[Haiti] URGENT - Contacting friends in Haiti

[martinrs at aol.com]

Friends, 
 
I am emailing this to a number of CCIH members and friends who are either  
in Haiti, or work with Christian colleagues in Haiti.
 
A few of our members have contacted us urgently asking if we knew how to  
communicate with Haiti.  If any of you have been able to get a message out  
of Haiti, or have been able to contact colleagues in Haiti, can you reply  
urgently saying how you did it.
 
For those in the U.S., you may know already that the State Department has a 
 number where you can register names for information, and I understand that 
CDC  has some mechanism, too.  I have heard today that someone in Port au 
Prince  has gotten a message through, and I'm trying to learn how.  Also, 
another  CCIH member has gotten an email from the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, 
but that is  three hours away from Port au Prince.
 
CCIH has set up a Haiti listserv to facilitate information sharing and  
networking among Christians who will be working in or interested in relief  and 
rehabilitation in Haiti.  If you want to join the listserv, simply send  an 
email (no text needed in subject line or text box) addressed to 
_haiti-join at ccih.org_ (mailto:haiti-join at ccih.org) .  Then you will  receive an email 
requesting you to confirm that you want to join, and you reply  as instructed.
 
Please pray for the people and the situation there.  If you have ideas  
about how a network like CCIH might help, please pass on your suggestions.  

Ray  Martin
Executive Director
Christian Connections for International  Health
1817 Rupert Street, McLean, VA 22101, USA
Tel.  703-556-0123
Email: martinrs at aol.com
Web: http://www.ccih.org  

The  mission of Christian Connections for International Health is to 
promote  international health and wholeness from a Christian perspective. CCIH 
provides  field-oriented information resources and a forum for discussion, 
networking, and  fellowship to the spectrum of Christian organizations and 
individuals working in  international  health.


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