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 ID: 196695 Posts: 39 | Date: 2007-07-22 01:52 I am sure all will remember the " Tsunami" on the 26th of December 2004 where I
live now, Sri Lanka, was the 2nd most affected after Indonesia. Over 50,000
people were dead within 10 minutes and made over a million people homeless. It
all took not more than 10 minutes from 0910 in the morning. Bus loads, train
loads of people that were travelling along the coastal belt in Sri Lanka just
dissappreared in to the Ocean. I saved my life by just 15 minutes as I was on
the beach 15 mnts before the Tsunami and was on my way home. In the history of
Sri Lanka this is perhaps the wosrt disaster and even today there are thousands
of people homesless and sleeping in tents, thousands of children without parents
and an eqal number lost their whole families. There are families that
dissappeared into theOcean completely and no one know who they are. The actual
figures dead could be much more.
Soon after the Tsunami I did all I could do as a Social worker to help the
people who survived who had nothing except what they were wearing. Many counries
helped but unfortunately most of the Aid received never reached the people
affected.
One reason for me to travel extensively to countries such as Malaysia, Singapore
and Thailand soon after the Tsunami was to find whatever support I could get for
those affected and I am ever so grateful for the Buddhist temple and the Monks
in those countries who started to help re-build villages, houses and damaged
temples and resotore them back . Those Monks and the people of those countries
not only helpeld to re-bulid the places and houses but also donated a lot for
the millions of children who were homeless, who had lost both parents and whole
families by providing them clothes, books, pens, pencils,school bags and whet
ever they could bring.
I am glad that even today I go about in these countries looking to find whatever
I could to bring back for the poorest of the poor families who are still
suffering after Tsunami.
I am more a social worker than a model and I hope I can use my modeling career
to help the needy not only in this country but also in other countries specially
to uplift the standards of the poor children. For me all the children in the
world are the same. There is no colour bar, no race or religion. They are all
the same.
I hope the rich who spend thousands of dollars to spend a vacation will part
with a few dollars to help these children who has no hope, no future and no one
to lean on.
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 ID: 201383 Posts: 1 | Date: 2007-07-22 06:22
Dear Shabana
Proud of you. I saw the disaster with my oen eyes in South India. You are doing
somethign so great. Keep up the good work. Im sure you will achieve your goals
soon.
my best wishes
Bri |
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