Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Thanks Pak Hugo

Thank you for Pak Hugo..
I am pleased to inform u that your money 100 US $ has been transferred to our account. Thank you so much for your charity.We are still facing the fire, all the staff has been working so hard to make border, or fire line to protect our reforestation work. The fire widespread in the forest from the south part until near us in the west, it’s very big fire and hard to stop because it’s a  peat swamp forest, so it’s burning underground.

I haven’t seen any died animal unless a baby bird in the nest, it’s sad

RecentlyWe can hear many birds sounds around the post   more than usual, I assume they are migrating from the burnt forest. 

Ok will continue later, with the news

Greeting from the very hot
Borneo

Orang hutan

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10 OCt

10 OCt

The smoke is still thick till almost midday, when coming to town this morning with a speedboat, the speedboat driver told me about an accident in town that happened yesterday because of the smoke, a truck hit a motorcyce and a kid died from that accident.  : (

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Sunday, October 8, 2006

15:55

15: 55

Oct, 4th

On the way back from town to the park, sitting on the boat and looked up to the sky and the sun that covered by the smoke. Thinking about the forest that got burnt I felt tears dropped on my cheek.
Can’t hope the gov to take action, can’t hope the people not to burn their land, now only in GOD I put my hope to grant us some rains to stop all the burning.

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006

Fire on the 3rd day

3 October

It’s already 10 am here in Kumai port, but it feels like still very early in the morning, because of the smoke that fills the air and that means the fire is still going on in the park and still burning the forest.

 

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Monday, October 2, 2006

BIG FIRE….!!!!

Oh I hate to tell  a bad news, but this is what happening. Yesterday we were surprised to see the big fire not far from our post. In a rush we prepared to fight the fire, Basuki the Reforestation manager and some of the staff just jumped into the  speed boat and left to the location. In rush I prepared some stuff, my own  stuff and drink for everybody, fully clothes,hat and hand gloves, boots and also grabbed a pair of socks that I found out later was a different pair. 

Arrived there we were surrounded by a thick smoke and we had to walk about 4 km from river side to reach the fire.

Unfortunately we were not equipped with any proper equipment because we don’t have any, except our buckets and “parang”. So when we got there we just stood still for few seconds to think what we should do. I was the only girl there with 15 men, so I couldn’t help to open my mouth and grumbling… Oh what should we do, what are we going to do now… “ But one of us had the inisiative and began the step by hitting the fire so we all moved and did the same, although I myself feel hopeless because the wind was so big and the fire approaching us so fast, but later we found a helpful way, we cleaned the dry leaves and the woods and try to put the fire in the middle and after hitting the fire we put soil  as a border so if the wind blow it won’t turn the fire on again. We are happy we could stop that side but the other side untill now is still on because of the swamp area, that makes easy to burn under ground.Some people are still working on there and maybe camp there to watch out the fire not to eat more forest and our reforestation works. Hopefully rain will come soon. Ok, prayer and your support will be helpful.   

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