing after the earthquake.
On site: Evaluating buildings, meeting people
After a few days in Haiti, structural engineer Johann Zimmermann explains how the team of structural engineers working with MCC is speeding up the process of evaluating large building for soundness.
On site: Which buildings are safe?
Structural engineer Johann Zimmermann writes about his first days of evaluating structures in Haiti.
On site: Questions and miracles
Alexis Erkert Depp, an MCC worker in Haiti, candidly discusses her questions of God even as she recognizes the miracles.
The week in quotes – Jan. 18-22
Here are a selection of voices and reflections shared by MCC workers involved in the Haiti earthquake response.
On site: Painstaking efforts to do normal tasks in Haiti
Kathy Troyer writes about the challenges of communications in Haiti.
On site: Sharing food, giving thanks
In a Skype conversation Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, Michel Garly reflects on how people are responding to the destruction in Haiti.
On site: Responding to the urgent, but looking long term
Ben Depp writes about his experiences in Haiti in a Jan. 19 blog entry.
On site: The depth of destruction
Daryl Yoder-Bontrager writes from Haiti on Thursday, Jan 21, 2010.