Disaster Relief in the Information Age (Bam Paint Shop Project)

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Disaster Relief in the Information Age(Bam Paint
Shop Project)
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• Mojgan Momeni
• Science and Arts Foundation
• January 2005

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The sons of Adam are elements of one another
Having been created of the same essence.
When the calamity of time afflicts one element
The other elements can not remain at rest.
Saadi Iranian Poet 1300 A.D.
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Kobe
Bam
The recent tsunami
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The sons of Adam are always elements of one
another-Miracle of the Information Age-New
opportunities for human beings to reach out to
each other.-We are all living in a global
village-Solidarity among human beings is more
approachable
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City of Bam
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• 190 Km. to the S.E. of the city of Kerman, in
• the midst of the vast, endless, grey deserts,
• lies the ever-green city of Bam, the Emerald of
• the desert.

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• Bam with its extensive palm groves and citrus
• gardens, used to be a city full of life.

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At 526 AM on December 26,2003, an earthquake
with magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale
destroyed the city of Bam.
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• - The city is almost destroyed
• - About 40,000 people are killed
• - 30,000 injured
• - Up to 75,000 left homeless
• - 10,000 students left without school

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• National and international governmental
  and nongovernmental organizations (NGO)
  started the relief work
• Temporary housing, field hospitals were
  provided
• Students were called to register and start school
  in pre-fabricated class rooms

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Messages of solidarity was sent by members of
iEARN through the internet
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The second message was from Mr. Kihara a
colleague from Kobe
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• -SAF considered the above idea and
• - Prepared a proposal to establish a paint shop
  in
• Bam

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Our first visit to Bam
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-The idea of the paint shop was published on the
web site - Donations started to pour from Japan,
Canada and Taiwan
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The opening of the paint shop
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Ms. Yoko Takagi visited Bam paint shop in
September,2004
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Outcome
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• The children largely welcomed the Paint Shop
  program
• They were heart warmed by the worlds kind
  support
• - The black and white picture of life in Bam
  gradually absorbed color by the joy of life again

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• The miracle of ICT and Internet
• emerges out of the ashes in Bam
• iEARN helps to expand peace and friendship
• -Global Village comes to the rescue of tsunami
  victims

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