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The Second Disaster Looms
Reporting in the February 2005 issue of India Currents ["I Deserve More," Why Must tragedy be compounded by indignity?]
after visiting a village in Tamil Nadu and observing the fighting,
arguing, and unfairness among neighbors, Dilip D'Souza makes a comment
that identifies an important Post-Tsunami Development challenge:
- "Travel to a disaster area and watch the relief happen. I guarantee you will end up with searching, agonizing questions about how it happens. And the saddest part is that this is the result of the best of intentions, the most transparent goodwill."
D'Souza concludes with a quote from the late disaster expert, Fred Cuny: "For the survivors of a natural disaster, a second disaster may also be looming."
What do you think? Click below on "Comment" to enter your thoughts on the subject. I look forward to hearing from you.--Michael
______Overlooking the Elderly
San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Pia Sarkar reports [San Francisco Chronicle, page 1, Feb. 10, 2005: To be elderly is to be overlooked as India distributes Tsunami relief]
". . . unlike the children, who are considered the nation's future, the
elderly have been cast off as a low priority in the tsunami's aftermath,
some aid workers say."
What do you think? Click below on "Comment" to enter your thoughts on the subject. I look forward to hearing from you.--Michael
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