October 26, 2010 was one of the most difficult moments for us, five LUC students from Yogyakarta, Indonesia (Ouda T. Ena*, Markus Budiraharjo, Pius Prihatin, Chatarina Wigati, and Catur Rismiati). On that particular day, and the following days onward, peaking on November 5, massive volcanic ash and tons of sulphuric materials were thrown out from the most active volcano in Indonesia, Mt Merapi, with the death toll reaching more than 240 lives and more than 350,000 people stranded in makeshift camps.
Among those stranded are our relatives, colleagues, students, and friends.
We've learned so much from our earlier encounter with the 2006 earthquake that claimed more than 6,000 lives. Alleviating the burdens of others proves to be a healthy way for us to cope with our fear, our feeling of useless and helpless. So, to start with, we are to set an initiative by selling paintings and other Indonesian stuff(2 batik t-shirts, 1 puppet, 3 playing cards, key rings, etc.). The money raised will be sent to our University back home to help the existing programs such as providing food, shelter, and trauma healing for children.
Please visit us at The Terry Student Center, 26 E Pearson (across from Corboy Law Center) on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 November (10 a.m. – 9 p.m.).
To donate or purchase the paintings and other stuff please contact one of the LUC students:
Markus: mbudiraharjo1@gmail.com (773 7478072)
Ouda: oena@luc.edu (773 2907320)
Pius: pius.prihatin@yahoo.com (773 4706546)
Wigati: cwigati@gmail.com (773 6971967)
Catur: emanuelacatur@yahoo.com
(*Ouda T. Ena is a member of Kelompok SEPI. With Dom and Sue Dwyer, and WILTA, Kelompok SEPI organized an exhibition in Australia to raise money for a trauma healing program for children when the earth quake flattened southern parts of Yogyakarta in 2006. You can learn about the event here: http://kelompoksepi.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html or http://kelompoksepi.blogspot.com/2006/08/earthquake-in-childrens-eyes.html )
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Great job...
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