Chile earthquake and tsunami
On February 27, 2010, near Concepción, Chile, an earthquake of 8.8 on the Moment magnitude scale and lasting for about three minutes was followed by three giant waves travelling at around 500 miles an hour that hit the coast shortly afterwards.
ACT members form part of the Inter-eclesial Emergency Committee of Chile (Comité Intereclesiástico de Emergencia de Chile), along with their partners SEPADE and EPES and IELCH.
Chile: trauma and psychosocial care
Aug 31, 2010
Natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering, what do we do about it?
Chile: prioritising participation
Aug 31, 2010
ACT members and their partners work with community participation to solve problems after the earthquake
Chile: survivors' camp
Aug 31, 2010
People who lost their houses in the tsunami live in camps like Villa Bosquemar
Chile: television report on ACT work
Aug 31, 2010
TV report from 24 Horas, national television news in Chile, on ACT-supported work after the earthquake
Chile: "a successful earthquake"
Aug 31, 2010
The earthquake in Chile was bigger than that in Haiti, but killed far fewer people. In this sense it was a "successful earthquake".
Chile: post-disaster housing
Aug 27, 2010
SEPADE, a partner of ACT members in Chile, is building for some of the people who lost their houses in the earthquake and tsunami
Chile earthquake: ACT already present
Feb 28, 2010
The quake killed at least 300 people, most of them in their homes.