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Tuesday, January 04, 2005

The tsunami crisis in Asia

I found this fairly interesting.

I agree with the atheist on one thing "Our response to this and other disasters, as compassionate human beings and regardless of our religious or non-religious beliefs, must be to provide whatever help we can."

What really worries me is how many aid organizations are no longer taking donations for the tsunami victims because they have adequate aid to help these people for now....But what about later? What happens to these poor people when the media coverage dies down and they start to rebuild, with no money to build with? Where are the people who lived on some of the coast lines going to live since their land has been destroyed to the point of uselessness? What happens to the children that are left orphaned, or the bodies of children that were killed cant be identified? This whole thing is so tragic, and yes we need to help these people now, but they are going to need help later too, so we need to keep them in our prayers and their struggle on our minds. We need to remember how fortunate we are and that we should help others who are going through hardships.