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Perhaps the most basic challenge humanity faces is to awaken our capacity for collective knowing and conscious action so that we can respond successfully to the immense social and ecological difficulties that now confront us. --Duane Elgin The kind of stupid poverty where kids are dying for the lack of an immunization that costs 20 cents, or for lack of food in a world of plenty. Don't we want to be the generation that says no to that? ~~~ Good News of the Day: ~~~ Heifer Announces Tsunami Rebuilding Effort As relief and aid organizations work to meet the immediate basic human needs of tsunami victims in South and Southeast Asia, Heifer International is preparing programs that will help victims rebuild their lives over the long term. Heifer has committed $1 million for programs to provide training, livestock and related help to victims on the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra and elsewhere in the region to rebuild lives and farms over the next few years. Heifer International's Asia field staff is completing an initial assessment of conditions in areas devastated by the tsunami and has recommended that Heifer expand existing sustainable development programs in Northern Sumatra, one of the areas hardest hit in the disaster. The epicenter of the earthquake that spurred the tsunami was just off the Sumatra's northwest coast. Heifer has helped small farmers on the Indonesian island for more than a decade. The existing Heifer projects are inland and not directly affected by the quake and its aftermath. Coastal communities, however, are in dire need of resources. Heifer will reach out to those communities and support families in their efforts to rebuild. Heifer Indonesia staffers and partner organizations already on the ground will work together over the next few years to rebuild agricultural production, increase family incomes and support housing, education and public health efforts. Thank you for your support, Click here to contribute to the tsunami rebuilding efforts. ~~~
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