Haiti: "An incredible feeling"

Becky Chandler with young earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Photo: Gerald Martone/The IRC

“Many parents told us they had assumed their child had died in the earthquake, and when we bring that child back to them, it’s as if we’re bringing their child back from the dead. It’s an incredible feeling.”

- Becky Chandler, IRC emergency child protection coordinator, describing her work reuniting families in Haiti to a newspaper in her home state of Maine. Becky was recently awarded a Sarlo Foundation Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service.
 
Read more: Becky Chandler recognized by international relief organization, The Bethel Citizen, Bethel, Maine, July 21