Comments on: Water water everywhere and not a drop of leadership in sight http://theunspunblog.com/2007/02/04/water-water-everywhere-ann-not-an-ioata-of-leadership-in-sight/ Management, communications, persuasion Fri, 25 May 2012 04:45:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: AsiaPundit » Blog Archive » links for 2007-02-05 http://theunspunblog.com/2007/02/04/water-water-everywhere-ann-not-an-ioata-of-leadership-in-sight/#comment-6162 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:26:11 +0000 http://theunspunblog.com/2007/02/04/water-water-everywhere-ann-not-an-ioata-of-leadership-in-sight/#comment-6162 [...] INDONESIA – Water water everywhere and not a drop of leadership in sight “The floods in Jakarta seem to be getting worse as bad weather prevails. Latest news reports estimate up to 200,000 people being made homeless. [...]

]]> By: bayi http://theunspunblog.com/2007/02/04/water-water-everywhere-ann-not-an-ioata-of-leadership-in-sight/#comment-6157 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:16:49 +0000 http://theunspunblog.com/2007/02/04/water-water-everywhere-ann-not-an-ioata-of-leadership-in-sight/#comment-6157 The people are resigned to the fact that the government is paralyzed every time a disaster happens and so they do not expect any help. It’s every man for himself, save for some volunteer groups and NGOs. But these bodies do not have the resources to provide relief on a wide scale as only the government could. Where are the armed forces? They have boats to help in the evcuation.

I have a friend who is a doctor at the Jakarta hospital. She sent me an SMS for monetary help because there is no way she and her colleagues could raise money and other necessary essentials from the locals, since almost everyone is affected.

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