Indonesia, 2005: A Scientology Volunteer Minister in Indonesia carries a child out of the wreckage of the tsunami.
Tsunami
Looking Back on the Past Ten Years of the Volunteer Ministers Movement—2005 and 2006
Submitted by lbw on Wed, 2011-09-21 14:17
With the 10th anniversary of 9/11 we look back at the work of the Volunteer Minister over the past decade. The Scientology Volunteer Ministers who served at Ground Zero in the months following 9/11 inspired those who responded to these and other devastating disasters in 2005 and 2006.
2005
Looking Back on the Past Ten Years of the Volunteer Ministers Movement—2011
Submitted by lbw on Wed, 2011-09-21 11:02
Christchurch, New Zealand — February 2011: Volunteer Ministers distributed 14 tons of food and supplies and helped more than 21,000 after the earthquake.
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers who served at Ground Zero in the months following 9/11 set a standard for disaster response and inspired a movement that carried forward for the past decade. Here is an overview of the work of Scientology Volunteer Ministers so far in 2011.
"The flash of yellow": South Pacific band "Te Vaka" dedicates their album to tsunami rescue workers (Fiji Times)
Submitted by csinet on Wed, 2010-02-24 20:47
Te Vaka, "one of the greatest South Pacific bands of all time" (Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brotfabrik/1752168542/)
Te Vaka frontman Opetaia Foa'i: "We owe much to groups like the Red Cross, Oxfam and the Volunteer Ministers (the flash of yellow) and all other emergency response groups like them.
"It is with great respect for their hard work and care that I dedicate this album to them."(1)
