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Author: danladi
Posted to the web: 2/16/2010 2:53:00 PM

The devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that shookthe island of Haiti, Tuesday 12th January, 2010, claimed hundreds of thousandsof lives, destroyed thousands of homes and left thousands injured, homeless andin desperation, needing to reconstruct their lives. In response to the disaster, an Emmanuel TV Haiti Earthquake Relief Teamcomprising a doctor, nurses, a midwife, evangelists, and humanitarian workerstravelled from the UK and the USA to Haiti. With the generous support ofEmmanuel TV partners and friends, a cargo plane was chartered and stocked fullof medical supplies and foodstuffs. The plane landed in Cap Haitien Airport inthe north of Haiti. The team then travelled in convoy with the UN down toArcahaie, a town just half an hour drive north of Port-au-Prince, wherethousands of earthquake victims had fled to and where there was no hospital.Upon arrival, the team unloaded the supplies in the town hall. Welcomed warmlyby the people of Arcahaie, many of whom were viewers of Emmanuel TV, they setoff for the site by the sea that had been given to them by the Mayor ofArcahaie, where the field hospital would be built. The team immediately began pitching tents and preparing the site for thefield hospital, which was to be called Clinique Emmanuel. The building stillunder construction, patients began to arrive. Clinique Emmanuel was now inoperation. Soon, an expectant mother in labour arrived and the first baby wasdelivered. Her parents, rejoicing at the birth and in gratitude to God, namedtheir daughter, Emmanuella. Each day, the Emmanuel TV Relief Team give theirlove, their time, their care to the people of Arcahaie. Facing challenges suchas no sewage system, no clean water and no power gave the team a glimpse ofwhat life is like for the Haitian people on a daily basis. As news of Clinique Emmanuel spread, people came from far and wide and manychildren soon gathered.  With the local schools closed after theearthquake, the ETV site provides a safe and stimulating environment to learnin. With the devastation in Haiti, Emmanuel TV aims not just to establish aprimary care medical clinic but also an orphanage to care for orphans, many ofwhom lost their parents in the devastating earthquake. Twenty four hours a day in Clinique Emmanuel, there is a need that needs tomet, a problem that needs to be solved, a situation that demands immediateattention. Since the setting up of Clinique Emmanuel, more nurses have travelled fromSouth Africa to join the Emmanuel TV Haiti Earthquake Relief Team with plans inplace for still more to come from different parts of the world. In the wake of such a horrific devastation of a nation, a shadow of itsformer self, one has to ask the question, what can I do to help? As Prophet TBJoshua says, whatever you have in your hand today is a solution to someone witha problem. God has designed it in such a way that everyone has some strength tocontribute. Your contribution can and will change lives. Your strength may be in the area of money. Your strength may be in the areaof wisdom. Your strength may be in the area of knowledge, talent or skills suchas medical expertise. Whichever area you are strong in you are expected to useit generously to strengthen your fellow brother. The people of Haiti are inneed of what you have to give.

LINK; http://www.scoan.org/highlight_january10.htm