All stories related to Haiti
Aid community marks three years since Haiti quake
Jan 12, 2013
While the effects of Haiti's devastating earthquake are still being felt, pockets of progress provide cause for optimism, according to this podcast.
Award-winning documentary series launches new season with profile of ACT member
Jan 09, 2013
A profile of Church World Service kicks off the 18th season of a popular U.S. documentary series and features an interview with ACT governing board member, Donna Derr.
Haiti: development must work for everyone
Feb 08, 2012
Two years on, The UCC remains committed to working with ACT and local partners to build strong communities
Hot lunch in Haiti: reducing hunger, enhancing learning
Jan 13, 2012
ACT members join forces to feed and improve learning for 8,000 students every day
Haiti: hope for the schools
Mar 21, 2011
4000 schools were destroyed in the earthquake in Haiti. ACT member Finn Church Aid is helping to rebuild them
Haiti: housing programme
Jan 11, 2011
ACT member Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe has built some 600 houses for people who lost houses in the Haiti earthquake
Haiti: health for all
Jan 11, 2011
ACT member Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe has built four health centres in Bainet and is leading the reconstruction of the hospital there
Haiti: building hope through homes
Jan 07, 2011
Video on the house building programme of ACT member CRWRC in Haiti after the earthquake
Madame Guirlenes story, subtitled
Nov 19, 2010
An interview from Haiti with earthquake survivor Madame Guirlenes, with subtitles
Haiti earthquake response: six month update
Sep 08, 2010
Video update from ACT member CRWRC, six months after the earthquake in Haiti
Haiti earthquake: ACT Alliance at work
Feb 15, 2010
Paul Jeffrey's eye-witness account from the first few days after the earthquake
ACT in Haiti
Organisations with HQ in Haiti
- Mission sociale des Eglises haïtiennes (Social Mission of Haitian Churches) (MISSEH)
- Service chrétien d'Haïti (SCH) (Haiti Christian Service)
International organisations in Haiti
- Christian Aid (CA)
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Finn Church Aid (FCA)
- Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
- Mission sociale des Eglises haïtiennes (Social Mission of Haitian Churches) (MISSEH)
- Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)
- The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
- United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
- World Renew (WR) - formerly Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Organisations funding work in Haiti
- Brot für Alle/Pain pour le Prochain (Bread for All) (BfA)
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR)
- Christian World Service (CWS)
- Church of Sweden (CoS)
- DanChurchAid (DCA)
- Diakonie Austria
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
- Finn Church Aid (FCA)
- Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
- Kerk In Actie (KIA)
- Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
- Oekumenikus Segélyszervezet (Hungarian Interchurch Aid) (HIA)
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)
- Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS&D)
- The Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK)
- United Church of Canada (UCC)
About Haiti
- Capital: Port-au-Prince
- Area: 27,750 sq km (10,714 sq miles)
- Major languages: Creole, French
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 59 years (men), 63 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 gourde = 100 centimes
- Main exports: Light manufactures, coffee, oils, mangoes
- GNI per capita: US $660 (World Bank, 2008)