Young Cyclone Victim Talks to Paul

This young villager has seen not one but two devastating cyclones.

In the process of recovering from Cyclone Sidr (2007), this recent Cyclone (Aila in 2009) resulted in a great many homes being damaged or destroyed. As this young cyclone victim points out, Sidr had much fiercer winds but Aila still had devastating flooding.

Thanks to Save the Children, family, and a local in Bangladesh who helped me translate what "bhita" means. There are many interpretations but this blog post helps explain how I sorted it out:

http://uncultured.com/2009/06/19/lost-in-translation/

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Bangladesh
• Cyclone Aila
• Victim
• Cyclone
• Sidr
• Aila
• Save the Children

[thechico1979]

i concure with chalottepoet, not one news broadcast here in the states. Which is highly disturbing.

[AngelLife999]

thank you shawn

[scratchingcat]

A lot of compelling stories in this one short clip.

[kira902k]

sad. :(

[UnculturedProject]

That brought me back. I miss Mr. Lyne. I miss Nova Scotia.

[bluewilliam]

Mr. Lyne would admire just this sort of diligence. ;-) And so do I!

[flawedartist]

I know how long it took you to put this together.. Thank you for sharing. I know my donation wasn't much, but I'm really glad I was able to donate a few aid kits to the families effected by Cyclone Aila. Keep up the great work, Shawn.

[charlottepoet]

wow! i not even hearing much about the cyclone. stay safe!