Guest guest Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 The people here are devestated. Homes gone Boats gone Children dead Sisters, Brothers, Mothers,Fathers all dead. You have heard/read/seen this and have moved on. The people here are still afraid of the sea. In this one village 4,000 dead out of 6,500. I am doing PTSD work We also build houses BUT The men can not work They can not feed their families They do not feel alive and Their entire culture is in danger of dying The government does nothing for the poor family fishermen They are talking about rebuilding boats but only for the big boat fisheries not the longtails They need to have their fishing boats rebuilt or repaired. The Tsunami Fishermens Relief long tail boat project is trying to do exactly that with local people and resident foriegners working together They need to raise $25,000 to repair or replace all of the boats of the fishermen who survived Right now I am putting a lot of my efforts (outside of clinic hours and doing magic shows) into helping with construction of the dry dock. It is mostly just lifting, carrying, and hammering. We have raised enough to start-just barely. Tommorrow we will try to put up a web site and a pay pal account This is the project that can give thje people the tools to help themselves. Please help in any way you can Doc rosen Phang Nga Province " Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure. " - Helen Keller Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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