<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/spring-2010/bringing-help-haiti.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Bringing Help to Haiti</title><excerpt>Gunshots and screaming woke me up at 2:30 a.m. Lying on the cold, rocky ground in the Haitian tent city, all I could do was pray for God’s grace and protection in the situation. A few hours later, I learned that security guards had stopped two men from stealing a baby. Ten days after Haiti’s horrific earthquake, children had become more vulnerable than ever. Those who were abducted could end up in forced labor or sexual slavery — or become victims of Voodoo rituals. The shortage of food also meant the unimaginable risk of cannibalism.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            <img src="http://blogs.westmont.edu/magazine/files/2010/07/14a-300x300.jpg" alt="A tent village in Haiti"/>
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