African American Baptist Mission Collaboration (AABMC)

Laborers together for Christ

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Our Mission:

The African American Baptist Mission Collaboration seeks to help rebuild, revitalize and advocate for Haiti in wake of the January 2010 earthquake.

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About the Collaboration:

The AABMC was formed in February 2010 and is a partnership of five Baptist communities representing more than 40,000 churches and more than 10 million Christians nationwide, most of whom are of African American heritage.

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AABMC Magazine, Summer 2012

AABMC Magazine, Summer 2012

Apr 10, 2013
Haiti Will Rise: 2 Years Later. Cover Photo: It's a tradition for Haitians to carry water, food and etc. on their heads, similar to this lady near Santo Village in Leogane.

To Rebuild Haiti, Restoring Democracy is a Must

Apr 08, 2013

By the Editors Apr 7, 2013 6:30 PM ET

After a devastating earthquake, hurricanes and an imported cholera epidemic, impoverished Haiti seems an unlikely candidate for tough love. But that may be the best way to resolve a political impasse blocking the country’s recovery.

Haiti by the Numbers, Three Years Later

Jan 14, 2013
Number of people killed in the earthquake in 2010: over 217,300
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> Number of people killed by cholera epidemic caused by U.N. troops since
> October 19, 2010: over 7,912 [i]

NAACP Today Urges President to Create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program

Jan 11, 2013
Dear Mr. President; Tomorrow, Saturday, January 12, 2013, marks the third anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake which struck Haiti. On behalf of the NAACP, our nation’s oldest, largest and most widely-recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization, I strongly urge you to mark this dark day in the history of our hemisphere by creating a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program (FRPP) to expedite parole into the U.S. of many of the 106,000 beneficiaries of DHS-approved family-based visa petitions.