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Tsunami Disaster in South Asia:
On December 26th 2004 more than 300.000 people died in the tsunami. Everybody is struck by the pictures and news about the tsunami catastrophee in South Asia. Facing such misery, our own problems become secondary. It is easier now to not turn around ourselves but rather open our hearts for the needs of others. This is a great chance in times of selfcenterdness. We are grateful to see the spontaneity in helping and the generosity in giving demonstrated by many nations..
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As Hope Foundation we want to help the victims together with HELP International. Mainly, we will concentrate our effort on the local people of provinces of Southern Thailand.
January 16 through January 26, a team of HELP International was sent to the tsunami struck region in Thailand. The team visited the effected regions in the south, starting in Khao Lak up to Ranong. On location, our co-workers got informed about opportunities to join in the rebuilding of the destructed areas
They were touched deeply by the picture of destruction enfolding before their eyes:
traumatized people who are expected to manage their ‘normal’ daily life; a former paradise marked by the devastation of a monstrous wave; people who just escaped, gaining their lives once again; orphaned children and orphaned parents; deserted hotels and packed camps.
There, in one of these camps, north of Khao Lak, a great opportunity for a humanitarian aid project opened up. Praphat, a village in the Ranong province, was totally destructed by the wave. A huge war ship near the shore was turned around like nothing, fishing-boats squeezed like nutshells and houses and resorts wiped out. |
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The following projects will be launched in the named village:
* building of sanitary facilities
* building of temporary houses for the people of the village
* repair of the fishing-boats
* building of permanent houses for 15 families of the village
On Sunday, February 6, the next short-term team will leave for Thailand to launch the named projects. Besides practical help they will strive to meet the emotional and psychological needs of the people as well, offering them hope and a new perspective for heir lives.
Donations:
If you would like to support the project 'Tsunami help Thailand', please use the following account:
Stiftung-Hope
Deutsche Bank 24 Bielefeld
BLZ 480 700 24, Konto 71 81 91 0
purpose: Tsunami Help Thailand
IBAN: DE33 4807 0024 0718 1910 00
SWIFT-Code: DEUTDEDBBIE |
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