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Project Paraclete for Haïti

Haiti Earthquake:
Act of God or human negligence?

By  Josiah Neufeld  |  ChristianWeek.org   Tuesday, February 2, 2010


Earthquakes may qualify as acts of God. But don't try blaming the Almighty for the calamity gripping Haiti right now if you're talking to Glenn Smith....
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Christian Direction actively partners with Christian leaders in five centres in Haiti: Cap Haitian, Balan, and Gonaïves in the north and Pétionville and Port-au-Prince at the epicentre of the earthquake.

We have designed a special project for Haiti called Paraclete. Our partners in each of these five centres will hire people to become grief counselors for their communities. We will help them train the counselors and mobilize them through the church communities. They will serve the hurting in their cities. Second, we will begin to replace Bibles in French and Creole for the churches in these five centres. Christians excel in times like this in trauma counselling. People in suffering need people of faith who will listen and walk alongside them.

We are seeking to raise $50,000 for these two needs. With the help of our Haitian Board member, Félix Pauléus, we are forming a team of four to five people to train these grief counsellors. Once we have our funding and the situation is secure enough for non-emergency people to be on the ground, they will go. We will prioritize helping and equipping our networks. We are coordinating all our efforts with ACF.

If you have ever walked through a tragedy in your community, you understand the important role that trauma ministers play to help a community accept, heal and move forward in redemptive ways – together. The counselors of Paraclete will walk alongside and help others work through their grief, with the presence and help of the Holy Spirit, THE Paraclete. Perhaps this service will bring the spiritual comfort while the relief agencies address the structural and physical needs of this dear country – Haiti chéri.
P.S. Upon the recommendation of the Canadian Council of Christian Charities, Christian Direction is collecting funds for our project Paraclete until February 12th which will be matched by the Canadian government for direct relief to Haiti.