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I emailed her and explained that GIBTK will not stop in our efforts. We are going to continue to raise funds and help as many as possible. The needs are changing but we want work help the needest of the familes to get their feet back on the ground. 

I am sending her letter as I got it first. I think it shows her emotions best. REMINDER

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 “On the 10^th of Oct, the relief trip to Dai Hung commune which suffered the most damage from the flood. It was the most serious area in Dai Loc district. And was the last one we had. We have had 8 relief trips for the poor families in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai. “

“It is unbelievable that within a week, GIBTKs can raise $12000 to do relief for a lot of families. We brought essential needs such as noodles, cooking oil, sodium glutamate, canned fish, fish sauce and water for 1,102 families right after the flood went away; 13,250 notebooks for 2,600 children in many schools and small bowls, bowls and pans for 100 families in Dai Loc district. We also have handed out many new blankets to the needy.

Although GIBTKs has done a lot for the poor people, but I still feel sad because I really want to do more and more. I think nothing can compensate for their losses in this flood.

 On the way to the place to hand out small bowls, bowls and pans to 100 families, GIBTKs’ team dropped at one family that we visited 2 days ago to give a blanket as promised. This family lost everything in the flood. The lady was surprised at the gift we gave because she never thought that we would return to do our promise.

 After getting this blanket, she had taken a very careful look at it all the time until we met her again on the way back home. She looked so happy with it; she lifted it up, turned it around then touched it and smiled. It now becomes the most valuable stuff in her home. It was great that GIBTK’s team brought real happiness to many people like her.

 Next, we stopped at the yard of a family in Dai My village to hand out things we brought for families who need them. There were many, many people waiting for the GIBTK team. Each of them had a look on their faces that showed the same hardship and poverty.

They were very excited with the gift we gave. I saw a great happiness on face of many people that I have never seen. A 50 year old lady said: “I am very happy with these things because we really need them. The flood swept away all these things in my house, but I have no money to buy them again.”

 After the distribution, we walked to visit another family we also visited 2 days ago to give a blanket as promised and stuffs like bowls and pans. The wife burst into tears when she saw the gift. She said: “These things are very important to her family now. I feel encouraged a lot when being cared for by GIBTK teams”.

8 days of relief has gone so fast, but the thought of poor families whose houses were collapsed or swept away in the typhoon and flood has been in my mind. How they can settle their life again has been a big question bothering me all the time. I met a man whose house has been in the same situation with many other families in Dai Loc.

 He sad in tears: “I don’t know how to build my house again to have a place for my two children to live and study. At night, my children stay in my younger brother’s small house, but I have to sleep outdoor. My wife left me and my children for 7 years because of poverty. My earnings is just enough for my children to go to school. I feel very disappointed and tired now.”

 GIBTKs stopped doing relief but the image of the poor people suffering from the losses in the flood urges me to come back to help them but I don’t know how to do that and what way. I just pray for the best things for them.      

      Thao, one of my staff shared her feeling about relief trips: “We have been in some areas badly affected by the strong typhoon and flood in the central of our country, Viet Nam. I saw many images of collapsed houses, tears of people who had their relatives lost in the disaster. The damage of this natural disaster is over our imaginings.

We have brought supplies to those of people in need; we truly hope these presents can partly share their difficulties after the disaster. I saw the very old people with wobbly standing- look waiting for our gifts, looking at blue faces of these people receiving our gifts, I realized that they don’t have enough food to eat and water to drink when the disaster was over, and I understand that they had to suffer so much scare when the disaster were strongly destroying. I feel extremely hurt to see kids came to receive our gifts with their naive faces, dirty clothes, and worn dirty hats with some mud on their faces. I just want hold them tight to tell them I do love them, and I wonder how the kids’ future are and how I can save these kids out of difficulties they have to face. The notebooks we handed to the kids is to give some relief to them, encourage them to study well, and help to wing for their dreams. After this trip, I hope that we will come back to help those of people more.”

No Giving it Back to Kids is not done! The job is not done. I have been talking for some time we go beyond Triage relief. Is it just words or do we mean it? We are not done!!!!!