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“Come
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do
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Listening
is the best way visitors to Haiti can be of service.
David Diggs (right) listens to a resident of Cite Soleil
talk about challenges her family faces. |
ministries seeking to send short-term mission teams
to Haiti. They have heard about the Haiti’s
material need and human suffering and wish to do something
to help. They are willing to paint, to do construction,
to bring down clothes or medicine, to sweat and get
dirty, to do whatever it takes to make a difference.
It is sometimes difficult to convince them that the
best way to help Haiti is to spend their short time
there listening and learning and being transformed
through the experience.
In November, Beyond Borders staff members, Jonathan
Haggard and David Diggs, co-led a workshop at the
fall meeting of The Haiti Connection on the Ethics
of Short-term Missions to Haiti. Participants were
eager to learn about some of the "collateral
damage" that many work teams unwittingly do in
Haiti and about how meaningful it is for Haitian communities
to meet with visitors who have nothing on their agenda
but to listen and learn.
- Read
an essay by David Diggs about the good, bad,
and sometimes ugly things that can happen when visitors
go to Haiti to help.
- Participate
in an online discussion of this topic on the
Beyond Borders Discussion Forum.
- Learn
more about Beyond Borders' Transformational
Travel program.
- Contact
us if you would like to learn more about how
you can serve by listening in Haiti through the
Transformational Travel program.
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