Guest guest Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 > ------ Forwarded Message > "amritayogacenter" <amritayogacenter > Fri, 2 Sep 2005 01:02:13 -0500 > > Aum Amriteshwariyai Namah! > > Namah Shivaya Swamiji: > > I am so relieved that Amma is verbally providing guidance through you. This > evening when I went to the shelter at the Summit Arena, there were about 100 > people, a lot of them are either staying at hotels, or have moved to other > locations. Only the poorest are remaining. The shelters are being run by the > Red Cross, food is being donated by the local churches, restaurants, etc. > From what I hear, about 25,000 are being evacuated from the superdome, these > people are being bussed to Houston, and overflow is coming to Arkansas. Here > are some of my thoughts on what is required for the bussed survivors of > Katrina. Many of them will have no place to go back to, New Orleans is not > going to exist the way it was. The poorest people in the South have been left > behind, because of no transportation. From the few people I have come in > contact with over the last couple of days, following is what I believe is > needed. They are too shaken up and emotionally upset to do any of the things > that is needed to go through the red tape, beside, many are not knowledgeable > about the system. What they need is: > > - psychological help > - Love and compassion > - help in filling the forms for FEMA funding > - Food Stamps > - Housing > - Helping them with getting Jobs > - Relocation to other parts of the country > - Be a mouth piece and advocate on behalf of the victims, they are too > shocked to speak up and fight the beaureacracy and red tape. > > During Tsunami, ³Mother said, people need give immediately². It is not > working like that here, everybody has their own jurisdiction. > > I would say that most of the help will be needed in Houston, Dallas, Austin, > Arkansas (In that order). Refugees in Houston, have suffered the most trauma, > they are the ones trapped in the superdome. > > The families that I am working with do not want to go back, so we are helping > with all of the above. > > Mother has been preparing us for this since 2003 or earlier. Amritapuri is a > text book study in disaster management, we have been taught by Amma, so we can > help. > > In Her Divine Love and Service. > > Uma > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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