Earthquake in Chile!Chile,
Land of the Mapuche warrior, of the good wine and the coveted copper. Long and narrow, from North to South, with its arid deserts and fertile green valleys. Land of songwriters and wholehearted poets that sing of illusion and hope. Dreamers and fighters with 200 years of living and thinking of love.
By Lolo Sinclair
Saturday morning Chile was shocked by a massive 8.8 earthquake. The destruction was huge. Lots of families lost everything in just a few minutes. Bridges, buildings collapsed on the ground leaving pain, sadness and despair.
My experience,
My cellphone was ringing early Saturday morning and I was woken up by my sister who lives here in USA like me. She gave me the news from Chile. I had so many thoughts in my head at that moment. I was scared about my Mom and my brother. We could not communicate for a long while with our family there. The lines were dead. Minutes of waiting were like hours. Finally after trying and trying I was able to break through and it was an enormous relief to hear the voices of my family sounding good and alive.
Let me share with you the first words and contact after the Earthquake from my friends who live in Chile. Please go to my team blog " Etsy Latino team " or go to Etsy Storque. My article was published there today!
Now my people need help. Every single day the situation over there is growing worst. I'm supporting a beautiful cause called "frazada solidaria" (solidarity blanket) which consists in creating a quilt made of 20x20cm squares (that can be crocheted or knitted) utilizing any type of yarn. These squares will then be sewn together to create the blankets.
If you want to make one or more squares to donate to this great cause please contact me as soon as you can. I'm in charge of sending all the squares to Chile. After they get all the squares they will have a special ceremony to put them together and create the blankets.
For more information on how you can help my people please feel free to contact me anytime.
Thank you so much for your help and support.
Fuerza Chile! Go Chile!
Fuerza Chile! Go Chile!
6 comments:
Lolo, muchas gracias por este maravilloso artículo...la ayuda es urgente y sin duda nos sirve el compromiso y la colaboración de todos :D
a LOT OF HUGS!
Lolo - I will be sure to blog about this in the coming week. I will keep your family and all the Chilenos in my thoughts and prayers. I was in Santiago last year and fell quite in love with it and cannot imagine the destruction that has befallen your gorgeous country.
oh my goodness i didnt know there was another big quake in the world. nothing has appeared about it in the UK Daily Mail which is normally where I read the news as I dont bother much with TV. My heart goes out to Chile, what a terrible ordeal it must be :(
Thank you so much for your lovely words about my country.
De nada Meme. Fue un placer ayudar a mi gente.
Hugs to all!
Lolo :-)
Lolo, I'm so glad to hear that your family is alright!
Thinking of you,
jen
Thank you so much Jen!
Take care too!
Hugs*
Lolo :-))
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