Two Powers – Trapped In Witchcraft

Two Powers – Trapped In Witchcraft

Feb 18, 2011 | Liberia

Most of us grew up with loving parents to teach us good from evil, take us to church, and instill in us Christian morals. Sadly, this is not the case for many Liberian children who grow up in a witchcraft-practicing culture. The atrociousness of the following true...
Haiti Earthquake – One Year Later

Haiti Earthquake – One Year Later

Jan 27, 2011 | Haiti

It’s been one year since the earthquake struck Haiti. How do things look in Haiti today? Many things remain the same–rubble still lines the streets and hopelessness is still evident on some faces, but here and there a spark of hope flourishes. Rubble is being...
Winding Down

Winding Down

Jan 19, 2011 | Haiti

Cholera cases at the CAM La Source clinic keep winding down. Cases steadily declined from 40-50 per week to as low as 15 last week. Other parts of Haiti, however, continue to see an increase. A hospital in Bombard had a sudden upswing in the number of cholera patients...
Hope

Hope

Jan 13, 2011 | Haiti

Close to one year ago the disastrous earthquake struck Haiti, killing thousands of people and leaving millions homeless. Hope is still elusive for many of the Haitian people. First the earthquake, then political unrest, and now the cholera epidemic. Hope seems...
IV fluids and prayers saved my life!

IV fluids and prayers saved my life!

Jan 5, 2011 | Haiti

The following account is about real people, and was told by our staff as though speaking for Markendy, but we took writer’s liberties to put it in story form. Hello, my name is Markendy. I live in northwestern Haiti. One day I felt sick, very sick. I vomited several...
Difficult Week – Haiti Cholera

Difficult Week – Haiti Cholera

Dec 31, 2010 | Haiti

An unpleasant landmark happened at the CAM clinic in La Source this past week. They experienced their first deaths at the cholera hospital. Bethanie Burkholder isn’t sure of the causes of these deaths, but she thinks the deaths happened because the clinic couldn’t...