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Overcoming the Trauma of Great Loss
Family helped by Biblica donated book on dealing with crisis. |
Many Haitians are still traumatized by the earthquake and the destruction and loss it caused. How do you deal with the loss of everything -- home, possessions, job, familiar sites, comfort and loved ones?
Somebody Cares is helping local pastors overcome their own trauma and in turn reach out to their commnities and congregations. A recent donation from Biblica (formerly International Bible Society) of a booklet "When Your Whole World Changes" is a big help.
Pastor Carlo, who oversees about 100 churches throughout Haiti as well as several schools, received some of these booklets for his congregations and students. He says" the children's booklets have really ministered to the school children that have experienced the horrors of the quake. they have helped the children deal with their fears. There are still hundreds of thousands of children still not able to return to schools because of the fears of their parents. The writers of these booklets have to be commended for the spirit in which the books were written."
Traumatizied school children benefit from the material Somebody Cares provided. |
Our Somebody Cares representative in Haiti, Richard Grubb, reports "The adult booklets have been a help for those who have been affected emotionally by the quake as well. The fear that the Haitian people are living with now is real. The President of Haiti just recently made an announcement that another earthquake is imminent and could be worse than the one on January 12th. The booklets have been a blessing to these adults and their families."
One family reported, "the booklets helped us to understand the feelings we are experiencing."
In addition to distributing thousands of these booklets, Somebody Cares plans to provide about 700 pastors with in-depth Crisis Counseling kits donated by David C Cook so they are prepared to reach out to the hurting in their churches and neighborhoods.
Additional funding is needed to see these kits distributed with training to pastors throughout Haiti. A donation of $50 is suggested to see these books get into the hands of pastor who need them. Any gift amount will help! Will you give today?
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When Joyce Yeoman heard about the Haiti earthquake, her 