All posts tagged Haiti

February 6, 2015

Haiti Lutheran Mission Society reports growth in Haiti

HAITI – Twenty years ago, l’Eglise Lutherienne d’Haiti (the Lutheran Church of Haiti, LCH) was born. Since that time, the Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) of Canada has helped support Lutheran ministry in Haiti by helping to fund pastoral salaries, as well as by supplying…

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December 16, 2014

HLMS sends aid shipment to Haiti

by James Morgan HAITI – Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS)—Canada continues to prove a lot of things and a lot of love can fit into a 40 foot long shipping container. Approximately 40,000 lbs. worth! HLMS has sent its fall 2014 shipment of items to…

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September 30, 2013

Christian growth in Haiti: 30 years for HLMS

HAITI – The Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS)—a Listed Service Organization of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)—was founded in 1983 to help fund the pastoral ministry of Rev. Doris-Jean Louis at First Lutheran Church (Pétion-Ville, Haiti) and to assist with humanitarian aid in Haiti. Because Rev. Louis…

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April 20, 2012

Haiti: Two years later

by Ian Adnams With the speed of today’s news cycles the old adage “out of sight; out of mind” is more relevant than ever. Yet just because news gathering organizations are no longer interested in a story doesn’t mean it goes away. This is often the…

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February 7, 2011

Lutheran relief agency continues support for Haiti

WINNIPEG – A year after an earthquake devastated Haiti, Canadian Lutheran World Relief continued its support of the Caribbean county by sending a fully-loaded 40-foot shipping container. The January 21 shipment contained everything from quilts to medical equipment and 2000 We Care bags. The supplies…

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January 12, 2011

One year after the quake, one-million Haitians still live in tents

by Keven Drews Haiti still faces a long road to recovery, one year to the day after an earthquake devastated this tiny Caribbean nation. Reconstruction efforts may be taking place, but rubble still litters the country and more than one million people remain homeless and…

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