action "covers for Chile - Easter
have many friends from all over the world, our Action covers for Chile "generously supported. We wish to report, was like our first work in Itahue and go as it should.
From 2 to 4 April (Easter weekend) we were in the South and have three villages (Itahue, Puente Alto and Cerrillos Bascuñán, Molina) from the VII. Region worked in Chile. There were 160 enthusiastic volunteers who were willing to work with the victims of the earthquake of 29 to work February 2010.
We could afford many things and yet it seems so little when you look at all the destruction. The three villages together have 2,800 inhabitants. 182 Häusser can not use anymore. There are also a lot of poverty in the village. It is a rural place where many people make such occasional work in the apple harvest.
Here is a brief report of our action:
Medical: there were 12 anthroposophical doctors. It has been working with anthroposophic medicine for the whole village. It was full of patients. Many (or nearly all) had Shock experiences and their consequences. They could have an hour long office hours, they had never seen, because the village is a doctor, a morning a week, and if you're lucky, gets to an appointment takes ten to fifteen minutes. You could give patients anthroposophic medicine, thanks to the three pharmacies operating in Santiago with anthroposophic medicine, we had made a donation. A doctor has visited all the patients from the village, can not get up.
rhythmical massage, liniments and winding: many patients have received these beneficial treatments. There have been through five nurses and Masseusinnen. The patients were thus a human, healing Cover, as they had never seen before. One woman said: "Oh Massage! I did this once kennengelert on TV, but I never thought that I get in my life a massage! "The tense pain could now dissolve by caring, loving hands, the tears appeared then, but there were also tears of gratitude, because other people were willing to share their fate.
work with babies: it was a professional working with children, according Pikler made, which was offered in conjunction with medical treatment. Very important for the future of this little human being!
Psychotherapy: there were 18 psychologists who already have a had relationship to Anthroposophy. They have done a therapeutic work, to the people "Hunger" had. There were six tents, which were continuously treated patients. Many therapists have also gone directly to the homes, because many people are so scared or depressed that they can not leave the house.
Older People: a very experienced psychotherapist with them has conducted a discussion group. We will continue to maintain this work so that these people can work with the treasures of the local culture and can later pass on to young people.
All therapeutic work was like a miracle, not only to the patient but also on ourselves, we have the ideal is of medicine and therapy can do, so as you can dream about in the early years only. Such a deep, smooth and rich human work, we have the "rich Santiago" can never achieve.
education: It has worked in couples with children from three to seventeen. There were 22 Waldorf teachers and people who wanted to help with the educational work (and many Waldorf students). You could see the healing power of stories, games and more rhythmic in the reverential children's faces. These children are, despite the deep injury, generally much healthier than our City children. In parallel, sewn together made it work with mothers, the little wool squares (which had been knitted by the Waldorf school in Santiago) and have created beautiful ceilings were. They also made simple Waldorf dolls and Easter braids baked. It was an Easter party for the children organized, with Easter stories and a breakfast in which they had "red egg" from the fairy tale in a nest on the table. It also Waldorf teachers went into the houses to visit the children who did not want to leave the house.
material aid: we have brought two very large, fully packed truck. There was a special group, while the the three days of using this specifically (using the "leader" in the villages) to the families personally handed. We presented fifty full beds, hot towels and dishes for hundreds of people for hundreds of families. We shared a lot of clothes and toys that we get paid for our action.
building: an architect has designed a model of a house and directed the construction. There were three builders with us and six other architects of the place have contributed. Many people of our voluntary action have also participated actively in this physically demanding work. We also have all the material from Santiago brought. The people have worked tirelessly and were six small, but very sturdy built apartments, with kitchen and bathroom. The affected people who had no property, could hardly believe it. Other people have helped the victims, remove debris or to save bricks from the houses to be demolished.
On the last night the whole village at the Catholic Easter Mass was in, where we were (wrappers for Chile) mentioned several times. Thereafter, the village has made a feast for us. We could not believe there were as rewarding people who had lost their homes or even family members, and still had power to in such a way to say thank you can.
We have created there a lot, but we returned from the intense experiences seelich-mentally a lot from back to Santiago. The human connections arisen on between us and the people of Itahue are treasures heart, are light yarn that really contain spiritual future.
We will continue to operate at least until Christmas Itahue. Our next action is on 1 and 2 Scheduled for May. We need your financial support. We want to continue with the educational work now (because it requires more materials), other drugs (because they can not be donated for ever), awarded more beds and build more houses. For example, we have "accidentally" an old paralyzed woman saw the rumschleift her body on the floor because they can not afford a wheelchair. This is not an earthquake sequence, which is poverty, but can not allow such a sorry one - human dignity is our motivation. We want to give this woman a wheelchair.
Please help us. The only way we can help to build human cases.
