Carson Councilman Mike Gipson is hoping to raise local interest in a cholera epidemic and series of natural disasters racking Haiti, after recently returning from a trip there with with a medical team and volunteers from Glory Christian Fellowship Church earlier this month.
Gipson went on a "mission trip" to provide medical assistance to people living in a village outside Port-au-Prince, he said. Thousands of families remain homeless and are living in crowded, unsanitary tent cities after losing their homes during an 8.0-magnitude earthquake there in January.
"The country is being ravaged by a number of things," Gipson said. "We ask the people of Carson to keep them in your prayers."
Hurricane Tomas flooded some areas of the country when it passed through while Gipson was visiting on November 5, though a major disaster was avoided. Gipson said he watched a mudslide wash away a home with a family inside during the storm.
A current outbreak of cholera has compounded the country's struggles.
"I came here to help but I'm frustrated that I can't do more to help those thousands of devastated families," he said.
Gipson went on a "mission trip" to provide medical assistance to people living in a village outside Port-au-Prince, he said. Thousands of families remain homeless and are living in crowded, unsanitary tent cities after losing their homes during an 8.0-magnitude earthquake there in January.
"The country is being ravaged by a number of things," Gipson said. "We ask the people of Carson to keep them in your prayers."
Hurricane Tomas flooded some areas of the country when it passed through while Gipson was visiting on November 5, though a major disaster was avoided. Gipson said he watched a mudslide wash away a home with a family inside during the storm.
A current outbreak of cholera has compounded the country's struggles.
"I came here to help but I'm frustrated that I can't do more to help those thousands of devastated families," he said.
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