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We are glad to have you visit Haiti ARISE Ministries. While here we invite you to peruse our site and see what exciting things are happening in Grand-Goave, Haiti. Lives are being impacted and changed!
Please consider partnering with us in prayer, financial support or even consider a short or long-term mission to Haiti. To contribute financially, click here.
"Something in the Hand, Something in the Heart..." This is a link to a video written by Haiti ARISE team member, Jennifer Hartley, edited by Nathan Moyer and produced with the help of Christian Life Fellowship media department in Aberdeen, WA.
Haiti Seeks Healing in Prayer & Fasting
On February 12, one month after the devastating 7.2 earthquake hit Haiti, President Rene Preval canceled Mardis Gras and called the people to 3 days of Prayer & Fasting. This monumental event brought the nation to it's knees seeking healing and restoration. More than 1 million were reported to have gathered in the capital, with thousands more in joining in churches all across the country. To see more, visit this link: "Haiti- A Call to Fasting & Prayer". Let us join with them in prayer and support them to rebuild their lives and nation.
To see photos of the earthquake's effects in Grand-Goave and at Haiti ARISE campus, as well as some of the relief work being done, please visit our Photo Gallery.
Haiti ARISE is fully engaged in carrying out our Earthquake Disaster Response Plan. Click to read more. We appreciate your generous support and prayers.
HAITI ARISE Boards Meet to Plan Earthquake Disaster Response
CALGARY, ALBERTA- February, 2, 2010- Haiti ARISE Ministries (HAM) has announced an Earthquake Disaster Response Plan developed during a two-day meeting in Calgary, Alberta between the United States and Canadian boards of the non-profit humanitarian organization. (Click on the link above to see a more detailed overview of the plan)
 Darrell Damron and James Roberts, Vice-Presidents of the HAM Board of Directors, announced that HAM is responding to the earthquake disaster immediately by providing water, food, temporary shelter, emergency medical care, counseling services, and security. HAM will also send a team to Grand-Goave to assess the water quality in the wells, sanitation needs, building safety, medical needs, logistical capabilities, telecommunications and computer capabilities. The assessment team will be comprised of volunteer specialists who will compile recommendations to guide HAM’s disaster response and re-building efforts. Wherever possible, HAM intends to partner with other organizations to provide relief without duplicating efforts.
Pastor Marc Honorat, founder of the organization, reported that another humanitarian organization, Samaritan’s Purse, has already partnered with the ministry and is currently operating from the HAM campus in Grand-Goave. Mr. Honorat spoke emotionally regarding his terrifying experience during the earthquake and of the heartbreaking encounters he had following the disaster.
“The night after the earthquake, a six year old boy wandered up to us crying. When we asked him where his parents were, all he could say was that they we gone…they were dead. We need to help all these children whose parents have been killed in the earthquake.” He added that plans for a children’s home village with family modeled residences had been scheduled for construction in 2015. “Now we ask ourselves, ‘Can we wait to provide homes for these children? No, we can’t wait.’ So we have moved up our plans to build the children’s home village as soon as possible.”
He explained that in addition to the children’s home village, HAM will give higher priority to plans to construct a medical clinic with emphasis on rehabilitation to provide ongoing care for those who have become amputees, were severely injured and have suffered emotional trauma due to the quakes. Also plans to build an elementary and secondary school have been accelerated to compensate for the loss of other local area schools. HAM will also rebuild the technical school and resume classes in carpentry, auto-mechanics, electrical and welding. HAM has already resumed church activities and community transformation efforts such as providing clean water wells, distributing food and clothing, and educating Haitians in good health, hygiene, and sanitation practices. They also have plans to drill new community water wells to help meet the supply need. In these efforts as well, HAM intends to partner with other organizations to provide materials and accomplish program objectives.
Mr. Honorat and his wife Lisa asserted that HAM’s emphasis on providing technical skills and education would continue. “The people need to have classes…they need to have hope. So we will resume what classes we can, as soon as possible, under the mango trees if we have to.” Added Mrs. Honorat, “That is how we started.”
They explained that the outlying areas such as Grand-Goave were slow to receive aid as most of the focus has been on Port-au-Prince. Many residents of the capital city are fleeing to the outlying areas in search of food and water, or to reunite with family. However, 80% of the homes in Grand-Goave have collapsed. HAM representatives are stressing the need to get water, food, and shelter to the people as quickly and efficiently as possible. The HAM Disaster Response Plan reflects that the rebuilding efforts must be addressed thoughtfully with the understanding that disaster response must meet immediate needs as well as the long term impacts.
The Honorats emphasized that the Haitian ministry staff on the ground is already providing water and food to the community of Grand-Goave. A 12-acre parcel of land, in addition to the five-acre campus, is being utilized as a camp for Haitians who no longer have homes. They underscored the importance of getting aid and building supplies to the country because the rainy season begins in the end of February.
-Jennifer Hartley, Hartley Communications & Haiti ARISE Media/ Communications Director- Montesano, WA
"Haiti ARISE- Spring 09 Update video" This is a link to our most updated video produced by Lisa Honorat, giving an overview of the activities of the ministry this current year, Aug 2008- June 2009.
This video clip is from our fall Oct 2009 team from Crossroads Church, Red Deer Alberta. See a glimps of Haiti through their eyes.
Check out what visiting mission team from Surrey Alliance, BC Canada had to share about their experience with Haiti ARISE Ministries in Haiti. This team was facilitated through our partnership with Hungry for Life, based in Chiliwack, BC.
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