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The first team of 2010, led by Eddie Arnold has made it safely back from Haiti... Eddie's team built two homes, upgraded the school solar-electric system (thanks Lew!), did home prayer visits and much more... Eddie's team had to fly into the Dominican Republic and bus over to Haiti to make it to campus. The next team in, led by Scott Mandl, expects to fly into PAP as usual, on March 3 (Lord willing)...   CFI is helping provide aid in a number of ways, including special help to some students and those impacted by the quake that have sought shelter in Ranquitte, sending medicine and medical supplies to misisons in Port-au-Prince and more...

Earthquake Devastates Haiti
U.S. Leads Worldwide Aid Response

Updated - Tue 2/16  7pm

BBC News

The Quake
International continues to flow into Haiti as numerous organizations endeavor to provide relief to those impacted by the January earthquake. It is estimated that over 210,00 were killed with 300,000 injured & over 1 million displaced from their homes.

CFI Impact
While the quake gave the campus a shake, we are thankful that no damage or injuries have been discovered on campus or in Ranquitte. While Ivy and the CFI leaders are OK, we lost two students attending college in Port-au-Prince (PAP).

CFI Agriculture Director George Derval traveled to PAP the week of the quake and reported immense damage. "There is no more Port-au-Prince," he told me. The government required schools to be closed the rest of January but allowed schools to reopen Feb. 9, including CFI's Calhoun-Spady School.

George has reported over 600 quake victims have come to Ranquitte and CFI is providing aid to both these people and CFI students whose families were impacted as we are able.

Because of the scope of this catastrophe, CFI is being called on to respond in a number of ways, including providing food, clothing, medical personnel, medical supplies, transportation and more. This aid is being targeted to (but not limited to) those connected with our mission/community, because those are the people we can reach most efficiently and effectively. More Info.

How You Can Help
I appreciate so much that we have already had numerous  people call, email and message us to ask how they can help. If you want to make a difference, see the donation box on the right for several options.

And please remember to pray for Haiti.

Yours in Christ, Scott Mandl Executive Director

 

 

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02/26/2010