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After the Hurricane Local Artists, Churches and Civic Groups Event to Help New York Flood Victims and Haiti
Action H2O event, now to raise money for local New Yorkers affected by the Hurricane Irene and to bring clean H2O to Haiti’s Central Plateau also affected by Hurricane Irene. The event will take place on Tuesday October 25, 2011 at The Cathedral of All Saints, in Albany, NY, Beginning at 5:00 p.m., the evening [...]
After the Hurricane – Local Artists, Churches and Civic Groups Hold Event to Bring Clean Water to Haiti
After the Hurricane Local Artists, Churches and Civic Groups Hold Event to Bring Clean Water to Haiti Prior to the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 not one single case of Cholera had been seen in the country for over a century. By March of 2011, some 4,672 people had died and another 252,640 cases were [...]
Empire Haiti Coalition Team Heads to Haiti after Hurricane Emily to Assess Needs
On Monday August, 7 a small Empire Haiti Coalition team, lead by Cindy Schmehl, the Director of To Love A Child, Inc. and David J. Collum, Dean of All Saints Cathedral in Albany, will head to Haiti’s Central Plateau region to assess the needs of the six communities the Empire Haiti Coalition serves. The trip [...]
The Next Mission to Haiti
The next mission trip to Haiti will be from August 8th to the 15th. The cameras and TV stations have left and the earthquake is a distant memory to those outside of the country but for the Haitian people their lives are still a nightmare. They are so many that live in tents and face [...]
Report from mission team in Haiti
Hello everyone, All of the members of our team are happy and healthy. Our trip has been successful despite unforeseen obstacles. The solar project at LaHoye has been completed and the RPI Hydroponics project is being completed on a smaller scale. We have continued to strengthen our relationships. I believe that we earned a new [...]
Rhythms of Hope January 12, 2011 fundraiser a success
Despite more than fourteen inches of snow falling in downtown Albany on January 12, the first anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, 250 brave people from the Capital Region braved the conditions to attend the event. With the help of our celebrity co-host and Bishop Love the event raised more than $8000 to help the [...]
Rhythms of Hope Event Jan 12th update
Event Marks One Year Anniversary of Haiti Earthquake (Albany) - January 12, 2011 marks the one year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Leaving an already impoverished Caribbean country with 250,000 casualties and two million people affected throughout the country. Now after Hurricane Thomas, more than 10,000 people are affected by the sudden outbreak [...]