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Japan: Another disaster

This is becoming much too familiar. As I turned on the news this morning, I gasped. Oh no, not again. Like most of you I started a familiar dance - inching closer to the screen to see what was going on and mentally cataloging where my friends and family are. My niece is in Malaysia, she should be fine but my pilot friend often flies to Osaka,... >Full Story

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Compassion Still Needed Six months ago a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake left nearly a quarter... >more
AFTERSHOCK: an Update from Haiti After a massive 6.1 aftershock rocked Port-au-Prince once again this week, we... >more

Haiti: I Chose to Stay

Photos of the suffering in Haiti are inescapable. For Curt & Michelle Friesen of Okotoks, Alberta the images are personal. Their daughter Jessica, 18, flew to Haiti to volunteer at an orphanage the day before an earthquake rocked the impoverished nation. First things first, Jessica is safe. Miraculously, she was able to phone her parents...... >Read More

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Quake Hits Haiti: You can help

On January 12, 2010 a devastating earthquake hit Haiti just a few miles south of the capitol. The US Geological Survey reports that the initial quake registered 7.0 on the Richter scale, with aftershocks registering as high as 5.9. The Richter scale considers 7.0 a major quake and notes that at 5.9 even the aftershock “can cause major damage...... >Read More

Tags: aid, current events, disaster, earthquake, Global Aid Network, grief, Haiti, Karen Schenk, Men, Women

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