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cbm Canada Rebuilding Lives In Haiti

 

February 3, 2010 – cbm Canada is providing a ray of hope for the crushed spirits of thousands of Haitians who have lost their homes, families and are now left with life threatening injuries or amputated limbs.

Through the organization’s Emergency Response Team, and trusted partners who have been working in Haiti for over 30 years, cbm is helping those in greatest need rebuild their lives.

Plans are also in place to fund a Children’s Day Care Centre in Haiti to provide psychosocial needs for children who have been traumatized by losing their family members in the earthquake.

Other plans include Community Based Rehabilitation, community infrastructre and rebuilding medical and school facilities.

cbm has five projects in Port-au-Prince, three of which are hospitals that were affected by the earthquake: 

  • Grace Children’s Hospital
  • University Hospital
  • Community Health Hospital
(Visit our projects for complete details.)

cbm’s Emergency Response Team – including Valerie Scherrer, Michiel Steenbeek, and others – have been actively providing occupational and physiotherapy for patients at the L'hopital de la Communaute Haitienne in Port-au -Prince.

Scherrer, cbm’s Emergency Response Coordinator, has been instrumental in organizing injury and disability meetings with other non-governmental organizations in Haiti.

“There is an estimated 2,000 to 4,000 people who have already had amputations,” reports Scherrer. “The exact number is difficult to determine because there were no records kept at hospitals the first week after the earthquake.”

Wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and other medical equipment are urgently needed.

More than 200,000 people have been injured from the earthquake that shook Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010, leaving 170,000 dead, as well asver one million people homeless.

As plans are being made for the future of rebuilding Haiti, “Governments and nongovernmental organizations should give serious consideration to the needs of all people in Haitian society, especially those left with permanent disabilities,” said Ed Epp, Executive Director of cbm Canada.

“Before the earthquake, the number of Haitians living with disabilities numbered in the hundreds of thousands. Now, the numbers are staggering. cbm is there to help, now and for the long haul.” 

cbm Canada has been helping more than 80,000 people with disabilities in Haiti each year, since 1976. 

A leading international Christian humanitarian organization, cbm works to meet the needs of persons with disabilities in the poorest countries of the world. 

To make a donation to help those in desperate need in Haiti, the public can call
1-800-567-2264, or Donate now on cbm Canada’s web site. Every dollar contributed for earthquake relief to cbm Canada will be matched by CIDA for Haiti relief efforts.
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