World Natural Disasters
Recently, the planet Earth is in bad shape. In the past few weeks, the Asia Pacific and Japan area has experienced several devastating natural disasters. Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines and Vietnam, massive earthquakes shaken the Indonesia, Samoa, Tonga and American Samoa with the related tsunami affecting the surrounding area.
These disasters have caused hundreds of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries as well as massive property damage. Many have been severely affected by these disasters; my heartfelt thoughts are with the people and communities who have suffered through these unexpected tragic events.
Now is the time to response to the urgent needs of these affected people. Manpower is needed to help find the injured people, recover the bodies and rebuild the area. Food and drinking water are needed to ensure those survivals have enough food to eat and clean water to drink. Praying and chanting are needed to allow everyone has the spirits to motivate themselves and get back to their feet and move forward with their life.
For those who want to help, go ahead and make an effort to contribute your time and money to help these people. For those who wish to give directly to disaster relief efforts, there are some organizations that have issued urgent calls for donations and are providing relief for these events. They are as follow:
1. UNICEF: www.unicef.org
2. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: www.ifrc.org
3. American Red Cross International Response Fund: www.redcross.org
4. United Way Disaster Fund: https://volunteer.united-e-way.org/uwwwdisaster/donate/
5. World Food Programme: www.wfp.org
6. OXFAM: www.oxfam.org
The above are just a few organizations waiting for your response but there may be more waiting for your help.
Everyone should pray to all those affected people. You have your own religious way to pray for them. For those who follow Buddhism, you can chant and pray along with the “Heart Mantra” song that can be found at the sidebar at the right side of this blog or go to www.VictorWan.com/heart-mantra/ or click the tab “Heart Mantra” at the top of this webpage. Click on the “PLAY” button, adjust the volume, pray and chant along.
At least you take a very small step to help them to recover and move along with their life.
Thank you.
Victor Wan
