reflections on haiti 2010 trip
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April 12-18, 2010
Haiti 2010Presbyterian Church (USA)Delegation to Haiti
Today’s journey
Today’s journey
✤ Introductions
Today’s journey
✤ Introductions
✤ The Catastrophe | effects of the earthquake
Today’s journey
✤ Introductions
✤ The Catastrophe | effects of the earthquake
✤ The Complexities | impact of US and church policies
Today’s journey
✤ Introductions
✤ The Catastrophe | effects of the earthquake
✤ The Complexities | impact of US and church policies
✤ The Communities | efforts of farmers, church, partners
Today’s journey
✤ Introductions
✤ The Catastrophe | effects of the earthquake
✤ The Complexities | impact of US and church policies
✤ The Communities | efforts of farmers, church, partners
✤ The Connections | ways to stay connected
Today’s journey
✤ Introductions
✤ The Catastrophe | effects of the earthquake
✤ The Complexities | impact of US and church policies
✤ The Communities | efforts of farmers, church, partners
✤ The Connections | ways to stay connected
✤ Questions
Introductions
Introductions
✤ Disclaimer: Still processing brief eight days.
Introductions
✤ Disclaimer: Still processing brief eight days.
✤ Who went: First post-earthquake official delegation of the PC(USA).
Introductions
✤ Disclaimer: Still processing brief eight days.
✤ Who went: First post-earthquake official delegation of the PC(USA).
✤ Why we went: To meet with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti and PC(USA) mission partners in order to express solidarity and long-term commitments.
Introductions
✤ Disclaimer: Still processing brief eight days.
✤ Who went: First post-earthquake official delegation of the PC(USA).
✤ Why we went: To meet with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti and PC(USA) mission partners in order to express solidarity and long-term commitments.
✤ What I knew: Very little about Haiti; some historic US/church interactions.
Introductions
✤ Disclaimer: Still processing brief eight days.
✤ Who went: First post-earthquake official delegation of the PC(USA).
✤ Why we went: To meet with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti and PC(USA) mission partners in order to express solidarity and long-term commitments.
✤ What I knew: Very little about Haiti; some historic US/church interactions.
✤ What we saw: Complexities of Haiti’s history: US and church.
Introductions
✤ Disclaimer: Still processing brief eight days.
✤ Who went: First post-earthquake official delegation of the PC(USA).
✤ Why we went: To meet with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti and PC(USA) mission partners in order to express solidarity and long-term commitments.
✤ What I knew: Very little about Haiti; some historic US/church interactions.
✤ What we saw: Complexities of Haiti’s history: US and church.
✤ What we didn’t see: Some of the more violent issues of recovery, poverty, drugs, human trafficking, refugee settlements, etc.
The Catastrophethe effects of the january 12, 2010 earthquake
Port-au-Princeeffects of the 2010 earthquake
Presidential Palaceeffects of the 2010 earthquake
Holy Trinity Cathedral, PAPeffects of the 2010 earthquake
St. Vincent’s Schooleffects of the 2010 earthquake
Leoganeeffects of the 2010 earthquake
Holy Cross Hospitaleffects of the 2010 earthquake
The Catastrophe | earthquake
The Catastrophe | earthquake
✤ Things were bad before: poverty, infrastructure, food productions, etc. and the earthquake has only intensified the situation.
The Catastrophe | earthquake
✤ Things were bad before: poverty, infrastructure, food productions, etc. and the earthquake has only intensified the situation.
✤ Church and relief groups are well-intentioned, but have often only continued unhealthy patterns of building reliance on outside bodies.
The Catastrophe | earthquake
✤ Things were bad before: poverty, infrastructure, food productions, etc. and the earthquake has only intensified the situation.
✤ Church and relief groups are well-intentioned, but have often only continued unhealthy patterns of building reliance on outside bodies.
✤ This may be an opportunity to rethink the ways in which we engage.
The Catastrophe | earthquake
✤ Things were bad before: poverty, infrastructure, food productions, etc. and the earthquake has only intensified the situation.
✤ Church and relief groups are well-intentioned, but have often only continued unhealthy patterns of building reliance on outside bodies.
✤ This may be an opportunity to rethink the ways in which we engage.
✤ Presbyterian Church (USA) is changing the ways we interact and support the people of Haiti.
The Complexitiesthe effects of united states and church policies and postures towards haiti
The Complexities | our role
The Complexities | our role
✤ We must own and respond to our well-intentioned, but misguided mission practices of the past;
The Complexities | our role
✤ We must own and respond to our well-intentioned, but misguided mission practices of the past;
✤ commit to future appropriate and meaningful cultural interaction through mission and partnerships.
The Complexities | our role
✤ We must own and respond to our well-intentioned, but misguided mission practices of the past;
✤ commit to future appropriate and meaningful cultural interaction through mission and partnerships.
✤ monitor and respond to US and Global polities in Haiti.
The Communitieshow the people of haiti are working towards sustainability
The Haiti Fundworking with local’s to reforest and develop sustainable crops
Peasant Movement of Papaydeveloping peasant cooperatives and farming communities
Cap Haitien Dioceseworking with local partners on schools and hospitals
The Communities | development
The Communities | development
✤ Support local agricultural practices and food production that has Haiti producing food for Haiti.
The Communities | development
✤ Support local agricultural practices and food production that has Haiti producing food for Haiti.
✤ Seek out and develop two-way partnerships that are truly about sustainable development and solidarity.
The Connectionshow you can stay connected to haiti development and rebuilding
The Connections | stay involved
The Connections | stay involved
✤ Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Haiti, approaching 8M [website]
The Connections | stay involved
✤ Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Haiti, approaching 8M [website]
✤ Mission Co-Worker: Mark Hare, MPP/Fondama [blog]
The Connections | stay involved
✤ Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Haiti, approaching 8M [website]
✤ Mission Co-Worker: Mark Hare, MPP/Fondama [blog]
✤ PC(USA) Haiti Connections [website]
The Connections | stay involved
✤ Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Haiti, approaching 8M [website]
✤ Mission Co-Worker: Mark Hare, MPP/Fondama [blog]
✤ PC(USA) Haiti Connections [website]
✤ Quixote Center: Haiti [website]
The Connections | stay involved
✤ Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Haiti, approaching 8M [website]
✤ Mission Co-Worker: Mark Hare, MPP/Fondama [blog]
✤ PC(USA) Haiti Connections [website]
✤ Quixote Center: Haiti [website]
✤ Bruce’s blogs and reflections in Haiti [blog]
Questions . . .comments, questions and follow-up . . .