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...
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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...
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Tags: PTSD, Samoa, tsunami
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...
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Tags: donate, 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...
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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....
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Tags: Musings