03 Feb Canadian Work Team Arrives in Haiti

A work team from Canada arrived in Haiti on Friday, January 31. This is the 12th team the United Brethren of Canada have sent to Haiti since our work there began in 2000.

Around 11:30, they boarded a bus in Port-au-Prince and left for Cayes, where they will be working. About halfway there, the bus broke down. However, another bus eventually came to pick them up, and they arrived in Cayes around 6:30.

Joan Sider, from the UB church in Toronto, is once again leading the trip. Unfortunately, her luggage ended up going in a different direction–to Phoenix. Joan wrote, “I’m at the mercy of the other women, who have generously shared some of the necessities. Since we have about 700 t-shirts, I shouldn’t have a problem with tops. One skirt–I can manage.”

Here are some other places the Canadian teams have served in Haiti in recent years:

• January 2009: at Cité Soleil in the Port-au-Prince area, plus a trip to Les Cayes.
• October 2010: work on the Delmas 33 church in Port-au-Prince.
• October 2011: medical clinics in areas around Port-au-Prince.
• January 2012: Gonaives (building a new church).
• 2013: Limbe.