Dear Al and all,
I, too, hope and pray that our WSIS Asia, CRIS Asia colleagues, other
list members and their families are safe.
Angela, Imam, Uajit, Supinya, if you have email access, please drop us
a line.
Mavic
Al Alegre wrote:
>Hello to colleagues in Asia,
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>By now many of have heard about the devastating earthquake and tsunamis that
>struck south asia and south east asia yesterday.
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>This is just a few weeks removed from two devastating typhoons which hit
>Eastern Philippines and caused floods and mudslides because of forests and
>mountains denuded from illegal logging...we are barely through all our
>relief efforts here, and starting on rehab work...Now this.
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>I see that Tamil Nadu in India was particularly hard-hit, home to colleagues
>at the Swaminathan Foundation and the Open Knowledge Network's Pondicherry
>telecenter project, among others. The Pondicherry project focuses on
>providing weather data to local fisherfolk, and it appears that hundreds, if
>not thousands of them have been killed. I know we have list members and
>colleagues in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia as well; I hope
>all of you and your families are safe.
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>For those affected. please don't hesitate to tell us what we can do, if
>any...
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>Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you who are being affected by this
>tragedy.
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>Al
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