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Post-Tsunami: WA Donations in Action in Indonesia

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006   

Seattle, WA - Two years ago, Washington residents were glued to radio and television stations for news about the killer tsunami in Indonesia. The Boeing Company and its workers donated more than $1.5 million to relief efforts and next month, a group of employees will visit the area to see how their support has made a difference. Mercy Corps will lead the group tour to Indonesia, where donors can see exactly how their generosity has paid off. Mercy Corps' Peter Blomquist lists a few of the priorities they will see in action.

"Road rebuilding, home rebuilding, schools, economic development, small business generation; we're still working with 100,000 people, and other organizations are working in the area as well."

He adds that many of the donations have been used to get owners of small businesses back on their feet.

"Frankly, that's the best way to provide assistance - not by coming in and doing things for them, but empowering them, enabling them to begin doing the work they want to do."

Blomquist says Mercy Corps always begins its relief efforts by creating "Cash for Work" programs, which hire local people to do the rebuilding. He notes that even two years later, the tour group will see that there is much work still to be done in Indonesia.




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