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SE Asian Earthquake/tsunami

 
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noelinkorea



Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: Shinchon, Seoul

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:50 am    Post subject: SE Asian Earthquake/tsunami Reply with quote

Has anyone else considered - even for a moment - going somewhere down there to help out? I am thinking about it...Would it be worth it?
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trevorcollins



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:52 am    Post subject: Re: SE Asian Earthquake/tsunami Reply with quote

noelinkorea wrote:
Has anyone else considered - even for a moment - going somewhere down there to help out? I am thinking about it...Would it be worth it?


Do you have any experience in this stuff....??
Labor down there is so cheap.
You can probably do more to give $.
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kinda of dangerous,, with the spread of disease and all..
which country you planning on going too?

MAN I saw pics of PUKET PATONG.. I have been there.. and it was your typical dirty poor kinda town. but man it has been wasted..
man all those little stores, bars, etc.. JUST GONE! it will take 1 year before that island can bring the tourists back I guess to what it was..
man I bet so many cancelations this week.. I wonder if the hotels or airlines will be dropping there prices? I doubt anyone will be going for the few months anyway but I mean like lets say this summer?
I wonder if they rebuild it better than it was? or will it be worse? due to money? whats gonna happen to tourism you think guys?

of course thailand will be ok! so many other great places to go..
but puket! will it recover? if so how long?
and what about the other nations..?

man its gonna take some serious machinary to remove all the rubble and debris all over the countries that have been effected..

so many nations helping out.. red cross etc..

referring to the other tread about korea being one of the richest countries and how much have they donated in the world..
well they have donated 100million WON! not DOLLARS!!
WON!!

pretty pathetic really... still better than nothing..
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trevorcollins



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

100,000 bucks....??
That's disgusting, isn't it...??
One of the richest countries in the world.
If that's all it ends up being they should be ashamed of themselves.
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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it happened in NK you can bet that number would be ten or a 100 times more.
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I could teach them English but they don't need that now.
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waterbaby



Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie

PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:03 pm    Post subject: Re: SE Asian Earthquake/tsunami Reply with quote

noelinkorea wrote:
Has anyone else considered - even for a moment - going somewhere down there to help out? I am thinking about it...Would it be worth it?


They need money, not manpower, (unless you're a doctor or a public health specialist etc.) Donate the money you'd spend getting down there to the Red Cross. When it's been rebuilt, spend your next holiday there and inject some cash into their local economy.
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....

PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You'd sure need to be current on your vaccinations for a small pile of diseases/sicknesses.

Donating money offers aid agencies the most flexibility.
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peppermint



Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.

PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was told that even though I was there already, because I wasn't trained, I'd only be in the way and would possibly add to the problem if I caught one of the diseases, cause I 'd be more susceptible to stuff like malaria than local people.

Right now, they need money, and they'll continue to need it for some time, long after the media moves on to something new. I'm going to see if I can sponsor a kid or two in the area.
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm pretty new over here - anyone know of a charity that would take Korean Won to help out the victims? Apparently Oxfam doesn't, unfortunately.
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mishlert



Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun

PostPosted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Donating money offers aid agencies the most flexibility

You can donate at my sight or here.


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paperbag princess



Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: veggie hell

PostPosted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

on jan. 14th there's gonna be an event at j-bar in itaewon to raise money for the tsunami victims. i'll post more info when i have it!
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