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01.2.2010 in by Kimina
It is with sadness that I report the closure of my "everyday hero" page through the Red Cross as they have closed their Pacific Tsunami appeal. I fell a long way short of my fundraising goal. Lessons learned: a. you really have to put HEAPS of time i...
11.25.2009 in by Kimina
I have been stunned by the news that around 37 journalists have been killed in the Philippines while they were doing their job - following a political candidate's ambitions to run for Mayor. In the Philippines politics is so often linked with violenc...
Tags: death, journalists, Philippines, press freedom
10.12.2009 in by Kimina
I'm back in Bangkok for a fellowship on journalism and trauma for journalists across Australia, as part of the Dart Centre for journalism and trauma. It starts tomorrow so I haven't met the fellows yet but it feels timely what with Samoa, Philippines...
10.6.2009 in by Kimina
Today Crikey.com.au's health blog, croakey, posted an item about me and my campaign to raise $15,000. See here (or look at my links section)! http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/10/06/yesterdays-news-a-tsunami-survivor-asks-for-help-for-samoa/ T...
10.6.2009 in by Kimina
JP sent out a twitter today about my campaign to raise money for the people of Samoa and someone wrote back that this idea might be spam. I admit I was a little surprised, but it did get me thinking that people might not trust that I mean what I say....
10.4.2009 in by Kimina
I put a little YouTube video explaining my decision to donate 100% of the proceeds of the sale of my book to the survivors of the Samoan tsunami. Someone from Samoa has posted a comment saying: "thank you for helping my people." I really want to do t...
10.1.2009 in by Kimina
As I feared the number of people who were killed by yesterday's tsunami is much greater than first reported. The scenes of the devastation to me suggest that thousands are likely dead. The survivors need everything from homes to new livelihoods. I wi...
09.30.2009 in by Kimina
Almost five years ago a quarter of a million people died because they had no time, knowledge and warning about the dangers of tsunamis. On a remote island in Thailand at the time, I was one of thousands of people who literally lined up along the be...
Tags: donate, New Zealand, Samoa, tsunami
08.20.2009 in by Kimina
A lot of people tell me my story is amazing because of what I went through and how I came out of it. But I reckon really all that happened to me was I went through massive change and survived it! All of us are doing that all the time, aren't we, as...
08.13.2009 in by Kimina
When I get angry or frustrated about something or someone it is easy to forget that I almost always don't have all the information ... usually when I get the information later, I look back and realise the anger was misplaced....
Tags: Musings
Journalist Kimina Lyall was thrust into the biggest story of her career and became part of the story she was writing about. Her experience is at heart a universal one: surviving sudden change.
