As Communications Officer for Episcopal Relief & Development, I’m part of the Episcopal Communicators (EC) – an organization for those who work in communications in the Episcopal Church.  I got to...

“In times like these we all need to keep moving.”  - Mr. PompeeMr. Pompee, age 72, was one of 66 individuals employed in an Episcopal Relief & Development–supported employment project in the urban...

On this, the one-year anniversary of the devastating 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti the 12th of January 2010, the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti reflects on one of the most difficult years in...

“As quick as the spread of cholera is the spread of panic that the outbreak has created among those still living in the tent camps and on the streets of Port-au-Prince and its surrounding areas.”-...

Words and actions can often seem hollow in the midst of extreme tragedy.  When images of orphans and vulnerable children flood our television screens, when clean water and sanitation is absent and...

Wednesday was a rich day filled with visits to communities engaged in cash-for-work programs.One of the big challenges that large-scale disasters bring is the breakdown of the routines of work,...

I arrived mid-day yesterday in Port-au Prince with Abagail Nelson, Senior Vice President of Programs at Episcopal Relief & Development, to see our Haiti recovery program.   As we descended to the...

A family takes refuge in a tent camp in Port-au-Prince following the January 12 earthquake. Courtesy of UN Photos/Sophia ParisLast Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter, I gave a sermon at the Church of...

Somehow, I went to bed on Tuesday night in denial.  By Wednesday morning that was over.  I had that awful feeling in the pit of my stomach.  It was the same feeling I had after the tsunami and the...