Disaster Remembrance Week

A year ago to this day, was one of the worst disasters that struck this and other countries. The Asian Earthquake and subsequent Tsunami, that laid waste property and human life.

Then came Katrina and her cronies. Tearing through New Orleans, disrupting life and business.

And then there was the August Cloudburst in Bombay. Followed soon after by the Pakistan & India eartquake. And then 2 months of battering rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Madras.

A year of disasters. The least we can do is spend a week paying homage to the lives lost and thinking about the survivors. It's always the survivors of a calamity who are worse off.

All this week and the next, you'll see a ribbon on top of Chennai Help, as well as the image you see to the right. Please do pass the word on, get involved.

To quote the people at the World Wide Help group:

Last December and this January, the online community came together as never before to help in the aid efforts in South-East Asia. The lessons learned there were put to use, and improved upon, when the other tragic events of the year unfolded.

Can we harness that goodwill, that togetherness, that willingness to help once more?

The WorldWideHelp group would like you to join us in Remembrance Week. Here's what we suggest you do.

Use your blogs, your home pages, your wikis, your newsletters. Link to your favourite charities and NGOs, write a paragraph about them and the work they are doing, and ask your readers to make a donation.

Please.

Disaster Remembrance Week