Global Rapid Response Fund

Local women in Kenya receive relief aid during the famine. Photo: Ivy Wang/ABM 2011

On January 12, 2010, a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, a country where 80% of the population were already living in poverty.

ABM responded by sending supporter’s donations to the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti to help survivors rebuild. The funds accumulated through ABM’s rapid response fund meant that donations were sent immediately.

Bishop Holguin of the Dominican Republic said, “…all the financial aid, supplies, food, water that the Episcopal Church members had provided… are one of the most helpful and secure ways to support the people damaged by the earthquake in Haiti.”

In the week following the quake, the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti’s development office distributed bottled and bagged drinking water in Port-au-Prince and a water tanker truck brought water twice daily to the residents of the College St Pierre tent camp. The diocese’s development office also helped coordinate the local purchase of water by priests for their communities.

Donations to this program are tax deductible.

HOW CAN I DONATE?

You can make an online donation to this project by selecting Global Rapid Response Fund from the full project list.

Alternatively, for donations by cheque/money order (made out to the Anglican Board of Mission - Australia), telephone or email, view contact details here.

(Project information will be available soon.)