EVERY
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All
I owned is lost…. Who will help me? …….
APPEAL
FOR YOUR KINDNESS AT OUR TIME OF NEED
Words
of a victim in the tsunami the most devastating tragedy
in Sri Lanka’s history taking the lives of thousands
and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless, destroying their
hopes shattering their dreams and scarring them for life.
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| It
was a bad Dream... |
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| Massive
tidal waves devastate –Sri -Lanka |
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| We
are trying to come to terms with the enormity of this calamity
and collectively doing our best to get the country back on track |
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| Thousands
of people were killed by the massive tidal waves that devastated
the coastal areas, President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
declared a state of National Disaster and called for international
assistance. All Sri Lankans have come together at this moment
and our hearts go out to the families of the victims. Our homes
are open to the survivors. We are trying to come to terms with
the enormity of this calamity and collectively doing our best
to get the country back on track. Nature has dealt us a severe
blow; but we are united in the face of its ferocity to be brave
and resilient in overcoming the consequences of the disaster. |
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A Programme—MCC and IPDG Marcella Silva and other Lions
distributing Books and school material to children
at a refugee camp. |
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| Venue-
Sariputhra Vidyalaya –Paburana Matara |
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Refugee
Camp-----There were many children in the refugee camp in this
school. Some who had lost their parents some who had lost
their mother or father, almost all who had lost their belongings
, clothes, books, furniture, houses with nothing to call their
own. Books were distributed to the most deserving children
who needed it most. |
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An
unprecedented calamity |
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Never
has Sri Lanka faced a natural disaster on the scale that
we witnessed . Large number of people have been killed and
many more are still missing. It was indeed unexpected, even
though the tremor that shook some parts of the country a
couple of days before that could have been regarded as a
harbinger of things to come.
No one thought that an ordinary Sunday at the very end of
the year could turn into a nightmare for thousands of people
across the country or for that matter, throughout the region.
The disaster was triggered by tsunamis (tidal waves) unleashed
by a massive earthquake off Indonesia. Sri Lanka's coastline
was one of the worst hit areas. India, Indonesia, Thailand,
Malaysia, Bangladesh and the Maldives are among the other
affected countries.
Sri Lankans had never really experienced earthquakes and
tsunamis. They used to be phenomena confined to distant
countries. We simply saw them on television or read about
them in newspapers.
Sri Lanka, however, did not face this unprecedented disaster
alone, as we have mentioned. All the affected countries
and their neighbors have join hands at this moment to help
each other.
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Traumatized
minds with much suppression of grief |
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The
physical aspect of the tsunami disaster in terms of injuries
and disaster being attended to by various medical teams and
within the next few weeks it should be organized so as to serve
Patient requirements quite adequately.
How ever the mental aspect of those affected by the disaster
is an area that needs to be given equal importance. In truth
fortifying the mental aspect goes along way in helping to alleviate
physical symptoms as well.
It was said whilst treating patients one important factor that
was observed was their facial expressions which spoke of traumatized
minds with much suppression of grief and status of utter melanlancholy.
YOUR ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT , KINDNESS AND
CONCERN AT OUR TIME OF NEED TOWARDS RELIEF , REHABILITATION
AND RECONSTRUCTION-
is much appreciated by us-
Lion Marcella Silva
International Association of Lions Clubs
Multiple District Council Chairperson / MD 306 –Sri Lanka
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