[CCIH-Haiti] Free Webinar Series on Haiti from the Chalmers Center

[sfranzen at ccih.org]

A Free Webinar Series to Help You Help Haiti
http://chalmers.org/when-helping-hurts/webinar/haiti-02-2010-announcement.php

To help churches, relief agencies, and individuals respond appropriately
to the crisis in Haiti—helping the Haitian people to take ownership of the
rebuilding process—the Chalmers Center* will host a three-part, webinar
lecture series.

The webinars are scheduled for February 17th, February 24th, and March
3rd, from 1 to 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (US).  They will be presented
by Steve Corbett and Dr. Brian Fikkert, authors of “When Helping Hurts:
How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself,” a
paradigm-shifting book about the causes and solutions to the problem of
poverty. The book is in its fifth printing since it was published in July
2009 (www.whenhelpinghurts.org).

Help Without Hurting
This webinar series is intended for all those responding to the needs of
the Haitian people, including churches, missions boards, missionaries,
ministries, Christian relief and development organizations, NGOs,
individuals, volunteers, donors, and short-term missions teams. The
webinars will help participants:

1) Gain an understanding of the harm that can come from an improper
understanding of the nature of poverty and its alleviation.
2) Identify the basic principles and tools needed to develop relationships
with low income individuals.
3) Be able to implement biblically-based economic development ministry
programs.

The principles taught in the webinars are not a magic formula for success.
However, they are powerful, and they have been used by God in even
extremely difficult settings (including in the tsunami of 2004 as
described in the book).

Please go to
http://chalmers.org/when-helping-hurts/webinar/haiti-02-2010-announcement.php
for more information on the Chalmers Center and to register for the
webinars. The webinars are free but you need to register in order to
receive information about how to join them.

A download link of the recorded webinar will be posted on the webinar
registration page within two business days following the date of the live
webinar session.