Mimose Dazouloute-Geffrard’s with Anna Pierre, her 97-year-old mother, at the St. Francois de Sales Hospital. Photo by Robyn Fieser/CRS
Mimose Dazouloute-Geffrard dropped bills into special collection trays for Catholic Relief Services during mass at her Clarksville, Maryland church over the years. She wrote a check after cities in her native Haiti were damaged by storms and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A heavy rain the night before an early morning distribution of emergency shelter kits in Haiti presented a challenge to Niek de Goeij, CRS distribution manager at the Petionville Club. CRS communications officer Liz O’Neill recorded the process, as Niek explains how it unfolds.
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Read the rest of this entry »Those first few days in Haiti still stand out to me: Haitians covered in concrete dust, carrying friends to hospitals on doors busted off their hinges; the smeared ointment under their noses to ward off the smell that hung over the city. At night, many streets closed and people bedded down on the asphalt, wedged [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Recipients of a CRS shelter kit distribution line up to show their registration tickets – essential in any distribution to keep track of who will receive the items available. Photo by David Snyder for CRS
Of all things I have seen and photographed for aid agencies, distributions are always among the most interesting. It seems a [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Catholic Relief Services logisitician, Shannon Oliver, at the Petionville Club camp Photo by Sara A. Fajardo/CRS
By Shannon Oliver and Sara A. Fajardo
I was in the middle of collecting food vouchers at a massive distribution of World Food Program rice when the three-star general arrived. It was my second week overseeing the delivery of relief [...]
Proper and safe hygiene facilities are essential in any camp situation where the outbreak of disease is real threat. Photo by David Snyder for CRS
By David Snyder
Good emergency workers are, above all else, problem solvers. Every day here in Haiti CRS staff spend their time doing just that—finding quick, simple fixes to vexing problems.
It’s a [...]
It’s amazing what students have rallied to accomplish on behalf of Haiti’s earthquake survivors. Here’s another example from Sacred Hearts Academy in Hawaii as reported in the Hawaii Catholic Herald.
Read the rest of this entry »Linking to this Wall Street Journal article on the exploits of Sister Jane Meyer is a thinly disguised excuse for us to once again say thanks (and “wow”) to Sr. Jane for leading a fundraiser for CRS’ Haiti relief effort.
Also, thanks to St. Agnes Academy in Houston, TX, for backing Sr. Jane and helping to [...]
At St. Francois de Sales hospital, where CRS teams with doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Dr. Wilfried Cadet, a CRS pediatrician who oversees the coordination between doctors and support staff, told CRS communications officer Liz O’Neill how much he appreciates the outpouring of support for victims of the Haiti earthquake.
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Read the rest of this entry »St. Raymond’s Elementary School in Parkchester raised $15,000 for Haiti relief. The students presented a check to New York’s Archbishop Timothy Dolan, chairman of the CRS board. NY1.com has a story and video here.
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