A field report on tsunami relief
by Timothy L. Trujillo
First Medicines Director
Today is our sixth day in India. I am traveling with Mitta Wise, our First Medicines Member Services director who is herself a hypnotherapist, energy therapist, and RN. We have been staying in Chennai (Madras), the largest city on the southeastern coast of India. On December 26 the tsunami affected many areas in this region and along the coast to the tip of India and even on the western coast. We have come here, as you may know, to offer assistance with our gentle caring therapies in effort to allay distress, trauma, and grief caused by the loss of life, livelyhood, and property. The greatest impact by the tsunami was to poor fishing villages along the coast. They have lost loved ones, their boats and nets, and now due to fear of eating fish, their entire industry is in chaos. The villagers are also living in fear that another tsunami will come and do more harm.
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by Mitta Wise
The initial contact was through a man who had wanted his photo taken and then had mentioned some presenting problems through our translator. Our clinic was held in a small backyard in the village with initially 3 people. We had some mats and 2 chairs. Timothy worked with the younger and older man, and myself with the first woman.
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