A powerful earthquake measuring 7.1 hit remote Yushu county, 500km south-west of the provincial capital Xining in Qinghai in the early hours of Wednesday 14th April. This in itself is not unusual as the plateau of Qinghai is an earthquake prone area but this quake has had some devastating effects.
The old woman listened attentively with deep interest. When my colleague had finished talking, the woman took his hand to her mouth as a sign of admiration and asked: “Who pays these people for the great job they are doing?”
Since the last windstorm that hit Gaza, I’ve been sleeping along with my wife in the living room; as all the plastic sheeting covering our bedroom’s windows was removed by the winds. This life created continuous tense inside my home, with non-stop calls by my wife (Arwa) to get the windows repaired by any mean regardless the fact that we have no glass in Gaza because of the blockade.
The first I heard about the situation in Sudan was late yesterday afternoon. Our head of news received word that the Sudanese Government was asking some aid agencies, including Save the Children UK, to suspend our operations.
Last week, Jasmine, our Chief Executive was here and was shocked at the dusty, windy conditions inside the tent clinics. I wonder what she would think if she was here today?
