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Earthquake in Haiti
MTW’s Disaster Response Ministry is leading our response to the unprecedented disaster in Haiti. Our protocol in these situations is to send teams at the invitation of the church and usually after the initial disaster consequences have eased.
We are not “first responders,” but our goal in responding is to work through the church and to augment its ministry through the work DRM does. In the case of Haiti, we are preparing first to send in an advance needs assessment team (ANAT) as soon as we can reasonably get into the country.
Haiti’s airport is small and preoccupied now with larger planes from the NGOs and military. We are monitoring this situation daily, and our hope is that we can get in by the middle of next week. This initial team will assess conditions on the ground like security, local transportation, infrastructure, general conditions, and greatest needs.
Based on feedback from the ANAT, we will decide about the priority of follow-up teams, which can be medical, crisis counseling, or engineering/construction. These team members should have taken our disaster response training (DRT) course because conditions on the ground can be difficult, dangerous, and unexpected and the specialized training is both helpful and necessary. And they should be prepared to stay for at least two weeks.
It may be February before these teams will be able to go into the country, but they will be very busy when they do. The MTW website will continue to provide information about team needs and departures, so watch this space!
The DRM web page on this site also has information about the upcoming DRT course in May 2010 near Pittsburgh PA. If you would like to pray for us, the greatest need now is for access to the country.
If you would like to contribute to MTW’s disaster response effort, click to the our Minuteman appeal on this site. God bless you, and thank you for your concern for the suffering people of Haiti.
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 Level:
1-junior high age and up; no language barriers; minimal cross-cultural setting; no missions experience required
2-junior high age and up; moderate language barriers; moderate cross-cultural setting; missions experience helpful
3-senior high age and up; some language barriers; challenging cross-cultural setting; missions experience helpful
4-adults (some mature senior high); increased language barriers; intense cross-cultural setting; missions experience required
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L=LOW RISK (western country or major city in developing world)
I=INTERMEDIATE RISK (developing country, travel outside city)
S=SUBSTANTIAL RISK (few western amenities, marginal medical system, political unrest sometimes present, possible infectious disease)
H=HIGH RISK (few western amenities, marginal medical system, travel to remote areas, environmental extremes/altitude, heat, etc, infectious disease)
Pregnant women are not permitted to participate on projects rated as Intermediate, Substantial or High Risk.
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