Helping Haiti

Life takes unexpected turns sometimes. Right now I am helping out at a Help-Haiti-conference. We are located high up on a mountain here in Hawaii and the conference is organized by Youth With A Mission (YWAM).

About 40 international professsionals from different spheres of society are here - scientists, businessmen, lawyers, education specialists and many others (even a Hollywood film producer), all to brainstorm about possible ways of how YWAM and its friends can help Haiti. The conference has been preceded by a research team going this nation, and we also have with us the leader of YWAM in Haiti, who has been working there for decades. The focus is twofold: to find long-term strategies (like helping building the education system) but also to find practical ways of sending help within weeks. Haiti is a broken nation in so many ways and needs help in almost every dimension of society.

As I am writing this, the congress is discussing things as energy supplies, transportation, human resources and health, trying to find out how the YWAM base in Haiti can be used as a window to make a difference for the Haitians.

If you want to make a difference in Haiti, they right now need skilled people in many areas such as carpenters, electricans, administrators, physicians, teachers, kitchen managers and many other areas. If you are interested, let me know and I will help to get you in touch with the people in charge. They just said that the commitment for such work should be at least for three months, preferably longer.

That was a little "Haiti update", and within days we will be back on working with our film projects again. More about them soon!