On Tuesday, August 24, 1999 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Liz Bennett wrote:
> Hi! You are obviously in a great deal of pain about this tragedy. It is
> right to have such a reaction but then to focus it to good so that such an
> event is far less likely in the future.
> I do hope the positive message from the USA has helped. There are many
> organisations and individuals in and from the UK who are providing technical
> support voluntarily or as part of a charitable organised response. I am sure
> the same is true of many other nations too.
> You will find that for every incompetent or meanspirited individual there
> are many who are determined to add to the happiness and welbeing of those
> around. I would suggest you decide what you can do yourself and how you can
> achieve that most effectively. Write a business plan where the profit is the
> wellbeing of mankind or the benefits for an "at risk group" close to your
> heart. All the circles of good we each generate will eventually merge.
> I cannot drive a crane or dig effectively with my hands or administer
> cholera treatment. Globally the best I can do is in education and public
> speaking and supporting your endeavours and the work of those who are able
> to provide direct assistance. Sending corporate and personal money to the
> agencies with the expertise helps too. We have our particular engineerng
> charity in this country supported by organisations who release young
> engineers for months on end to go to work in disaster relief. All parties
> gain from this arrangement and no-one gets stale or too depressed. Maybe you
> could do something similar....
> All the best.
> Liz
23 years late, another earthquake happened