My town, Sackville, is looking to create a long-term partnership with a a tsunami-stricken Indian town of the same size. This seems to be a better strategy than just raising money (though that is important), and I’ll keep an eye on this. Maybe even get involved if it makes sense.
Here is the full CBC post, as they tend to take them down after a while:
NB town to adopt tsunami-stricken community
WebPosted Jan 13 2005 01:16 PM AST
CBC NewsSACKVILLE
The town of Sackville, New Brunswick wants to adopt a town in India that’s been affected by the tsunami disaster.
Sackville town counsellor Virgil Hammock suggested the idea of partnering up with an Asian community. He says other aid efforts are helpful, but he’s worried that the campaigns won’t last .
“You know, six months to a year from now, people will have forgotten about this. They’ll have some other catastrophe to deal with,” said Hammock.
Hammock says the town hasn’t decided which Indian community they’ll support, but he says it’s likely that it will be a town in one the Indian islands that were hit worst by tsunamis.
“I looked at a town called Malacca, and that’s a town about the size of Sackville. But I haven’t been able to contact anyone there yet because this town was utterly destroyed.”
Hammock says the town will work with the local Rotary Club over the next few months to make a connection with an Indian community that needs aid.
Once the groundwork is laid out, Hammock says the people of Sackville will decide what kinds of projects they want to work on in the adopted Indian community. Hammock says the idea behind the partnership is to provide long-term support for people in Asia.
“We want to give them something they actually need, that we can buy or install, instead of just sending money. Then we can have sort of a longterm relationship with them.”
WebPosted Jan 13 2005 01:16 PM AST
CBC NewsSACKVILLE
The town of Sackville, New Brunswick wants to adopt a town in India that’s been affected by the tsunami disaster.
Sackville town counsellor Virgil Hammock suggested the idea of partnering up with an Asian community. He says other aid efforts are helpful, but he’s worried that the campaigns won’t last .
“You know, six months to a year from now, people will have forgotten about this. They’ll have some other catastrophe to deal with,” said Hammock.
Hammock says the town hasn’t decided which Indian community they’ll support, but he says it’s likely that it will be a town in one the Indian islands that were hit worst by tsunamis.
“I looked at a town called Malacca, and that’s a town about the size of Sackville. But I haven’t been able to contact anyone there yet because this town was utterly destroyed.”
Hammock says the town will work with the local Rotary Club over the next few months to make a connection with an Indian community that needs aid.
Once the groundwork is laid out, Hammock says the people of Sackville will decide what kinds of projects they want to work on in the adopted Indian community. Hammock says the idea behind the partnership is to provide long-term support for people in Asia.
“We want to give them something they actually need, that we can buy or install, instead of just sending money. Then we can have sort of a longterm relationship with them.”
I’ll suggest to our town council that we all take a look at the SEA-EAT Blog, which includes a “Help Needed” section for the region hit by the tsunami.
