Articles with tag: relief
The Cyclone and the Saudi Prince
Naeem Randhawa Nov 26, 2007 interacts: 2Patargata - 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: 369Instead 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: 45The 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: 143The 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: 49How 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: 9I 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: 11Bitch 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: 7I 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: 10The 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: 6It 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: 28Part I of a first-hand report on the tsunami in South India
