While VisionTrust does not work directly in Haiti, we do have programs in the neighboring country called the Dominican Republic. Nelson Paulino, the VisionTrust Dominicana Executive Director, reported that, “The DR side of the island is pretty much ok, almost everywhere we felt the earthquake and it was scary, today [Jan 13] in fact many schools are not open in case there is a second one today that may affect us harder, but so far we are ok. After the movement is was difficult to make a phone call, so it was not until later last night when I was able to confirm that everybody was ok on our programs.” Our ministry in the Dominican Republic includes many Haitian immigrants. One program in particular serves primarily Haitian refugees in the Haiti border town of Comendador.
VisionTrust is not providing direct relief support in Haiti at this time because we do not have a ministry presence there. However, we do anticipate that the Haitians participating in our Dominican programs will soon be asking VisionTrust to help them help their family members that live in Haiti. Please remember to pray for the Haitian leadership, the international relief agencies and the people of Haiti.
If people would like to help these families, they can go to https://portal.visiontrust.org/donate/default.aspx and then select General Donation and write “Haitian Family Support” in the comment field. VisionTrust will make sure that these families will receive your gifts.
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