I don’t know about you but I grew up with family vacations being a camping trip, sleeping in a tent, fishing, cooking on the grill….. Our tent did not leak, rain did not run in rivers through our tent, we had a ready supply of food and water…… But I cannot imagine living in a tent for months on end. Many of the Deaf in Haiti have been living in the streets, and in refugee camps since the earthquake. We know that there is one large Deaf camp and it appears there are Deaf scattered throughout the other camps.
Yesterday my friend wrote that the leaders of the Deaf refugee camp report damage to some of their tents. The fabric is in shreds. This is the rainy season and the water runs through the tents and now the rain is coming in from the top as well.
Please pray that the blocks can be purchased quickly and the tents can be raised off the ground and that damaged tents can be replaced. There is a urgent need for permanent housing. The Refugee camp with fence and tents is only a temporary solution. There are many needs, housing, food, water, education, and the list goes on……
The biggest need though is a Deaf church, Deaf leaders to be trained, materials to be prepared (stories) and taught to these leaders for the continued evangelism among the Deaf throughout Haiti.
