Seeing hope in the midst of Haiti destruction
Thu, Feb 4, 2010
Watch a video from the LCMS assessment team in Haiti. The images are from Port-au-Prince and Jacmel. Members of the assessment team included: Rev. Dr. Jorge Groh, regional director of Latin America with LCMS World Mission; Rev. Glenn Merritt, director of disaster response for LCMS World Relief and Human Care; Chaplain Steve Lee, a critical incident stress specialist; Rev. Dr. Douglas Rutt, former LCMS World Mission area secretary for Latin America; Dr. John Lautenschlager, a medical and health relief consultant; and James Neuendorf, LCMS World Mission communications specialist missionary for Latin America.
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We saw a news story about relief folks handing out tarpaulins in Haiti the other day. My wife had a thought I wanted to pass along: We live in Upstate NY, the home of the Hodenosaunee/Iroqouis, “People of The Longhouse” – they used communal shelters because they were efficient: Why not the same for Haiti? Materials required for “pole barns” are cheap, easy to transport, and quick to put-up. A large pole-barn structure could provide several families with more secure shelter against the rainy season in Haiti than individual plastic-covered shacks and probably would be safer in the wind. They could build partitions themselves for privacy… We think this is an idea worth passing to aid officials on-the-ground in Haiti – can LCMS pass it along? Thanks!
Mark and Sandra Henshaw