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Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Never expected it to be so bad and prolonged to recover!

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

About an hour ago an exhausted looking young guy arrived back from Puri. The town is flooded still and they are trying to get generators for pumping out over the sea bund. No current still.

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Mr.Patro our senior supervisor is there – as he had gone on ‘holidays’ two days prior to the Cyclone – bit like you say ‘busman holiday’ Never expected it to be so bad and prolonged to recover! We have drawn emergency funds.

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

No patients are going begging and we are trying to restrict movement of those with ulcers to stop infection. We have ‘borrowed’ (credit) from a shop owner that we know well over the years and got 3 water filters. Firewood is one of the expensive items – irony when so many trees are down!.

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

We dont have staff to reach out to Berampur so we are just sending a man with funds to buy and yet another NGO there to distribute. Getting locals to participate is good but not easy when they are also having the same hassle as the people in the leprosy colony!  Any support any one can give would be appreciated as Leprosy Feeding programme has to go on for weeks.

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Nurse Maggie Documentary

Nurse Maggie is a poignant documentary that looks at the extraordinary life of Australian nurse and ‘Order of Australia Medal’ recipient, Maggie Sister and the work she undertakes with India’s most reviled and outcast people. The documentary by Heath Film works on two levels. Primarily it delves into Maggie’s chequered past, examines what motivates her, and what drives her to do this confronting work. Secondly it takes a physical journey with Nurse Maggie through the most inaccessible and marginalised areas of India. The physical and emotional journeys are inextricably entwined. As the film unfolds it becomes clear that through helping others Nurse Maggie has been able to emotionally transform her own tumultuous life and discover a true sense of self-worth.

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Nurse Maggie Documentary