Disaster Relief in Haiti

I’m grateful that my husband works in disaster relief. Even today when he will probably work late into the evening until he falls asleep. Like he did last night. Right now, I want there to be people like him working to get doctors and medical supplies into Haiti and the news of what is happening in Haiti back to people like us. Even if I feel like I cannot do much, I’m glad there are people like him who can.

I’ve learned some things about disaster relief since Matt has been working there. One thing that I didn’t know was how much weight the news industry carried. If there are large disasters, but the local news stations don’t cover them well or tell people where to give, people don’t know. If people don’t know, they don’t give. If they don’t give, then organizations like Medical Teams International, which works year round in countries in need and is strategically trained and positioned to go into disasters like this one, don’t have the funding to do what they do so well.

I might not have a large blog readership, but I encourage you to look into it. You can read about it on CNN and look at more photos here. And you can give here. MTI’s first of several disaster response teams leaves today. Pray that they can get into Haiti.

I’m praying for the people of Haiti and the workers at MTI who are doing what they do well.