"In hungry Haiti, dirt is food"

Many of you may be familiar with Outreach International and how they are positively effecting our world for the better. I just recently came across this article, "In hungry Haiti, dirt is food", on Yahoo! News. It should be of interest to us all that Outreach International as well as the Community of Christ have a presence in Haiti. We have several congregations there. Outreach International works to help provide adequate education in this impoverished nation.

Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Yet, they are just south from the United States, one of the most affluent countries in the world. I have contacted Outreach International as well as the field Apostle for Haiti, Bunda Chibwe, about how the church is handling the poverty in Haiti. I will keep everyone posted on what I find out. This last World Conference while we were in session we were informed that many of our brothers and sisters in Haiti had died in flash floods. Money from the World Church Oblation Fund went out to help those in need. Please be mindful when you are planning for your giving to the church to also remember the World Oblation Fund which provides the funds for services, food, and countless other needs for church members world wide.

Yolen Jeunky, 45, collects dried mud cookies to sell in Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince,Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007. Rising prices and food shortages threaten the nation's fragile stability, and the mud cookies, made of dirt, salt and vegetable shortening, are one of very few options the poorest people have to stave off hunger.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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If you are interested in reading the US Ambassador to Haiti speech on the US relations and Haiti please click here. It will help you better understand how the US is involved with Haiti given that we are the single most substantial supporter of help to Haiti.

Rachel