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| 08/04/2010 |
| Healing the helpers |
"In the days right after the quake, many people slept outside, fully clothed. People are less jumpy now, but the anxieties surface every time the ground shakes. Some people stand frozen in concentration, trying to ascertain whether the rumbling will increase as they mentally trace a path to the nearest exit. Others jump at the first tremor, sprinting out the door (or to the door frame). Children startle awake and run for their parents’ beds — if the parents haven’t reached them first..."
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NOTE: This blog entry by Karen Anderson, founder of EPES, appears on the website of Mercy Corps, the US-based organization that is partnering with EPES to provide psychological support for Concepcion-area residents affected by the February 27 earthquake and tsunami. |
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| 20/03/2010 |
| A VOLUNTEER'S VIEW: REPORT FROM THE RELIEF EFFORT |
"I had been living in Valparaiso for several months when the
earthquake hit. I immediately contacted EPES, which I had gotten to know in January
as a participant in their two-week international course. In fact, I had visited the EPES
Center in Concepcion as part of the course and had already met the staff and community
there..."
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| 09/03/2010 |
| POST EARTHQUAKE: TIME STOPS BUT THE TRAUMA REMAINS |
"...March 8 -- International Women’s Day, commemorating women’s struggles around the world – in Hualpén, a neighborhood of the devastated city of Concepción. It’s 6 am, government-imposed toque de queda (curfew) has just ended and women are already waiting in line for water at EPES. But for many of these women, the calendar seems to have stopped at February 27, the day the earthquake and tsunami devastated the coast of southern Chile".
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By Rodrigo Hidalgo, volunteer of EPES |
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