I found this photo in news paper of a temporary bridge, being built across a new water steam that got formed after a landslide in Munnar during the recent heavy rains!
What was special was that most of it was done by the residents of the area with the guidance of a relief team!
If the information is correct, about seventy-five percent of the relief activities were done voluntarily after the flooding!
Yesterday Anna and I heard from five students of MOSC College who used their holidays to visit relief camps with food grains and other supplies ! They planned and organised themselves to reach camps in in accessible places to help people trapped!
The news in the national media is all about the exceptional voluntary action in the state of Kerala after the flooding! It is a pointer to what is possible when we trust each other to collaborate!
The painter who is helping us told me, 'his neighbours were responsible helping who suffered damage form the floods" Whoa are these neighbours! Daily wage earners with large heart!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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