Re: What will happen to survivors of earthquake victims?
it has to be a combo of 3, i dont think that this or any subsequent govt can afford to not do something in this regard
2 solution for awam is not just awam as in edhi but awam at large..taking ppl in, there are ppl who can afford to provide housing for one elderly person. its a question of will.
yea there is a large population in Pakitan that can not afford to do so, but there is a large group that can. while I have received over a dozen emails and calls last week for ppl extremely motivated to adopt children, it is much tougher to bring older ppl overseas due to immigration issues, but that is not the case for ppl in Pakistan.
there will be ppl who can not fend for themselves i.e. the elderly and the children, elderly, u just have to take care of them until its their time. kids u have to prepare for a future bygiving themopportunities for education and training. the widows or disabled, u have to provide training and opportunities to be self reliant, but support them until they are self reliant.
of those affected, there will be some that will be taken in by family, or those who are functioning as a family unit but need time to get on their feet, so the number of ppl who have no one will be a subset. question is how strong is the will, and how much of it will be lip service.
As far as #3- skills can be taught, u can either give the women charity or give them skills and opportunities to take care of themselves, whether its cottage industry, or establishment of large mills there in a joint cooperation betwene govt and industry where industry gets some tax breaks for doing do, and thus has a sustainable situation.