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Our most recent gifts have gone to support the relief work in Hiati. 

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The daily trek for water in Africa

Tearfund in Hiati
27,000 Haiti families helped after earthquake

8 April 2010

More than 27,000 families in Haiti have received help from Tearfund partners in the aftermath of the January earthquake.

Generous support for Tearfund’s emergency appeal enabled an immediate response to the disaster which claimed more than 200,000 lives and left a million people homeless.

Backed by Tearfund and other donors, five partners have supplied a total of 28,000 emergency food rations, 18,000 tarpaulins for temporary shelter and some 10,000 hygiene kits.

Water systems have been provided to three camps for the homeless, while wells have been dug in half a dozen other locations.

Tents, buckets and truckloads of water are also among the practical support that has been provided.

In addition, hundreds of families have received psycho-social advice to help them cope with the loss of loved ones and friends.

As well as the activities of Tearfund’s partners, a team of our disaster response experts are helping Haitians rebuild their lives.

Isolated

Work is centred on the coastal towns of Leogane and Gressier but also includes highland areas which have been left badly isolated by damage to roads caused by the quake.

Mother-of-four Marjorie Septus, 28, who is caring for a son born prematurely on the day of the earthquake, is among those who’ve been assisted by the team, receiving tarpaulins to provide shelter for her family after her house collapsed.

‘I believe that my baby is a miracle,’ said Marjorie, who lost two relatives in the disaster. ‘Only God knows what the future holds.’

Besides distributing tarpaulins, ground sheets and jerry cans to 1,700 vulnerable families, the disaster response team is working to help children.

Normality

Rubble is being cleared around schools to restore access and clubs are being set up for youngsters to get back into education.

Such work helps restore normality which is a key step in giving people hope and a sense of direction.

Looking to the immediate future, Jean Claude Cerin, Tearfund’s Country Representative for Haiti, said, ‘There is now a need for schools to reopen and then we need to start looking at transitional shelter, perhaps wooden structures that last longer than tarpaulins.

‘In addition, we need to focus on trauma and psycho-social care because many people now fear being indoors and they need to be reassured.’

Reproduced  from Tearfund website 8th April 2010 by permission.  Copyright © Tearfund UK 2010 www.tearfund.org

 
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An overview of the work of Tearfund

Tearfund believes that the local church is the answer to poverty. Inspired by the example and teaching of Jesus, they recognise that people have deeply interconnected material and spiritual needs, and we seek to meet those needs by working through our local church partners. Churches are at the heart of their communities – full of dedicated, resourceful people who want to make a long-term difference.

They work particularly in Africa, Asia and South America – and also across Eastern Europe and the UK. Major challenges facing the world today including:

Thanks to access to drugs, Berta is living with her HIV, not dying with it.The prevalence of killer diseases such as HIV, malaria and tuberculosis
The injustice of lack of water and sanitation, which leads to disease and death
We're standing up again injustice wherever we find it.Unfair trade that locks hard working people in poverty
The desert is encroaching in the Sahel region in Niger as the climate hots up.The devastating effects of climate change on poor communities
Natural disasters – helping communities to prepare for them, and dealing quickly with their effects

Created: Tearfund supports craft-workers and artisans from some of the world’s poorest communities, helping them create and market products of the highest standard. Click here to learn more about our Created gifts range.


 Community Mission Partnership 

Tearfund  work through local churches and Christian groups here in the UK, encouraging them to respond to Jesus’ call to look after the poorest and most vulnerable. Tearfund is in partnership with UK charity Liveablility to form the Community Mission Partnership, helping churches and Christians to learn about the causes of, and solutions to poverty and injustice. 

Connected church
By linking churches in the UK with churches in poor communities across the world, Tearfund has created a global network of churches – an effective, lasting solution to poverty and injustice. 

Reproduced  from Tearfund website 8th April 2010 by permission.  Copyright © Tearfund UK 2010 www.tearfund.org

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