Dear whom it concerns,
My name is Jack Sinclair. I am currently in Cusco, Peru. I am emailing you because I want to let you know that the landslides and flooding that has been barely on the news is affecting more than the tourists who were stuck at Machu Picchu. There are at least a reported 2000 people who are now homeless. Towns have been destroyed and there is uncertainity about how many people have died. This situation has concerned me. I am a studying journalist and willing to try to help out with whatever you would need.
Thanks,
Jack
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Frustration at the media though I am part of it
Day 16 (1-26-10)
I woke up in the 9ish hour. After a nice hot, and my first shave in weeks, I chilled with some of the other guests. We watched and followed the news on tv. We are all annoyed with the lack of coverage of the landslides and the floodings here on the global news circuit. All the news is reporting is that tourists have been trapped at Machu Picchu or that people can´t go there. In fact on CNN, it was a weather woman who reported this news. No one outside of Peru seems to care that people are losing their homes and towns at the very least. No one seems to be reporting how many people have lost their lives minus a couple that went back into their house, an Argentine tourist and tour guide. This can not stand and I hope that people are awaken to this tragedy that is happening. I am planning on writing a Guilfordian article about this since most people outside of Peru have no clue or don´t care. Some people here are trying to talk to the Red Cross about trying to help out if they can. Rumor has it that the trains won´t even start running again till the 5th. I am going back to Peru Rail and hope to get my money back. I would be upset but considering all the mess of what is going on, there are more important things in life. So I can get mad. I can always try to come back, unlike the houses and lives that have been lost. So I need to focus my energy on the good that I am trying to do with my volunteering.
On a lighter note, I am also going to probably sacrfice doing the bus back to Buenos Aires from Santiago. I am enjoying working with the children and going to try to do it for a third week and fly back to Buenos Aires the 13th. After that no idea.
After watching the news, I had some juice and bread for breakfast and talked to people online. I am getting a jacket from the place I am volunteering with. I am considering getting a shirt as well. Hmm.. I then relaxed, ate and read until it was time to go volunteer.
At the place, I played more games with the children though I refused to play scrabble. I played this cool game called Set among others. The children are wondeful and full of life. I quite enjoy it. We met in the big circle and discussed the landslides and what not. Despite their ages, the children are well aware of what is going on. Yet CNN doesn´t. Fail.
We then broke up into our groups of "families." Our family´s mission for the day was to get the children to dance. This was extremely difficult because the children in my group are 11 years old and wiling to rebel against the teachers. But eventually after much struggle we got them to do the dance for the show we are having on Friday. It will be interesting. Eventually our work was done for the day and we headed back to the hostel.
I have been hanging out, got dinner and chilling.
I woke up in the 9ish hour. After a nice hot, and my first shave in weeks, I chilled with some of the other guests. We watched and followed the news on tv. We are all annoyed with the lack of coverage of the landslides and the floodings here on the global news circuit. All the news is reporting is that tourists have been trapped at Machu Picchu or that people can´t go there. In fact on CNN, it was a weather woman who reported this news. No one outside of Peru seems to care that people are losing their homes and towns at the very least. No one seems to be reporting how many people have lost their lives minus a couple that went back into their house, an Argentine tourist and tour guide. This can not stand and I hope that people are awaken to this tragedy that is happening. I am planning on writing a Guilfordian article about this since most people outside of Peru have no clue or don´t care. Some people here are trying to talk to the Red Cross about trying to help out if they can. Rumor has it that the trains won´t even start running again till the 5th. I am going back to Peru Rail and hope to get my money back. I would be upset but considering all the mess of what is going on, there are more important things in life. So I can get mad. I can always try to come back, unlike the houses and lives that have been lost. So I need to focus my energy on the good that I am trying to do with my volunteering.
On a lighter note, I am also going to probably sacrfice doing the bus back to Buenos Aires from Santiago. I am enjoying working with the children and going to try to do it for a third week and fly back to Buenos Aires the 13th. After that no idea.
After watching the news, I had some juice and bread for breakfast and talked to people online. I am getting a jacket from the place I am volunteering with. I am considering getting a shirt as well. Hmm.. I then relaxed, ate and read until it was time to go volunteer.
At the place, I played more games with the children though I refused to play scrabble. I played this cool game called Set among others. The children are wondeful and full of life. I quite enjoy it. We met in the big circle and discussed the landslides and what not. Despite their ages, the children are well aware of what is going on. Yet CNN doesn´t. Fail.
We then broke up into our groups of "families." Our family´s mission for the day was to get the children to dance. This was extremely difficult because the children in my group are 11 years old and wiling to rebel against the teachers. But eventually after much struggle we got them to do the dance for the show we are having on Friday. It will be interesting. Eventually our work was done for the day and we headed back to the hostel.
I have been hanging out, got dinner and chilling.
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