World Relief Response Plan for Haiti Earthquake

Our efforts will be in three different phases:

  1. Relief – emergency aid to reduce the immediate suffering… to “stop the bleeding.” This is our current effort.
  2. Rehabilitation – as soon as the bleeding stops, to seek to restore the Haitian people and their communities to the positive elements of their life before the earthquake.
  3. Development – a process of ongoing change that moves all the people involved (those helping and those being helped) closer to being in a right relationship with God and others. The goal is to enable the Haitian people to provide for themselves in the future, and then to reach out and help others.

As we consider how best to help, disaster experts say that one of the greatest needs is funding for those organizations that have an organized plan, and are committed in the long term to work alongside the Haitian people to truly bring the help they need. This assistance will take years, not months.

Download the PDF file for the World Relief Response Plan