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Wednesday
Dunno how many of u heard of the Karennis, dunno how many of u watch the BBC documentary abt them " The forgotten war".
Yuina's back on a visa run and was invited to give a talk on these displaced people at the law fac today and of course i attended. Its extremely disheartening and depressing to hear about the current situation in the refugee camp and the video clips she screened left vivd images in my brain. I can still see the fire, the villagers screaming and running, can hear the gunshots, as if the whole clip was replayed to me over and over again. these pple are my frens too and hearing such news is unsettling. i know that the camp needs funds urgently to prepare for a shift but how am i going to fund raise for them?i have no idea. anyone with gd ideas pls inform me. financially we are unable to help, and physically, its also difficult. how to be there to help? wat can i do?wat shld i do?
The forgotten war,....the forgotten people. considering they are so multi ethnic....will gaining an independent state help solve all problems? will all ethnic grps gel together and forget their differences. They recognises themselves as Karennis now but if they are no longer persecuted by non-karennis, how will they identify? Will their problems ever be solved? Will peace stop evading them? they've been fighting for half a century now....wat is in store for them, wat future do they have? i cant answer. I see pple losing faith and losing hope, i see cynism and i really wonder does time really wears out the passion? A future that cannot be seen, a life that is psuedo...how do u deal with it?
8/28/2002|0comments [speak] 