Compassion’s Tim Glenn live from Haiti

January 22, 2010
by Rodney Olsen
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With the relentless barrage of information about the recent earthquakes in Haiti we can feel overwhelmed and it’s hard to know just what we can do to make a dent in what seems to be an impossible situation.

Thankfully organisations such as Compassion are turning our dollars into practical help on the ground in Haiti.

Tim Glenn is the Director of Child Advocacy for Compassion in the US. He is currently in Haiti helping with the urgent relief effort. This morning during my radio programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM I spoke to Tim about the current situation.

You can hear our conversation by clicking the play button of the audio player at the bottom of this post.

Please donate generously to Compassion to help those in Haiti. Click here to give through Compassion International. If you’re in Australia, click here to donate through Compassion Australia.

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A remarkable survival story

January 21, 2010
by Rodney Olsen
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This remarkable interview with Dan Wooley of Compassion about his experience in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake has special significance for me. The hotel in which Dan was trapped, Hotel Montana, is the hotel where I stayed when I was in Haiti in April 2008.

We had to leave Haiti very quickly when food riots began to escalate. Dan was trapped under the rubble of the hotel longer than the total time I spent in Haiti.

It’s hard for me to even recognise what’s left of the hotel.

Please donate generously to Compassion to help those in Haiti. Click here to give through Compassion International. If you’re in Australia, click here to donate through Compassion Australia.



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Wess Stafford talks about Haiti

January 16, 2010
by Rodney Olsen
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Compassion International’s President, Wess Stafford, updates us on the latest from Haiti.

Compassion has been working in Haiti for over 40 years so they are able to work quickly and effectively through their existing networks in this devastated country.

Please donate generously to Compassion to help those in Haiti. Click here to give through Compassion International. If you’re in Australia, click here to donate through Compassion Australia.



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Update on Haiti from Compassion

January 14, 2010
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Edouard Lassegue is the Vice President Compassion Latin America and Caribbean RegionThings were already extremely difficult for Haiti’s desperately poor population of over nine million but yesterday’s earthquake has now brought about further untold suffering. Estimates say that over a hundred thousand people may be dead and that well over three million people will be affected by the magnitude 7 quake and strong aftershocks.

This morning during my radio programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM I spoke to Edouard Lassegue about the devastation in Haiti.

Edouard is Compassion’s Vice President, Latin America and Caribbean Region. He is based in Miami where he is trying to gather information so that he can coordinate Compassion’s immediate relief efforts.

The tragedy has struck very close to home for Edouard who is Haitian and was once the Compassion Country Director for Compassion in Haiti. He has family and friends in the country and his heart is breaking with the current tragic situation.

Listen to what he had to say by clicking the play button on the audio player at the bottom of this post.

You can donate to the emergency appeal set up by Compassion Australia by clicking here.

Edouard was in Haiti with our Australian team in April 2008 when we had to exit the country rather quickly as rioting and looting took hold in Port-au-Prince.

When we made our somewhat risky trip to the airport to leave Haiti, Edouard was the one who stepped out of the ‘safety’ of our vehicles to try to find a way forward. He’s a very brave man who quite possibly saved our lives.

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Deathtoll likely to be in the thousands

January 13, 2010
by Rodney Olsen
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Following on from my last post, reports are now saying that around three million people are likely to be affected by the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti and the deathtoll is expected to be in the thousands.

As previously mentioned, I visited Haiti in April 2008 at the time when there were riots in the streets over skyrocketing food prices. I was there with Compassion Australia to see the work they are doing in Haiti. Leading that tour was DJ Konz from Compassion. He joined me on the phone this morning during my radio programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM.

While details are still sketchy, DJ gave listeners a better understanding of the enormity of the disaster in Haiti. You can hear what DJ had to say by clicking the play button on the audio player at the bottom of this post.

Compassion will endeavour to keep sponsors up to date with the situation for those children sponsored through Compassion on their website. They will also put a disaster relief plan in place as soon as possible. Your donations will make a huge difference.

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