Written by The Bison
Update:As of Feb. 2, more than 200 tents and tarps have been delivered to Haiti, providing shelter to as many families, according to Harding officials. More than $30,000 has been raised for the relief effort, and SA President Clifton said more tents would be delivered to Haiti in coming days.
In response to the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti, the Harding University student body enacted a relief effort to provide immediate shelter to the Haitian people.
The project, known as Tents and Tarps, was born out of a survey trip conducted by freelance journalist Phil Holsinger and Dr. Mark Elrod, a professor of political science at Harding, last week.
Holsinger, who has lived in Haiti periodically during the last four years, was brought into the project to help provide a professional recommendation as to how the Harding community could provide aid.
“I told them that I wasn’t really sure, I’m not an aid expert,” Holsinger said. “But I do have a lot of contacts.”
