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Articles with tag: relief

Not to Forget the Devastation of October 8, 2005 Earthquake

Adnan Bashir   Oct 8, 2008   interacts: 3

We are yet to get out of the planning stage while people continue to strive for their survival braving the dilapidated conditions of the relief camps

The Cyclone and the Saudi Prince

Naeem Randhawa   Nov 26, 2007   interacts: 2

Patargata - never heard of it, it sounds like a Thai dish. Do I need to worry about it? I've got enough on my mind.

Another earthquake
From Balakot With Trepidation - A follow-up of Oct 8

Hammad Husain   Dec 12, 2005   interacts: 22

The town of Balakot, one of the hardest hit towns in the devastating earthquake that hit Pakistan on 8th October, is no more.

Why Doesn’t the World Care?

Aamir Ibrahim   Nov 3, 2005   interacts: 369

Instead of blaming the world for short changing us in our hour of need, we should seek to understand the reasons beneath this global apathy.

Earthquake Relief Efforts

Bina Shah   Oct 10, 2005   interacts: 45

The organizers told viewers that they had received enough clothing; what they needed now was medicine and volunteers to come help sort out the items.

Katrina: An Abdication of Responsibility

Temporal    Sep 2, 2005   interacts: 143

The mandatory evacuation called on August 28 made no provisions to evacuate homeless or low-income and car-less households, as well as large numbers of elderly and the infirm. In 2000, a census revealed that 27% of New Orleans households were without any

My Fascination With The Bottle

khamkhwa    Jul 2, 2005   interacts: 49

How I reached home and how I relieved myself and attained peace afterwards can not be narrated, one has to go through this experience to realize the importance of a bottle...did I say a bottle? Yes, a bottle!

Two months and counting

Zehra Rizvi   Apr 16, 2005   interacts: 9

I just know something doesn’t feel right and that I’m neither Sri Lankan, or white

The Monsoons are Coming

Zehra Rizvi   Mar 30, 2005   interacts: 11

Bitch sessions consist of relief workers sitting around, exchanging one frustration after another. The average time is that of three cigarettes and one Lion Beer per frustration.

Report on the Tsunami: Cuddalore

Harimau Iyer   Mar 13, 2005   interacts: 7

I thought all India needed was ten Anu Georges in each district to modernize it. Right now, altruism, however politically motivated, has met the idealistic civil servant and that had made the relief efforts possible.

Livin’ La Vida Aid-a

Zehra Rizvi   Feb 28, 2005   interacts: 10

The life in Colombo is easy. Instead of bitching and complaining, D and I are going to pursue other options and see if there is anywhere else that we can go. It is not about finding a hard situation so that our stories can be better...

EMACE

Zehra Rizvi   Feb 19, 2005   interacts: 6

It has been two days since I arrived in Sri Lanka as a volunteer for the post-tsunami rebuilding efforts.

Report on the Tsunami: Kanchipuram District

Harimau Iyer   Jan 15, 2005   interacts: 28

Part I of a first-hand report on the tsunami in South India

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