DEVASTATION HITS HAITI…EARTHQUAKE – WE NEED YOUR HELP!

NARC must help!  The people need medical expertise and supplies.  Most of all, they need money!  We know this country is experiencing a recession, but the recession of any county is no match for the loss of lives from this horror of an earthquake. We need Congress members to bring help to Haiti.  We need the expertise of doctors and nurses, physical strength for search and rescue, medicines, food and water, but in all of this…it is going to take money.  We need money, your help and your expertise.

Please send donations for Haiti to help us!  Call us (215-455-0815, 215-548-3782, 215-548-2118) or email us (narcworld@aol.com) and tell us how you can help.

The National African Congress/NARC World International has been in existence more than 10 years. We have solved many problems for the practice of African-based religions in the United States and other countries from where our great religions have migrated by bridging the gap of understanding in the communities.

The National African Religion Congress is the certifying board of Priests and Priestesses of African-based religions. These religions include the Akan, the Orisa Tradition of Trinidad and Tobago, Ifa, Santeria, Yoruba, Voodoo of Haiti, Candomble and Lucumi.  All of these religions have migrated to this country from countries such as: Nigeria, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, and so on. All of them are represented in major communities in the United States.  The National African Religion Congress/NARC World International is an organization that has been established in order to foster unity among all African Religions of the Diaspora.

Today our sister country Haiti is in trouble - hit by a devastating earthquake!  Haiti has played a key role in the spread of African-based religions in the Western hemisphere.  The people of Haiti fought for and gained their independence from colonial oppression through their spirituality, becoming the first free Black republic in the world.  The Voodoo religion has sustained the people through the worst of times.  Now the Haitian people desperately need the help of their brothers and sisters in faith to deal with this disaster. Let them see that this unified body cares. 

The Congress needs your help!  The news media will broadcast a huge amount of information about Haiti and will tell you about the people, the country’s geography, the illiteracy and the poverty.  The media will also tell you that the religion on this island is Roman Catholic when the truth of religion in Haiti is that the people are “99% Roman Catholic and 110% Voodoo.”  Furthermore, the Voodoo religion has been declared a legal religion equal to Catholicism.  The media will not talk about the people who practice traditional religion because they either do not understand the religion or do not accept the religion as a part of society.  Nevertheless, these people are our brothers and sisters in faith and many of them will not receive help because they will not know where to look for help and they are truly not Catholic!  They do not have television, cell phones or avenues that will reach them in the deepest parts of Haiti.  Many of the buildings that are shown on television are off of main roads which are not passable like the roads in our country. There is no medical insurance, welfare, food stamps or a place where they can collect a check from the city or state. Those are the people who need help the most.

Members of the Congress need to be willing to submit to training from the support organizations in place to deliver aid to the people who need it most. With your help and a unified effort, we can reach them.

May the Holy Loa, Orisa and Abosum bless and protect the people of Haiti in this time of crisis.

Gro Mambo Angélá Noványón Idizol, Chairperson and Founder

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Chief Babalawo Bisiriyu Adeyela Adelekan

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NARC Directory of Priests and Priestesses 9th Edition

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A one-of-a-kind reference book which features the only official listing of certified priests and priestesses of African-based religion from the United States and abroad, a unique overview of the doctrines of the religions themselves, and an unprecedented collection of essays and speeches from clergy and practitioners of African-based religion, available only in this unequaled trilingual publication.

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In a landmark decision, the Honorable James Murray Lynn of Philadelphia Common Pleas Court ruled that, in a dispute involving spiritual matters in the Voodoo religion, the Court must accept and enforce the decision of a tribunal convened by the National African Religion Congress.