Ness and I spent the last few days trying to make a short video on what we're doing here and how people can help. However, the process has been a lot slower than it should have been, to our never-ending frustration, haha!
But here it is, have a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g01vDD2fvgI
Things are slowly starting to take a bit more shape with the organization of the relief efforts here at the YWAM base, and from what we hear there are some professional in disaster management/relief coming in to give some solid guidance on how to get our efforts to be the most effective.
However, we continue hearing more stories, one of them being that there is a huge monolopy being played in the government and local municipalities, to the point that while more than 10x the amount is needed, they will only be able to put out 2,000 of their little 6X3 shacks (that come without a roof and any other amenities) that are meant to get people through the winter.
Meanwhile, we are told that once the rains come, if people don't have a home, they'll be living in feet of mud. This is because things are not as paved here as they are in for example Europe or the States, and the torrential rains just wipe everything out each year.
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