Haiti Solidarity Blog

The General Secretary's Solidarity Message
13/01/2010 8:00 pm
Tags: Scouts of Haiti , WOSM

Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Scout Association of Haiti,

It is with horror and dismay that we heard about the tragedy which struck Haiti and it's people.
Fate seems to be ravaging your country which deserves anything but a new cataclysm of this magnitude.

On-behalf of the World Scouting Committee, the Word Scouting Bureau and your 30 million brothers and sisters around the world, I wish to share with you the sorrow and dismay that we feel for the Haitian population, and especially our friends of the Haitian Scouts who are in emotional and physical pain due to this adversity.

We address our most sincere condolences to all our brothers and sisters of the Scouts, and to the Haitian community, our deepest regrets for the loss of your brothers and sisters, throughout this crisis. To the injured, we wish for your rapid recovery and to the affected families, we address our sympathy. We are with you at heart and know that the same is true for the millions of Scouts worldwide who join us with their prayers.

We are behind you in action and have launched an global call for aid so as to support the Haitian Scout family and its efforts. Ever since the announcement of this horrific catastrophe, we have desperately been trying to contact you and plead that you get in touch with us as soon as you have been able to read this message. May God be with you.

Brotherly salutations,

Luc Panissod