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The chef/owner of a local Sri Lanken restaurant is putting together a team of volunteers to go help out with disaster relief. He will provide food and lodging in his family home in Sri Lanka, volunteers must cover their own airfare. It's a month-long commitment, and he is particularly looking for doctors/nurses/other medical professionals.
I wish that Engineers Without Borders was contributing to the relief effort, too. ...though maybe it's for the best. I feel bad enough that I'm taking off to New Zealand next month anyway (of course, the badness is largely mitigated by the excitement of adventuring).
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Ya know, I was just re-reading that and wondering if anyone would say anything. I'll change it, so it doesn't bug you. Posts: 7954 | Registered: Mar 2004
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The funny thing is I grew up using "If I was" all the time. Never sounded wrong to me. But Porter brought to my attention that it was incorrect, and now I can't ever remember thinking differently.
It now bugs me every time I hear the Thompson Twins song, "If I Was King For Just One Day". Posts: 7050 | Registered: Feb 2004
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I do it myself. I hear it that way on newscasts and stuff all the time, and it's creeping into my head...
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I am not sure why he wants nurses and doctors. They need specialized equipment that he probably can't provide, unless his trip is part of an overall effort of a larger organization that can get medical supplies.
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*shrug* It was a short blurb in the restaurant section of today's newspaper, so I don't really know.
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I have actually been wondering if there was a need for manpower of any kind to help out with the tsunami disaster. I'm really financially strapped, but I have some frequent flyer miles, and I don't have a regular job right now, so I could easily go over to help. That would be less of a burden to me than sending cash.
Unfortunately, I'm not a doctor.
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Eljay, any idea the name of the restaurant or the name of the guy? I'm curious if I know him.
Glenn Arnold - and anyone else who's interested - go to my page on the tsunami. I have a list of Sri Lankan charitable organizations. No, I have not and cannot validate the legitimacy of these organizations - I know of no government agency that does such, and given widespread government corruption, I wouldn't likely trust them anyway, so no, I do NOT recommend donating any money or goods to them. However, manpower is something completely different. Contact them and see if there's anything you can do if that's what you're interested in.
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This is Arthur C. Clarke's website. He lists several organizations that he considers reputable.
There's also a picture of some sort of false color image of the tsunami, but it isn't captioned, and I wish I knew just what data it represents. But it's a cool picture.
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I was watching CNN today and there was a story about a man who went over there (Campbell, I don't remember his first name) and was put to work immediately. From what I could gather (I wasn't really watching, Chuck had it on and I was reading), he wasn't a medical person or anything, just a healthy willing person.
So, Glenn Arnold, I'm sure they have a use for you.
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