Pakistan

For casual readers, a bit of background: we moved to Switzerland over a year ago (blimey! time flies) because Rob got a job here. His rather grand title is Emergencies Desk Officer, and for the past two weeks or so he has been in top gear organising a response to the earthquake in Pakistan. No emergency is an easy business, but this one is a particularly tough one. The region is remote and difficult to access; it is politically divided; winter is on its way and there are not enough winter tents anywhere; and then there is this.

The good news is that there is a Medair team in Islamabad and Kashmir, and as R spoke to one of them yesterday, they were in the middle of unloading a lorry load of tin sheeting in a place called Rawalakot...so it's happening. The bad news is that R stays awake half the night worrying about work and we are all knackered.

Of course
Medair would love your money, if you feel so inclined, but let's all keep praying and thinking about the people who are grieving or have been badly affected.

Thanks, chums. Nuns are coming, I promise.