Monday, December 26, 2005

Post Earthquake Pakistan: An Insider's Perspective

A lot of us abroad have tried, in our best capacity, to participate in helping our country and its people move on after the earthquake. We have collected funds, both in cash and in kind, written articles, made the world aware of our country's loss and the lives destroyed. Whatever we do, I don't think we'll ever have done enough.

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy held a vigil in downtown Toronto for our Pakistani kinsmen: everyone in the city talked about the devastation. They tried to understand our pain. She took it a step further; she is currently volunteering as a translator in the earthquake affected areas and is keeping a day-to-day journal on her take of events. It's a definite must-read.

4 comments:

Saira said...

Makes me feel quite useless. eek

Abbas Halai said...

i went to the vigil. sharmeen is an old school friend of mine. was something to think about.

urbaNiche said...

read em...truly heart breaking

Kat said...

its amazing how almost everyone tried to help in their own way!