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Earthquake in Peru

August 21st, 2007 at 06:05 pm

Yesterday, Ale was reading her National Geographic book on Earthquakes, and there was a picture of fallen buildings and cracked roads...she said: Mom, a REAL earthquake couldn't do something like that, could it? ...so I explained to her that, yes, an earthquake could do that if it were strong enough or if it lasted long enough...I told her a bit about the earthquake in Peru and how there are drop off places for aid here in ES...she immediately said: Mom, we should send them some water...and maybe we could make packages of food...vegetables maybe...I told her those would have to be canned...fruits?...no, unless they're canned, too...are canned fruits expensive?...(they are, here!)...but we agreed that we would buy some water and look through our closets for good-condition clothes and will take them to the nearest drop-off place (coincidentally, a sales point for the company I used to work with!)
For some reason (maybe because I still remember the horror of our last earthquake, or because all Peruvians I've ever met were really nice people), but, of all the catastrophes we've had in the world lately, this is the one that has affected me the most, and, seeing Ale wanting to help really makes me proud...
I had to share!

Posted in goals, family | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Earthquake in Peru”

  1. Amber Says:
    August 21st, 2007 at 08:33 pm 1187728408
    1187728408

    That is so touching, at her young age to care about others

  2. scfr Says:
    August 21st, 2007 at 10:21 pm 1187734919
    1187734919

    It is wonderful that she wants to help!

  3. miclason Says:
    August 22nd, 2007 at 03:30 pm 1187796654
    1187796654

    well, she did it! she purged 3 (small) bags from her closet, and managed to get 1 small bag out of mine! (quite a feat, considering we do purge our closets quite constantly, with most of the stuff going to Nanny) ...we made sure all the clothes we are donatiing are in good shape (most items were perfect, but items with minor tears or missing buttons were fixed,and only 2 items with minor stains were included)...what I liked best was that she not only had the will to help, but she actually took the time to see what options there were to help, chose the most immediate/feasible one and, took action about it and, I'm also glad that she already recognizes that she CAN make a difference!

  4. Amber Says:
    August 22nd, 2007 at 09:35 pm 1187818523
    1187818523

    That is great

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