Voices from Haiti
15 January 2010
Jesuits and lay partners share accounts of the situation in Haiti. To read more, click here.
Two days after the powerful earthquake brought more devastation to the island of Haiti, eyewitness accounts from aid workers, Jesuits and others in the country are being shared.
… just a quick note to let people know things are OK (here in Ounimanthe). Five minutes before the earthquake I was out on the street playing the fiddle for a group of kids that came and asked “if I could come out and play?” I was in the house when the quake began and I ran outside when it happened. The aftershocks kept coming even into the evening. The power is out and we are currently getting power from the generator.
The capital, on the other side of the country, was hit hard. We have had no communication from the Jesuits in the capital because phones and cell phones are not working. I expect that the Fe y Alegria School, near the epicenter, probably was hit hard.
Jim Boynton, S.J.
January 13, 2010
The worst news I received is the death of Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot – an important man for the Church in Haiti. I wrote to … (a colleague at) Radio Soleil, but didn’t get a response. … He must be very affected by the death of his bishop. I don’t know what to say.
Pierre Bélanger, S.J.
Coordonnateur international – Réseau Étoile – Haïti
January 13, 2010
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