Haiti Unrest Prompts Volunteer Exodus

Haiti Unrest Prompts Volunteer Exodus

After facing three days of escalating civil unrest in Haiti along with the continuing outbreak of cholera, Florida and Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers suspended their work and returned to the United States Dec. 10.

Eddie Blackmon, rebuild coordinator for Florida and Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, and other volunteers were holed up at the Florida Mission House for three days after rioting began Dec. 7. Florida Baptists have had personnel stationed in Haiti since the Jan. 12 earthquake.

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