Cross International is channeling support for Japan through our global partners that have relationships with Christian churches and ministries working in Japan. We typically rely on our trusted partners to direct our emergency aid in areas where Cross doesn’t...
According to a Red Cross disaster relief worker, the situation is both similar and different to the Haiti earthquake: I was in Haiti as part of the relief efforts in February of this year, and I do find some differences...
Very emotionally affecting song via YouTube (also below), cast as a message to the victims of the Haiti earthquake. To find out about progress in Haiti, go to CrossInternational.org/Haiti.
Southern Gospel singer Candy Christmas thinks so, according to CT: In November 2004, Christmas founded The Bridge Ministry—named for its location under the Jefferson Bridge near the riverbank—after taking a pot of jambalaya to a group of homeless people on...
Here is a powerful example (stream audio) of God’s Kingdom breaking out…this time in the midst of incredible suffering from the Haiti earthquake. Here’s the description from the Miami NPR station’s website: This piece reconstructs an inspiring moment amid tragedy...
Island Time is one of the best radio pieces to illustrate what is going on in Haiti and worth 60 minutes of your time (especially if you like good radio). Here’s the promo blurb: Unprecedented amounts of money have been...
By John Piper of Desiring God Do you consider safety, or your health, A sign from me? I am not awed by might, nor struck by wealth, Or poverty. O, I am struck! And crushed. Buried, I wince, And dying,...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy provides this short video (also below) on what is being done by several charities to ready Haiti for the annual rainy season this year. To see what Cross International has done in Haiti, go to: www.crossinternational.org/relief....
Below is video of Haiti relief supplies being unloaded and now being distributed to earthquake victims in Les Cayes. Because the southern seaside town has only a small harbor with a wharf that cannot accommodate large vessels, small boats were...
From the WSJ: Acts of homespun ingenuity characterize much of the Haiti fund raising. Jeff Winton, a seventh-generation North Harmony, N.Y., dairy farmer, says he sold four cows and two bull calves and donated the proceeds, $4,000, to the Coalition...