Post on 23-Dec-2015
HAITI SALESIAN APPEALHAITI SALESIAN APPEAL
The Salesians have been working for young people in Haiti for over 80 years
This week their School “Enam” in Port au Prince collapsed in an earthquake
200 of their children are
missing
Enam Salesian
Arts College
before the earthquake
Help the Salesians in Haiti to find the children still missing from their school
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Students wear olive green
uniforms and age from 5 to 18 years of age
Their school and many of Their school and many of their friends have now their friends have now
disappeareddisappeared
Help the Salesians in Haiti to find the children still missing from their school
Young people
are searching for family
and friends
Help the Salesians in Haiti to find the children still missing from their school
How How can can we we
help?help?
Help the Salesians in Haiti to find the children still missing from their school
Salesians are trying
to link families
back together
in the chaos
The Salesians have been in Haiti since 1935 and they will stay to re-build the people
How do we make How do we make any sense of this any sense of this
destruction?destruction?
How can we make sense of this disaster? Only by helping to put things right together
The The shanty shanty towns towns
and the and the poor are poor are
the the worst worst
hithit
Help the Salesians in Haiti to give young people hope in the middle of chaos.
People People are are
afraid of afraid of after after
shocks shocks and and
sleep sleep outsideoutside
Help the Salesians in Haiti to give hope in a chaotic time for the nation
Food and Food and clean water clean water are in short are in short
supplysupply
People People don’t know don’t know where help where help will come will come
fromfrom
Help the Salesians in Haiti to build homes for the homeless
Help the Salesians in Haiti to build homes for the homeless
““Now is the time to Now is the time to roll up our sleeves, roll up our sleeves, as Don Bosco did as Don Bosco did with the boys of with the boys of Turin to show them Turin to show them the closeness of the closeness of God and to bring God and to bring them hope.”them hope.”
Don Chavez
World Salesian leader calls on all Salesian
centres to get into action
Support local Support local collections over the collections over the
weeks ahead.weeks ahead.
A bucket collection A bucket collection will take place this will take place this
morningmorningDon Chavez
World Salesian leader calls on all Salesian
centres to get into action
Help the Salesians in Haiti to build homes for the homeless
Lord, give strength and hope Lord, give strength and hope to those who are suffering in Haiti.to those who are suffering in Haiti.
We pray especially for the young people We pray especially for the young people of Enam Salesian school in Port au Prince.of Enam Salesian school in Port au Prince.We pray also for Bro Hubert,We pray also for Bro Hubert,The Salesian who died in Port au prince.The Salesian who died in Port au prince.
Help us to be generous with our prayersHelp us to be generous with our prayersAnd generous with our resources And generous with our resources In the weeks and months ahead.In the weeks and months ahead.
May the strength of the Salesian family May the strength of the Salesian family Spread across the worldSpread across the worldBring hope and consolation Bring hope and consolation To Salesian students To Salesian students and all the people of Haitiand all the people of Haiti. . AMENAMEN
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