hey folks, hope everyone is well.
as i am sure all of you know there has been a horrible
disaster in asia in the form of a tsunami that has
left more than 120,000 dead and millions more
homeless, injured, with everything from their families
to their businesses and homes literally annihilated.
thousands more are in danger of dying from starvation,
dehydration and disease.
i have been quite saddened in the last few days about
how unaffected America collectively as a nation has
appeared about this catastrophe. our president didn't
really feel the need to respond for 4 days and only
after a UN secretary accused us of being a little
stingy. however during our tragedy of 9-11 it took
weeks for it to be socially acceptable to crack a
joke...even though the death toll in New York was
merely a drop in the bucket in comparison to the
devastation in Asia.
while i am sure most of you have already made
donations, i urge you to please give what you can, and
ask EVERYONE you know to give also. many of these
people have NOTHING left, their lives have been
destroyed. please open your heart and help and ask
others to help as well. at the very least please pray
for the dead and for the relief from suffering of the
survivors.
there are hundreds of relief operations and funds that
you can donate money to. below are the links to UNICEF
as well as a page with the numbers for the red cross
and other organizations. the cnn page has many links
on it.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapc...nami.aidsites/
http://www.supportunicef.org/site/pp...LdP0G&b=276341
http://www.bpf.org/html/whats_now/events/tsunami.html
thank you for your time. may all mother sentient
beings be freed from suffering.
as i am sure all of you know there has been a horrible
disaster in asia in the form of a tsunami that has
left more than 120,000 dead and millions more
homeless, injured, with everything from their families
to their businesses and homes literally annihilated.
thousands more are in danger of dying from starvation,
dehydration and disease.
i have been quite saddened in the last few days about
how unaffected America collectively as a nation has
appeared about this catastrophe. our president didn't
really feel the need to respond for 4 days and only
after a UN secretary accused us of being a little
stingy. however during our tragedy of 9-11 it took
weeks for it to be socially acceptable to crack a
joke...even though the death toll in New York was
merely a drop in the bucket in comparison to the
devastation in Asia.
while i am sure most of you have already made
donations, i urge you to please give what you can, and
ask EVERYONE you know to give also. many of these
people have NOTHING left, their lives have been
destroyed. please open your heart and help and ask
others to help as well. at the very least please pray
for the dead and for the relief from suffering of the
survivors.
there are hundreds of relief operations and funds that
you can donate money to. below are the links to UNICEF
as well as a page with the numbers for the red cross
and other organizations. the cnn page has many links
on it.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapc...nami.aidsites/
http://www.supportunicef.org/site/pp...LdP0G&b=276341
http://www.bpf.org/html/whats_now/events/tsunami.html
thank you for your time. may all mother sentient
beings be freed from suffering.
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