The unimaginable
Picture courtesy BBC News
The vast numbers of men, women and children already dead is difficult to imagine but many, many more will die from water-borne diseases and lack of shelter if aid is not dispatched immediately.
I was so lucky to have survived - the woman who had a souvenir shop underneath my hotel escaped with me. The wave took everything of hers away: her shop as well as her house, everything. Yet, she was still offering me whatever cash she had in her pocket to make sure that I get home safely. I mean, despite the fact that she had nothing, she still wanted to give everything that she had. So please, give generously because a lot of people have absolutely nothing other than what they are wearing.
Vicky Wong, Phuket
Please, give what you can.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
Australian Foundation for Asia and Pacific
International Orthodox Christian Charities
Thanks to Russ Weakley at Max Design and Prabhath Sirisena via the Web Standards Group mailing list for compiling the list of aid agencies already in action.
December 28th, 2004 13:50
Thank God you are back. We needed you in this time of crisis.
December 28th, 2004 14:23
Thank you Mary, what a lovely, lovely welcome back.
December 30th, 2004 19:16
No Island
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory
December 6th, 2005 11:17
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December 6th, 2005 11:42
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