Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Well this AM has been interesting. Started off going through a bunch of donated supplies at keith and jan's and organizing it all. Then headed downtown to see the destruction near the epicenter. It is crazy how buildings fell so randomly. The rubble to me tells the bigger story. Unfathomable and where do you start!? One bucket or wheel barrow load at a time. Most of the roofs were concrete so I see how they crushed people when they fell. They are saying new construction will be more tin roofs and probably no concrete tops. USAID is paying day workers to clean up rubble which is great. These people need jobs and something to do. Things that can help them rise up out of this mess. To live and have a meal a day and water, it costs about 500US a year. School costs around 75US a semester but that generally is uniforms and books too. So you can see with just a little income, that can mean big returns.

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