Responding to the Signs of the TimesCamillians and Disasters

Part 1

Fr. Scott Binet MD,MI

Family PhysicianInternational Coordinator – Camillian Task Force

President – SOS DRS (SOS Doctors)

Presentation Outline

Part 1 (8:30-9:15 – Friday Nov. 12)

The Convergence – Camillians, Signs of the Times, Disasters

A Case Study in Convergence 1 - Haiti

Questions/Dialogue/Contact Information

Part 2 (12:30-13:15 – Saturday Nov. 13)

Camillians and Disasters – Past, Present, Future Responses

A Case Study in Convergence 2 - Haiti

Questions/Dialogue/Contact Information

Objectives Inform you about what the Camillians are doing to respond to the signs of the times through disaster relief

Sensitize you to the suffering of those affected by man-made and natural disasters - Moments After – The Cathedral [1:30]

Inspire you to get involved. Dialogue amongst yourselves and with me about how we might collaborate in disaster relief

The Convergence

Camillians – A Family Ready to Respond

Signs of the Times – People are at Risk

Disasters - Increasing Incidence and Severity

Camillians

A Family - The Sons and Daughters of St. Camillus

CamilliansA Family - The Sons and Daughters of St. Camillus

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Ministers of the Infirm (men) Order: Since 1591 - 13 Provinces, 1100 religious, 220 Healthcare FacilitiesBrazilian Province: Since 1922 – 13 communities; 41 Hospitals

Daughters of St. CamillusMinisters of the Infirm (women)Institutes of Consecrated LifeLay Camillian FamilyNongovernmental Organizations and Associations

Camillians - Our Common MissionWitnessing to the merciful love of Christ for the poor and the sick in word, deed and sacrament through serving the medical, pastoral and humanitarian needs of people affected by man-made and natural disasters regardless of race, religion or ethnicity.

The Convergence - Camillians, Signs of the Times, Disasters

The Signs of the Times

People at Risk

People are Underprepared [2-3]

The Signs of the TimesPeople are at Risk

Urbanization - “ The United Nations projected that half of the world's population would live in urban areas or cities at the end of 2008”

The Signs of the TimesPeople at Risk

Increasing Numbers of Slums - The number of people living out their days in the squalor of a slum is almost one billion, the United Nations says - one-sixth of the world's population. By 2050, the UN says, there may be 3.5 billion slum dwellers, out of a total urban population of about six billion.

Kibera Slum in Nairobi, Kenya

The Signs of the TimesPeople at Risk

• Underdeveloped Social Factors - The earthquake in Chile was 1,000 times more powerful than that in Haiti where 230,000 people died, many more than in Chile. Social factors are much more important than geological when determining the vulnerability of people to a disaster like an earthquake

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Haiti - January 12 – The Presidential Palace Chile – February 27, 2010 – Pelluhue

The Signs of the TimesPeople at Risk

Social factors include:

1. The economy of a country2. The healthcare infrastructure3. Compliance of building codes, 4. Per capita number of seismologists and earthquake

engineers5. Evacuation plan6. Presence of integrated management system 7. Previous experience of handling earthquake catastrophes

The Signs of the TimesPeople at Risk

Spiritual, Societal and Family Deterioration – Decreased Resilience • Secularism that wishes to create a world without God• Relativism stifles the permanent and unchangeable values of the Gospel• Religious indifference remains undisturbed regarding the higher good of the matters of God and

the Church. This battle makes innumerable victims within our families and among our young people.’ His Eminence Ivan Cardinal Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Human Suffering – Man’s Inhumanity to Man [.25]

• Some months before becoming Pope John Paul II, Cardinal Karol Woytjila said (November 9, 1976): "We are today before the greatest combat that mankind has ever seen. I do not believe that the Christian community has completely understood it. We are today before the final struggle between the Church and the Anti-Church, between the Gospel and the Anti-Gospel.“

The Signs of the TimesPeople at Risk

Global Warming - Scientists at the U.K.'s University of Bristol warned: "As temperatures rise with global warming, an increased risk of forest fires, droughts and flooding is predicted for the next 200 years.“

Hurricane Jeanne – 2004 – Haiti [0-1:00]

The Signs of the TimesPeople at Risk

People Live in Risk by Necessity and by Choice [6:15-7:10]

Pakistan Floods – 2010

The Signs of the TimesPeople at Risk

Lack of Early Warning Signs and Unpredictable Weather

Tsunami

The Signs of the TimesPeople at Risk

• Refugees, IDPS - For the 42 million uprooted people around the world, a shortage or lack of the essentials of life - clean water, food, sanitation, shelter, health care and protection from violence and abuse - means that every day can be a struggle just to survive.

• World Refugee Day [3:00]

Southern Sudan, Africa

The Signs of the TimesPeople are at Risk

• People are Underprepared• Urbanization• Increasing Numbers of Slums• Underdeveloped Social Factors• Spiritual, Societal and Family Deterioration – Decreased

Resilience, Man’s Inhumanity to Man • Global Warming - Deteriorating Environment• People Live in Risk by Necessity and By Choice• Lack of Early Warning Signs and Unpredictable Weather• Increasing Number of Refugees and Internally Displaced

The Convergence - Camillians, Signs of the Times, DisastersDisasters – Increasing Incidence and Severity

• Alertnet - Reuters Humanitarian Relief

A Case Study in Convergence – Haiti

The Signs of the Times

Disasters

The Camillians

Haiti - Mission Impossible?

MissionImpossibleSquirrell.wmv

Haiti - The Signs of the TimesThe Poorest Country in the Western Hemisphere

Haiti – The Stage is Set For A Disaster

• 80% of the population lives under the poverty line • 54% live in abject poverty. • 66% depend on the agricultural sector and remain

vulnerable to damage from frequent natural disasters, exacerbated by the country's widespread deforestation.

• Four tropical storms in 2008 severely damaged the transportation infrastructure and agricultural sector.

• Haiti suffers from a lack of investment because of insecurity and limited infrastructure, and a severe trade deficit.

• The government relies on formal international economic assistance for fiscal sustainability.

• Only in 2009, 1.2 billion dollar debt cancelled.

Haiti The Victim of Years of Abuse, Living On A Fault Line, In the Way of Hurricanes, A

Suffering People

HaitiYears of Use and Abuse

HaitiYears of Use and Abuse

In 1994, Dr. Farmer wrote The Uses of Haiti, a sweeping history that reveals the consistent role of foreign powers, especially the United States [emphasis mine], in the exploitation and oppression of the Haitian people. Farmer shows that Haiti has always been enmeshed in a global system of imperialist competition, its resources and people ruthlessly exploited for profit, its repeated struggles for liberation brutally suppressed.

Haiti

Surrounded by Plates

Port au Prince on A Fault Line

Haiti – In the Way of Hurricanes

The 2008 season was devastating for Haiti, where over 800 people were killed by four consecutive tropical cyclones (Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike) in August and September. $1,000,000,000 damage.

Port au

Haiti - A Suffering People 1 Population: 9,648,924Infant mortality rate: total: 77.26 deaths/1,000 live births country

comparison to the world: 18 Life expectancy at birth: total population: 29.93 yearsHIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 2.2% (2007 est.)Major infectious diseases: degree of risk: high – food or waterborne

diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever, vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria

water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write: total

population: 52.9%Education expenditures: 1.4% of GDP (1991) - country comparison to

the world: 177

Haiti – A Suffering People 2 Security : since 2004, about 8,000 peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization

Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) maintain civil order in Haiti; despite efforts to control illegal migration, Haitians cross into the Dominican Republic and sail to neighboring countries; Haiti claims US-administered Navassa Island

Illicit drugs: Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US and Europe; substantial bulk cash smuggling activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial transactions; pervasive corruption; significant consumer of cannabis

Labor force: 3.643 million, country comparison to the world: 95 note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2007)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 66%; industry: 9%; services: 25% (1995)Unemployment rate: note: widespread unemployment and underemployment;

more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobsPopulation below poverty line: 80% (2003 est.)

Responding to the Signs of the TimesCamillians and Disasters

Part 2

Fr. Scott Binet MD,MI

Family PhysicianInternational Coordinator – Camillian Task Force

President – SOS DRS (SOS Doctors)

Presentation Outline

Part 1 (8:30-9:15 – Friday Nov. 12)

The Convergence – Camillians, Signs of the Times, Disasters

A Case Study in Convergence 1 - Haiti

Questions/Dialogue/Contact Information

Part 2 (12:30-13:15 – Saturday Nov. 13)

Camillians and Disasters – Past, Present, Future Responses

A Case Study in Convergence 2 - Haiti

Questions/Dialogue/Contact Information

A Case Study of Convergence - HaitiCamillians, Signs of the Times, Disasters

A Suffering People – Will 2010 Bring some Relief?

The Hurricane, the Earthquake and Cholera – A Deadly Combination [1:10]

New Threat [1:20] Moments After – The Cathedral [1:30]

Camillians Past and Present responding to Disasters and the Signs of the Times

“This is My Work Not Yours”

• I, Camillus de Lellis, make profession and solemn vow to live in perpetual poverty, chastity, obedience and to serve forever the sick even if plague-stricken, taking this as the main feature of our ministry… (Formula of Solemn Vows, December 8, 1591)

Sommaruga, The Writings of St. Camillus, 26

Serving People Affected by Man-made and Natural Disasters Living the 4th Vow

(1591)

Serving People Affected by Man-made and Natural Disasters Living the 4th Vow

(1590-1599)

1590 Before the Order of the Servants of the Sick was officially approved, St. Camillus and his followers helped those affected by the epidemic of plague that was sweeping Rome and much of Italy.

1596 Camillians responded to an outbreak of exanthematous fever in Rome.

1597 Camillians accompany papal troops to battle providing pastoral and medical support in the expedition against the Turks.

1599 Camillians help during plague in Savoy.

Serving People Affected by Man-made and Natural Disasters Living the 4th Vow

1600 Camillians help during plague of Nola.

1624 Camillians respond to outbreak of bubonic plague in Palermo.

1630 Camillians respond to outbreaks of plague in Italy: Milan, Bologna, Mantua, Tuscany, Piedmont..

1640 Camillians respond to an epidemic of bubonic plague in Mantova, Italy.

Battle of Solferino - 1859

“The Original Red Cross”

Serving People Affected by Man-made and Natural Disasters Living the 4th Vow

(1987)

Our religious should be ready to assist the sick, the wounded and the dying even risking their lives whether danger may come from a contagious disease or from some other calamity.

General Statutes 171987

The 54th General Chapter of the Order of St. Camillus approves a motion to:

“Create a team of Camillians with a view to providing humanitarian aid in response to natural disasters and emergency situations.”

The idea originated with the Secretariat of Ministry (headed by Fr. Frank Monks).

At the Chapter, the Consulta and one of the provinces brought the motion to the floor.

Operative Guidelines 3.3.10, Camilliani/Camillians, 558.

Serving People Affected by Man-made and Natural Disasters Living the 4th Vow

(1995)

Serving People Affected by Man-made and Natural Disasters Living the 4th Vow

(2001)

The 55th General Chapter of the Order of St. Camillus reconfirms its intention to establish a new Camillian response to emergencies.

Operational Guidelines (55th GC) – Ministry: Community HealthObjective: To give more attention and stronger thrust to the promotion of

community health, particularly in the poorer nationsAction: Besides individual and group commitment already being carried out,

the Order is urged to bear witness to the mercy of Christ and be a bearer of health in a twofold way:

1. At regional or interregional level2. At international level: That the existing Task Force, made up of religious

and laity, be made operational, so that it may be present – for a limited period of time – in cases of emergencies alongside political, civil and ecclesial organizations as a sign of Camillian mercy.

Documents, 55th General Chapter, 161.

Serving People Affected by Man-made and Natural Disasters Living the 4th Vow

(2001)

Camillians - Our Common MissionWitnessing to the merciful love of Christ for the poor and the sick in word, deed and sacrament through serving the medical, pastoral and humanitarian needs of people affected by man-made and natural disasters regardless of race, religion or ethnicity.

• Third Quake Rattles El Salvador • (Posted on Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:26:18 GMT) • For the third time in five weeks, an earthquake sent

thousands of people fleeing into the streets of the El Salvador capital San Salvador on Saturday afternoon. There have been thousands of aftershocks in recent weeks.

• A 7.6-magnitude quake on Jan. 13 killed at least 844 people and damaged or destroyed 278,000 dwellings. Exactly one month later, a 6.6-magnitude temblor left at least another 402 dead, injured 3,153 and destroyed 45,000 homes. Relief organizations, including the American Red Cross, who arrived to help disaster victims after the first quake, are still there.

Camillian Task Force Disaster Relief ActivitiesThe Mission – Providing Medical, Pastoral and Humanitarian Relief

Living the Mission Over the Years- Learning How to Respond to Disasters

2004 – Nabire, Indonesia (Earthquake) - 1st Response- Serving with Jesuits and the Diocese

2004 – Sudan and Uganda (Refugees) – 1st Experience with Refugees

2004 – Florida, USA (Hurricane Charley) – 1st Response in US - Documentation Challenges

2004 – Gonaïves, Haití (Hurricane Jeanne) - 1st CTF collaboration with a Camillian Community

2005 – Banda Aceh, Indonesia (Tsunami) – 1st CTF community; Muslims; Caritas

2005 – Thailand and India (Tsunami) – 1st Camillian Response without Fr. Scott

2005 – Nias, Indonesia (Earthquake) – 1st time managing 2 disaster responses simultaneously

2006 – Philippines (Typhoon) - 1st time CTF and the Philippine Province collaborate

2006 – Yogyakarta, Indonesia (Earthquake) – 1st time Theresia leads a mission in Indonesia

2006 – Kupang, Indonesia (Landslide) – 1st time Theresia works with Internally Displaced People

2007 – Peru (Earthquake) – 1st Disaster Response in South America

Camillian Task Force Disaster Relief ActivitiesThe Mission – Providing Medical, Pastoral and Humanitarian Relief

Living the Mission Over the Years- A Learning Process

2008 – Myanmar (Cyclone Nargis) - 1st time Camillians go to another country, 9 missions

2008 – Philippines (Cyclone Frank) - 1st time a Camillian Hospital sponsors a mission

2009 – Abruzzo, Italia (Earthquake) – 1st response in Europe; 1st scientific research – PTSD

2009 – Kenya (Kibera – Slum) – 1st response in Africa; 1st work in slum

2009 – Philippines (Typhoon Ketsana) - 1st coordinated response - CTF Central/Province

2010 – Haití (Earthquake, Cholera, Hurricane) - 1st multiple disaster situation; 1st ongoing community

2010 – Chile (Earthquake) – 1st response managed directly by nonCamillians

2010 – Pakistan (Floods) - 1st response to floods

2010 – Thailand (Floods) …..

2004 - Nabire, Indonesia (Earthquake)

2004 - Nabire, Indonesia (Earthquake)

2004 - Nabire, Indonesia (Earthquake)

First Camillian Task Force Disaster Response Working with the Jesuits and the Diocese of Jayapura

Mobile medical care in churches – Indonesian volunteersPastoral care at military hospital, in churches celebrating massHumanitarian care – food, water - in conjunction Jesuits/Diocese of Jayapura

2004 – Gonaïves, Haiti (Hurricane Jeanne)

Emergency Humanitarian Relief – Food, Clothing together with the Camillians in Port au Prince

Medical Relief – Set up a clinic on the grounds of school with Camillian nurses. 150 patients per day, patients in rooms of school, giving birth, etc.

Pastoral Care – celebrating mass with affected community, giving pastor a break from responsibilities

First CTF collaboration with a Camillian community and another religious community – Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy.

2005 – Banda Aceh, Indonesia (Tsunami) 1st CTF Community; Muslims; Caritas

2005 – Banda Aceh, Indonesia (Tsunami)

1st CTF Community, Muslims, Caritas

Emergency Humanitarian Relief – Food, Clothing together with the Archdiocese of Medan

Medical Relief – Set up a clinic on the grounds of school with Indonesian and Korean Doctors: 150 patients per day, primary care, eye glass program, surgery referrals – Mobile medical care in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs)

Pastoral Care – celebrating mass with affected community, sacraments, counseling

2005 – Nias, Indonesia (Earthquake) 1st Time Managing 2 Disaster Responses Simultaneously

2005 – Nias, Indonesia (Earthquake) 1st Time Managing 2 Disaster Responses Simultaneously, Travel

• Medical Relief – Set up a clinic for 2 months together with the Diocese of Sibolga and the sisters of Our Lady of Mercy and a Catholic medical organization. Coordinated mobile medical missions to remote areas.

• Pastoral Care – celebrating mass with affected people and team/community, sacraments, counseling

2005 – Nias, Indonesia (Earthquake) 1st Time Managing 2 Disaster Responses Simultaneously, Travel

2008 – Myanmar (Cyclone Nargis) 1st time Camillians Go to Another Country, 9 missions

2008 – Myanmar (Cyclone Nargis) 1st time Camillians Go to Another Country, 9 missions

Medical Relief – Medical Missions, Setting up clinics, supporting clinics, training healthcare professionals

Humanitarian Relief – building schools, pond projects, livelihood projects, feeding children and adults

2009 – Abruzzo, Italia (Earthquake)1st Response in Europe; 1st Scientific Research – PTSD

2009 – Kenya (Kibera – Slum) 1st Response in Africa; 1st Work in Slum

2009 – Kenya (Kibera – Slum) 1st Response in Africa; 1st Work in Slum; 1st Office Outside US

2009 – Kenya (Kibera – Slum) 1st Response in Africa; 1st Work in Slum

Medical Relief – Work in Medical Clinic to help those in slum together with Camillians sisters and Parish

Pastoral Care – Visiting the Sick in the slum; Group sessions with women with AIDS; teaching youth about conflict resolution

2009 – Philippines (Typhoon Ketsana)

2010 – Chile (Earthquake)

Medical Relief – Providing Modules for Hospitals; mobile medical care

Pastoral Care – work in parishes, counselingHumanitarian Care – food, clothing, housing

2010 – Haiti (Earthquake, Cholera, Hurricane)

Haiti January 12, 2010 – Earthquake

The Epicenter

The Earthquake Strikes

How Earthquakes Happen

Haiti - Disaster StrikesJanuary 12, 2010 – Earthquake

• Moments After – The Cathedral [1:30]

• The Haiti Earthquake Aftermath – Je Suis UN Haitien [Pictures 1:38]

• The Immediate Aftermath – Disturbing [3:13]

• The First Days [Pictures 1:17]

Haiti – Disaster Strikes Nov. 5, 2010 - Hurricane Thomas

• How Hurricanes Form

• Tomas Approaches Haiti

• People Prepare in the Camps

• The Hurricane Hits – Port au Prince Floods

• The Hurricane, the Earthquake and Cholera – A Deadly Combination [1:10]

Cholera

• New Threat [1:20]

Haití (Earthquake, Cholera, Hurricane) - 1st multiple disaster situation; 1st ongoing community

• Cholera – Posing A New Threat

• Cholera 7 – Blog

Medical Relief – Providing space for MDM, mobile medical, cholera facility

Pastoral Care – sacraments, work with Missionaries of Charity

Humanitarian Care – feeding program for orphans, scholarships; housing, ESL, reconstruction

Staying Connected Be informed

• www.sosdrs.org - Website

• http://sosdrs.wordpress.com/ - Blog, Stay Up-to-Date

Be involved – serve, donate, pray

• fatherscott@ctfmercy.org - Serve

• Donate – Relief in Haiti -Earthquake, Cholera, Hurricane Thomas - Thanks!

• Pray

• Ask Questions/Dialogue