That's nice to see. The article focuses on government efforts: naturally enough, since they're fairly easy to track. Generally, the national government is only too happy to send a press release or two, showing how much they care. I'm not being cynical - that's part of the officials' job. And national governments are in a position to allocate significant resources to relief.
Non-governmental help happens - but that doesn't get as much attention, it seems.
Just a Thought: Prayer Wouldn't Hurt
My family, when we got the news about the situation in Indonesia, prayed for the survivors - the dead - and the folks who are helping the survivors deal with what's happened.Sure 'it isn't practical.' But it doesn't hurt. And I think it does make sense to ask God for help - and to ask others to pray with me. I don't know where I ran into this, but remember reading something like 'God knows - but He likes to be asked.'
There's something to that.
Prayer and the Pope
In a way, I'm just doing 'follow the leader.' Pope "Benedict XVI is offering his prayers for earthquake victims in Indonesia, and is encouraging aid workers in their efforts to help the survivors...." (Zenit)Catholics Doing More than 'Just' Pray
After a little digging, I found this press release: "Trócaire arrives in Padang in response to quake.""...Trócaire is part of a worldwide confederation of Catholic development agencies called Caritas...."
Never heard of either? No big surprise there, unless you're among the many who have been helped by them.
Sort-of related posts:
- "Global Warming, End Times - 'We're All Gonna Die' Over the Last 45 Years Or So"
(October 3, 2009) - "Indonesian Earthquake: Links to News, and Rambling on About Estimates and Common Sense"
(October 3, 2009) - "Data Dump: Major Earthquakes During the Last Week"
(October 3, 2009) - "Samoan Tsunami - Not Good News, But it Could Have Been Worse"
Apathetic Lemming of the North (September 30, 2009)
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