"We’re a nation based on moral values, and when we express those values to communities around the world, we’re showing them an America…with whom they want to partner and not fight."

The congregation of St. Paul's Episcopal in New Orleans, hard-hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, is now helping handicapped children in Haiti, survivors of the earthquake there. "It was clear right away the connection between New Orleans and Haiti," says Rev. Scott Albergate.

"They don’t believe that either change is possible there or that their money, or their resources, what they give, will actually translate into something different on the ground. That’s the crisis that we’re seeing," says American Refugee Committee president Daniel Wordsworth.

“Church groups, mosque-related groups, synagogue-related groups—it’s not necessarily their mission to promote water security, but if it’s their mission to help their neighbors, which it always is, then we’re going to have to think hard about how to work together,” says one of the founders of Partners in Health.

“We’re looking at long-term changes to make something sustainable here,” says World Vision’s Mary Kate MacIssac. Watch more interviews about the recovery effort and more video of three different church services on a recent Sunday morning in Port-au-Prince.

Go behind the scenes with our crew on assignment in Haiti.

"Haiti is not dying," says Free Methodist pastor Jean-Marc Zamor one year after the massive earthquake, and faith-based humanitarian aid workers are pressing ahead with relief and reconstruction despite criticism that efforts have fallen short.

Blockades, barriers, and post-election turmoil are preventing faith-based aid groups from safely doing their work.

This week marked the six-month anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, which killed more than 230,000 people. Humanitarian groups say while there has been some recovery, an overwhelming amount of work still needs to be done.

Managing editor Kim Lawton returns to the church, clinic, and school her missionary grandparents helped to establish in Haiti more than 30 years ago.