Terremoto no Chile reportagem de Felipe Cubillos

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Uma imagem vale maiss que mil palavras. ¡Fuerza Chile!

para saber como contribuir siga link para a cruz vermelha chilena
http://cruzroja.cl/noticias/noticia_413.php

Tantos desastres naturais. Esse fim de semana vi a Ilha Grande irreconhecivel com marcas do desastre de 1 de janeiro que por muitos anos vão ficar lá.
Ja tinhamos o Haiti e agora o sul do Chile. O nosso amigo do Desafio Cabo Hornos faz um relato impressionante e pede ajuda. Abaixo temos o relato tirado do blog do Juan Pa, http://juanpa-cadario.blogspot.com, pois desejamos divulgar ao maximo o pedido de ajuda.

El relato de Felipe Cubillos desde el lugar del terremoto en Chile

El siguiente reporte de Felipe Cubillos es muy demostrativo de lo que esta sucediendo en la zona del desastre en Chile. El skipper chileno estuvo en el lugar y nos cuenta lo desolador de la situación y la preocupación por el futuro de muchisima gente y en especial de los pescadores de la región que perdieron además de sus casas sus barcos de pesca, unica fuente de trabajo y alimento fundamental para la dieta de la población.
Piensen tan solo un minuto en la situación de esta gente, es desesperante.
Yo tengo muchas ganas de hacer algo para recaudar dinero, alimentos, lo que sea para ayudar pero estoy medio impotente con la forma de ejecutarlo. Tenemos la posibilidad con muchos amigos del blog de conseguir cosas importantes para subastar u ofrecer, asi que si alguien conoce la forma de llevarlo a cabo por favor me mande un mail, tengo muchas ganas de involucrarme en serio con esta ayuda.

JPC
Fuente info Globaloceanrace

Chilean Class40 skipper, Felipe Cubillos, reports from the earthquake's epicentre
by Oliver Dewar

Class40 skipper, Felipe Cubillos, is helping bring vital materials and food to the disaster region in the recent 8.8-magnituide earthquake’s epicentre.

“The scene is devastating,” Cubillos reports from the town of Iloca, 130 miles south-west of Santiago. “The locals tell us that the tidal wave caused far more damage than the earthquake and, frankly, any discussion about whether the wave classifies as a Tsunami is anecdotal at this point,” he comments. “They say that the wave arrived about eight minutes after the earthquake and it was impossible to react in time. I thought I’d seen the power of the sea when racing through the Southern Ocean, but this is something entirely different.”

The Chilean skipper and a team of volunteers have been in the region for three days. “In the town, the open spaces where the children used to play are now a mass of rubble,” continues Cubillos. “It is going to be some time before they return, but even a quick glance at the faces of the local people shows a mixed expression of incredulity, sadness, pride and hope. They know that together we can start straightening things out.”

For Cubillos and the team, the immediate priority is to provide shelter. “Thousands of people have lost everything and now sleep in the hills and many of them don’t even have a blanket to keep them warm,” he explains. The weather conditions in the region may help relief work as no rain is forecast for the next seven days, although Cubillos reports that an icy southern wind is causing temperatures to drop below freezing during the night.

“In a crisis there are always heroes and, as usual, these individuals seek neither fame nor recognition, but I must tell you of one person in particular,” says the Chilean skipper. “His name is Cristian and he runs a company, Tecnofast, which supplies and constructs modular structures and shelters for use in remote places like mining or drilling installations.” Cristian followed and supported Cubillos, his co-skipper, José Muñoz, and Class40 Desafio Cabo de Hornos throughout the 2008-09 Portimão Global Ocean Race and read of the relief work that Cubillos is undertaking. “Two days ago, he was in Miami,” continues Cubillos, “but today he is arriving with equipment and technicians to provide shelter for 500 people, including four temporary, tented clinics that will help support the local hospitals.” Cubillos estimates that within a few days, the emergency buildings and medical centres will be fully operational.

However, the longer-term picture in the region looks bleak. “The second problem that we have is that around 350 fishing boats with all their gear and engines have been wrecked,” continues Cubillos. “These boats cost around US$20,000 and as the fishermen cannot salvage them, they are unable to generate any income for their families.” There appears to be no immediate solution: “Today I have tried to understand the problem and I confess that the situation is serious,” he admits. “In Chile, we have the ability to produce no more than 40 new boats per month and there certainly aren’t enough engines in stock. Where are we going to construct all these boats and obtain all these motors?” asks Cubillos. “I can assure you that these seafaring entrepreneurs who risk their lives every day when they head out to sea and fish don’t want a hand-out or gift. They only want support to help overcome the magnitude of the problem that has swept over them.”

Felipe Cubillos has written a book and photographic record - ‘Sueños de Alta Mar’ (Dreams of the High Seas) - about the double-handed, Portimão Global Ocean Race circumnavigation onboard Class40 Desafio Cabo de Hornos and is donating all proceeds to help relief work in Chile. An official book launch was originally planned for mid-March, but those wishing to pre-order the Spanish-language ‘Sueños de Alta Mar’ and help fund vital relief work can contact Felipe at cubillos@senegocia.com
publicado a las 22:04
Etiquetas: chile, interes general, medio ambiente, reportes
3 comentarios:
PortugalVela dijo...
Try to found the Official Bank account numbers where people can send money to help. Then publish on the blog or put a banner on top. Many people don't send money just because they don't know where toi send.

We had here the same problem with the Madeira Island People.

06 marzo, 2010 15:16
Purre dijo...
Juanpa: te mande a tu correo privado un anteproyecto, tal vez demasiado ambicioso pero se puede hacer, si nos ponemos las pilas. Un abrazo y conta conmigo.

07 marzo, 2010 11:50
Anónimo dijo...
lA SUBASTA ONLINE ME PARECE UN POCO COMPLICADA DE INSTRUMENTAR; LO QUE TE RECOMENDARÍA ES CELEBRAR UNA SUBASTA EN ALGUN CLUB NAUTICO. oBVIAMENTE LA PUBLICIDAD Y CITACIÓN A SUBASTA SE HARIA MEDIANTE EL BLOG. SOY TITULAR DE UN ESTUDIO DE ABOGADOS, ESTARÍA ENCANTADO DE DARTE UNA MANO EN CUALQUIER TIPO DE RECAUDO LEGAL QUE QUIERAS TOMAR.

08 marzo, 2010 13:24