Bekah Barkocy during the 2011 Haiti trip. Barkocy will participate in the trip again this year. (B. Barkocy photo)
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Earthquake-damaged Haiti church gets assistance from SNU
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Bethany, Oklahoma
The last Nazarene church building in Haiti needing reconstruction after the 2010 earthquake is getting rebuilt. On May 13 a team of 10 Southern Nazarene University students will head to Haiti to put a roof on the church, construct pews, and paint the entire structure.
As the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti still has lots of needs, but this is a milestone to celebrate.
When plans were finalized last fall to take an SNU team to Haiti, organizers had no idea SNU would be the ones to finish the job by completing the last earthquake-damaged church building.
More than 60 Nazarene church buildings needed significant repairs or complete rebuilding in the aftermath of the earthquake that killed 250,000 people. The church, Chemin Desgrange, is a rural congregation. It is a difficult place to reach from the capital city of Port-au-Prince, which is one reason it is the last Nazarene congregation to have its building rebuilt.
To make this event a real celebration, buy-in is being sought from hundreds of people in a "$10 for Haiti" campaign.
The idea is to raise $15,000 for the project materials funds by getting 1,500 people to give $10 each. As of Friday, April 27, more than 300 people had given a total of $9,000 to that fund. Donations to the "$10 for Haiti" fund have come from as far away as Australia.
Most donors are giving online at www.snu.edu/give. Others are sending checks made out to "Southern Nazarene University" to Howard Culbertson, SNU, 6729 NW 39th, Bethany, OK 73008. There's even a Facebook community page: www.facebook.com/10forhaiti.
Monies donated to the "$10 for Haiti" fund go 100 percent to the actual rebuilding costs. Students are raising their own funds for their personal trip expenses (travel, lodging, food, insurance).
This will be the third Haiti earthquake recovery trip made by SNU students.
One member of the team going to Haiti on May 13 from SNU, Frantz Pierre, was a student at the University of Haiti when the earthquake struck.
Many students were killed, but Frantz survived. He helped as a translator for the first SNU earthquake recovery team that went to Haiti in May of 2010. Frantz is now a pre-med student at SNU.
--Southern Nazarene University
As the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti still has lots of needs, but this is a milestone to celebrate.
When plans were finalized last fall to take an SNU team to Haiti, organizers had no idea SNU would be the ones to finish the job by completing the last earthquake-damaged church building.
More than 60 Nazarene church buildings needed significant repairs or complete rebuilding in the aftermath of the earthquake that killed 250,000 people. The church, Chemin Desgrange, is a rural congregation. It is a difficult place to reach from the capital city of Port-au-Prince, which is one reason it is the last Nazarene congregation to have its building rebuilt.
To make this event a real celebration, buy-in is being sought from hundreds of people in a "$10 for Haiti" campaign.
The idea is to raise $15,000 for the project materials funds by getting 1,500 people to give $10 each. As of Friday, April 27, more than 300 people had given a total of $9,000 to that fund. Donations to the "$10 for Haiti" fund have come from as far away as Australia.
Most donors are giving online at www.snu.edu/give. Others are sending checks made out to "Southern Nazarene University" to Howard Culbertson, SNU, 6729 NW 39th, Bethany, OK 73008. There's even a Facebook community page: www.facebook.com/10forhaiti.
Monies donated to the "$10 for Haiti" fund go 100 percent to the actual rebuilding costs. Students are raising their own funds for their personal trip expenses (travel, lodging, food, insurance).
This will be the third Haiti earthquake recovery trip made by SNU students.
One member of the team going to Haiti on May 13 from SNU, Frantz Pierre, was a student at the University of Haiti when the earthquake struck.
Many students were killed, but Frantz survived. He helped as a translator for the first SNU earthquake recovery team that went to Haiti in May of 2010. Frantz is now a pre-med student at SNU.
--Southern Nazarene University
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