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Morning folks,
Yesterday I got back from helping out the Sri Lankan embassy with all the stuff that is going down to Sri Lanka (I went up there on new years eve). In just couple of days we packed 50 large freight containers with food, medicine, clothes, blankets and everything else that is needed.
It was amazing to see so many people donating stuff and helping out packing everything.
The Sri Lankans are one of the kindest people I've ever met. They really go out of their way to make you feel at home. As a thank you for helping them out I was invited to the embassy for dinner. So 5 of us (Chargé d'affaire, 2nd secretary, coordinator, me and another guy from Sri Lanka) were having lankese food and listening to heart breaking stories from Sri Lanka, and also some sunshine stories. When you hear about it you feel blessed living in a place that doesn't have any natural disasters, but you also feel the responsibility to help out the ones that has it.
I'll see what happens in the next couple of weeks. I put myself on their list over people that want to help out on-site.
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