Monsoons and chainsaws

I was just on the AlertNet website and came across this blog post by Chris Northey - CARE's Emergency Team Leader in Myanmar. It just shook me awake from the comfort of my office in Manhattan.

Rain and sadness in cyclone-ravaged Myanmar
10 Jul 2008 11:33:00 GMT10 Jul 2008 11:33:00

It's raining every day now in Myanmar, very heavily; monsoon season has clearly arrived. It's not the gentle rain we're used to at home - more like someone tipping a bucket of water over your head. I can't help but think of people stuck outside in this rain with no shelter and it pushes you to do more.

Since I came back from the delta, I've been very busy in the office and we've had more staff join the emergency programme. It's very easy to get caught up in the detail of budgets, proposals, warehouses, planes, cars and procurement, and forget that a line on a budget sheet represents a village that CARE is helping, that it represents a person and their family. The sound of the rain reminds you of this.

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