Local Compassion workers trapped in rubble in Haiti

One Compassion International worker from Colorado Springs was rescued Friday from rubble in Haiti and is doing fine, said Compassion CEO and president Wess Stafford. The other is still missing. Dan Woolley, a Web site specialist, spent 60 hours trapped in the rubble of the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince. David Hames, a contract worker for Compassion, is missing. Having returned to their hotel on Tuesday from a video shoot for Compassion, Woolley and Hames were in the hotel lobby together when the earthquake hit, according to reports the Hames family has received from a social worker in Haiti who talked to Woolley after his rescue. A wall fell on both men, but Woolley managed t...
Man rescued after spending more than two days trapped in Haiti elevator

Woolley's sister says her brother is in Haiti working with Compassion International, helping bring attention to the plight of Aids-stricken children there.
Catastrophe and compassion

Whatever compassion the majority of Americans feel when they see video images of that tiny Caribbean nation's almost incomprehensible devastation arise from ...
Compassion and hate toward Haiti

Which brings us to that other pillar of compassion: Rush. Not only did Mr. Limbaugh rail against sending aid to Haiti, the only real use he had for the Biblically proportioned anguish was to package it as yet another piece of ammo to fire at President Obama. The president, Limbaugh said, "could not wait to get out there" to exploit the tragedy with his show of compassion and to boost his standing with the "light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country." It's hard to comment on that. The only words that could adequately describe Rush and his comments are ones we can't print in the newspaper. To those who agree with him: Consider your reaction if someone said President...
Banks Show Compassion For Haitian Quake Victims

Some of the world's biggest banks have this week pledged outright cash commitments to the humanitarian relief and recovery efforts already ...
British PM urges public to keep donating to Haiti appeal _English_Xinhua

The compassion of the British people and the world has to be matched by the coordination, Brown said. He added that most of the delays in getting aid ...
Compassion in New Jersey

This show of compassion for the chronically ill comes at an important time for New Jersey lawmakers, who failed last week to summon the same kind of courage ...
Haitian tragedy measures the depths of our compassion

By Anonymous Thousands dead, maybe even 100000 or more. Something in the order of 3 million displaced, in need of food, shelter and clean water; ...
Hospital care exemplary, provided with compassion

I am grateful for exemplary care provided with goodwill and compassion. We are a blessed people. Bill Brady is a London freelance writer. ...
Retailers and fashion brands do their part to help Haiti

To distribute the goods, Soles4Souls teamed up with Operation Compassion, a charity that transports and distributes the aid, which along with Vans shoes, ...