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Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts
Click here to see the list of relief shipments to Haiti.
(Norfolk, Neb.) Orphan Grain Train, a Christian humanitarian relief organization, is sending several 40-ft. shipping containers filled with food, water, medical equipment, tents, and other goods to Haiti in response to the January 12 earthquake. The shipments are distributed in Haiti through Orphan Grain Train’s network in cooperation with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti. Click here to see the list of relief shipments to Haiti.
Orphan Grain Train welcomes cash donations of any amount to help the survivors in Haiti. Shipping one semi-load to Haiti costs more than $5,000 in transportation costs. Checks may be sent to Orphan Grain Train, PO Box 1466, Norfolk, NE 68702-1466. Please write “Haiti” on the memo line. You may also give on-line by credit card. You will receive an email confirmation of your gift as it arrives in Orphan Grain Train’s account.
Other relief shipments have been sent to Haiti by Orphan Grain Train since 1998. For example, on February 15, 2006, a 40-ft. container loaded with clothing, medical and school supplies, and hospital equipment was shipped from Wisconsin Division, destination Cap-Haitien, Haiti. The container arrived March 28, 2006, and its contents were distributed between a Catholic orphanage and the Clinic Medical Le Lutherien (Lutheran Medical Clinic) in Cap-Haitien.
Orphan Grain Train shares the name and character of Jesus Christ along with humanitarian relief here in America and around the world. Each regional division’s volunteers sort and load donated supplies, clothing, equipment, and other needed items. Orphan Grain Train has shipped more than 1,600 semi-loads of relief supplies for human need to more than 40 countries and 25 U.S. states since 1992.