Appealing For Help
That night when I'm damn full after dinner, my mind wandered off to those who are going to die of starvation.
After the natural disaster..... another disaster looms. Epidemic will happen unless refugees are given clean water for drinking and sanitaion. Flood water can result in breeding grounds for mosquitos... which will leads to an increase in malaria and dengue cases. Rotting corpses not handled properly will breed dangerous bacteria. Hey... all these I learnt from my environmental studies.
Today I went to the Sri Lanka Temple for the second time. This time there is a jam outside. Big cars trying to get in... people trickling into the temple..... with bags of clothing or boxes of dried food. They are here to answer the sms appeal. When I went yesterday.... there is not much crowd as compared today. And the inner court of the temple is filled with stuffs. People... it is heard that the goods will be shipped out on Friday... so still got a few hours left. If you got anything to give just give... don't think so much.
Mr Annan said reconstruction work will require billions of dollars. That's quite a sum man. Appeals for aid are everywhere.... so you are thinking... who to trust? Well..... if you want to play safe.. go for those who are internationally recognised, like Red Cross or Mercy Relief. Anyway, despite so many people calling for aid.... they are still not enough. Because right now we are talking about a disaster that had claimed over 80,000 lives... with thousands more missing and millions of refugees. Your old clothes and even $2 will give them a glimmer of hope.
When I went to the Sri Lanka Temple this morning, I know my trip and effort is worth it.
You lend a helping hand too, won't you?
After the natural disaster..... another disaster looms. Epidemic will happen unless refugees are given clean water for drinking and sanitaion. Flood water can result in breeding grounds for mosquitos... which will leads to an increase in malaria and dengue cases. Rotting corpses not handled properly will breed dangerous bacteria. Hey... all these I learnt from my environmental studies.
Today I went to the Sri Lanka Temple for the second time. This time there is a jam outside. Big cars trying to get in... people trickling into the temple..... with bags of clothing or boxes of dried food. They are here to answer the sms appeal. When I went yesterday.... there is not much crowd as compared today. And the inner court of the temple is filled with stuffs. People... it is heard that the goods will be shipped out on Friday... so still got a few hours left. If you got anything to give just give... don't think so much.
Mr Annan said reconstruction work will require billions of dollars. That's quite a sum man. Appeals for aid are everywhere.... so you are thinking... who to trust? Well..... if you want to play safe.. go for those who are internationally recognised, like Red Cross or Mercy Relief. Anyway, despite so many people calling for aid.... they are still not enough. Because right now we are talking about a disaster that had claimed over 80,000 lives... with thousands more missing and millions of refugees. Your old clothes and even $2 will give them a glimmer of hope.
When I went to the Sri Lanka Temple this morning, I know my trip and effort is worth it.
You lend a helping hand too, won't you?
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