Haiti: Five Gallon Challenge

Makeshift schools popping up in Haiti

Makeshift schools are popping up all over the ruins of Port-au-Prince. Along with the government infrastructure, it will take a long time to rebuild Haiti’s education structure.

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Steve Geurink with Worldwide Christian Schools says they’re partnering with CRECHE, a network of Christian groups with 231 schools in Haiti. “Over 200 schools were either damaged or destroyed in this earthquake, resulting in about 60,000 children not able to go to school and 1500-2000 teachers not able to teach.”

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Getting schools up and running is critical for recovery on many levels. Geurink says, “Christian schools can best answer the questions for those children, so I think it not only is necessary to get children back into schools for a normal lifestyle for them, but it is the best method for the children even to be able to cope.”

The “Five Gallon Challenge” is simple: find a five-gallon bucket, fill it with donations, and give that donation through WWCS as part of this massive rebuilding project. Geurink explains, “This will be a yearlong campaign which would then result in us eventually sending our volunteer work teams to Haiti. We plan to be rebuilding in Haiti.”

One of life’s mysteries: A five-gallon bucket will hold much more than a ten-gallon hat. Go figure.

2 thoughts on “Haiti: Five Gallon Challenge”

  1. This group is sponsored by Christendom’s churches; many of them Reformed (read: Calvinistic) in doctrine, and “greasy grace” in practice.
    To support this group would be to support a “Christianity” that is actually against what Anabaptist Christians believe, practice and preach.
    We think/hope CAM would be a better choice for Haitian relief support.

    Reply
    • Thanks for your comments!

      Granted, I would prefer to give via Christian Aid Ministries.

      But even “Christendom’s churches” can do good relief work. And I suspect lots do. I thought the Five Gallon Challenge novel. So I chose to highlight it. I say, God bless them for the help they extend to the needy in Haiti.

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