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What you might be able to do in the future.
The time will come when teams of folks from here will be needed and welcomed to help clear debris, to help with long-term medical needs, to help with rebuilding, etc. However, that time may be weeks or even months down the road. We will closely monitor the situation and try to organize one or more teams to go from Circular once we feel it would be helpful and prudent to do so.
If there are individuals who do possess specialized skills in medicine, heavy equipment operation, or are trained disaster responders, it may be helpful for you to check the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance website to see if they are looking for your skill set in any of their early responses or to contact them and offer to be available as they begin to put together teams.
In the meantime, there is much that we can do here at home. Circular will take a long-term approach to plan our response to this disaster. We will take advantage of Presbytery staff and members of churches who have traveled to Haiti to speak about their experiences. We may take on the challenge of raising money for a water system from Water Missions International to assist in providing clean drinking water to a neighborhood in Port au Prince. We may begin to build a line item in your church budget to help scholarship mission team members for upcoming trips to Haiti.
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