BGR’s “Rebuild Haiti” initiative is both putting up houses and helping rebuild lives as well.
With almost 1 million Haitians still living in temporary shelters after the January 2010 earthquake, BGR’s “Rebuild Haiti” initiative is both putting up houses and helping rebuild lives as well. About 800 simple, 12x16-foot, tin-roofed, cinder block houses have been built, using locally available materials, with a goal of 6,200 homes built in the next two to three years. Communities are involved in deciding and selecting who gets the homes. Most families, if they have able-bodied people, are participating in the construction of their own homes. Not only are new homes going up, but communities being transformed by the dignity and pride in what Haitians are accomplishing.
On the second anniversary of a devastating earthquake in Haiti, Southern Baptists and their Haitian partners can celebrate thousands of lives changed—some forever.
These people lived in tents; living was difficult. There were no jobs. Almost every day those in tents just waited for something…anything…rice, water.
Knowing God Himself actively cares for the orphans makes the burden lighter
Rebuild Haiti, the joint Southern Baptist disaster relief initiative launched in the aftermath of the massive Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, will have built 1,982 houses by the end of November and has 560 more in the pipeline before the scheduled exit date in March 2012.
BGR’s “Rebuild Haiti” initiative is doing a lot more than just putting up houses to replace those lost in the 2010 earthquake…
Southern Baptist rebuilding efforts in Haiti in the year since its devastating earthquake have made good progress . . .
Since the disaster, Southern Baptists have given more than $13 million to relief efforts.
The vast majority of the 1 million people left homeless by the quake still do not have adequate living conditions . . .
When it comes to engaging a world in need, we value prayer above everything else. But Jesus specifically commanded his followers to "Go," and Baptist Global Response (BGR) encourages God's people to personally take the love of Christ to people in need. Each project described below includes contact info to learn more about how volunteers can help. General information about volunteering through BGR can be obtained by e-mailing info@gobgr.org.
The 2010 earthquake in Haiti was one of the worst disasters ever to strike the impoverished nation. In the two years since the earthquake, Southern Baptists have worked together in restoring lives and bringing hope to devastated Haitian families. BG
Stephen Fairchild of Brentwood, Tenn., talks about the houses his team of volunteers is building in Petit Goave, Haiti.
Download a bulletin insert / flyer with the latest information about the Rebuild Haiti project
