Wednesday, November 09, 2005

News from Agape Press-en Months Later, Ministry Still Hard at Work in Tsunami-Ravaged Area

News from Agape Press: "Ten Months Later, Ministry Still Hard at Work in Tsunami-Ravaged Area

By Michael Ireland
November 8, 2005

(ASSIST News Service / AgapePress) - Arguably the worst natural disaster the world has ever seen, the December 26, 2004 tsunami left a final death toll of 175,000, 15,000 of whom were in India. And long after the television crews have gone and the benefit concerts have ended, Hopegivers International's daily commitment to the tsunami victims is still going and growing stronger.

'We never thought it would be short or easy,' says Dr. Samuel Thomas, president of Hopegivers International. 'We are dedicated to bringing help and hope to the children -- and this could take 20 years or more.'"

Thursday, November 03, 2005

SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | The aid honeymoon is over, so what next for Aceh's homeless?

SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | The aid honeymoon is over, so what next for Aceh's homeless?: "The aid honeymoon is over, so what next for Aceh's homeless?

The anniversary of the Boxing Day disaster is looming, but government inertia has left the village the Guardian has been monitoring playing a reconstruction waiting game

John Aglionby in Nusa
Thursday November 3, 2005
The Guardian

The community noticeboard in Nusa is conspicuously underemployed. There are no updates on reconstruction programmes and the only bulletin on livelihood is a dog-eared one from June. The only recent notice advertises monthly distribution of rice, cooking oil, noodles and sardines to those who lost their homes in December's tsunami. Nearby, on the wall of a barrack - as temporary accommodation has been dubbed - are five designs from which the refugee"