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'''LDS Church Continues to Send Aid to Haiti'''
A new partnership between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation promises an additional water source for the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center, which is located in the capital city of Kinshasa. “We became involved with this project because the hospital seems to be doing all they can to provide quality medical care but still find themselves needing additional resources,” said Matthew Heaps, who oversees clean water projects for the Church. “We help them to help themselves by supplementing the hospital’s existing water source with an additional well for consistent and reliable water.
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Shipments of relief aid from [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] arrived in Haiti over the weekend, including a large shipment of 85,000 pounds of supplies from Miami. That shipment included emergency resources such as food, blankets, tents and tarps. Latter-day Saint missionaries assisted in unloading the supplies. Two more shipments of food, medical supplies and other items have been trucked in containers from the Dominican Republic to Haiti. More shipments are planned for the coming week that will include supplies specifically requested by local Church leaders on the ground.
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A team of doctors sent by the Church to help the injured in Haiti left the Salt Lake airport on Sunday evening and is scheduled to arrive in Haiti this evening. The team includes 14 doctors and nurses and two family services specialists. The group is self-contained and carrying their own medical supplies, which will be augmented by additional supplies being sent separately. [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705359285/LDS-relief-First-medical-team-sent-by-Mormon-Church-to-arrive-Monday-in-Haiti.html]  Another small group of physicians from the Dominican Republic and coordinated by the Church is already working in Haiti.
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Seven Latter-day Saint chapels in Haiti are being used as shelters for over 4,000 people from the community. All of the Church’s chapels in Haiti are left largely undamaged by the quake, and many are being used in the relief effort. Donations for relief efforts can be made at [http://give.lds.org/emergencyresponse LDS Emergency Response].  
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The not-for-profit hospital, which opened in 2007, is the vision of Dikembe Mutombo, who retired this week after 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association.  The facility currently has 150 beds with a planned capacity of 300. [http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/church-teams-with-biamba-marie-mutombo-hospital Read more...]
 
 
:[http://www.lds.org/humanitarianservices/0,19749,6208,00.html Official LDS Humanitarian Services website]
 
:[http://www.lds.org/humanitarianservices/0,19749,6208,00.html Official LDS Humanitarian Services website]
 
:[http://mormonchurch.org/category/ways-to-help More Ways to Help]
 
:[http://mormonchurch.org/category/ways-to-help More Ways to Help]
 
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Revision as of 06:22, 20 January 2010

LDS Church Continues to Send Aid to Haiti 18 January 2010

Shipments of relief aid from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints arrived in Haiti over the weekend, including a large shipment of 85,000 pounds of supplies from Miami. That shipment included emergency resources such as food, blankets, tents and tarps. Latter-day Saint missionaries assisted in unloading the supplies. Two more shipments of food, medical supplies and other items have been trucked in containers from the Dominican Republic to Haiti. More shipments are planned for the coming week that will include supplies specifically requested by local Church leaders on the ground.

A team of doctors sent by the Church to help the injured in Haiti left the Salt Lake airport on Sunday evening and is scheduled to arrive in Haiti this evening. The team includes 14 doctors and nurses and two family services specialists. The group is self-contained and carrying their own medical supplies, which will be augmented by additional supplies being sent separately. [1] Another small group of physicians from the Dominican Republic and coordinated by the Church is already working in Haiti.

Seven Latter-day Saint chapels in Haiti are being used as shelters for over 4,000 people from the community. All of the Church’s chapels in Haiti are left largely undamaged by the quake, and many are being used in the relief effort. Donations for relief efforts can be made at LDS Emergency Response.


Official LDS Humanitarian Services website
More Ways to Help