Aftershocks

After two nights of unnerving aftershocks measuring 4.7 on the r-scale, we are noticing heightened levels of fear and anxiety about potential future quakes. With the aftershocks and also several recent nights of torrential downpours, it seems we are all sleeping very little and very lightly.

Normally, the Child Protection team meets every morning at 8am to plan and coordinate the day in one of the rooms of our AMURT-Amsai school. Today, however, no one was even remotely considering to to meet indoors, so we held the days' meetings and work sessions outside in the tents. Although this school seems to be structurally sound, the memory of the quake is still very raw and the fear runs deep.

With the ensuing rainy season, I catch myself at moments in thought-paralysis because I can't imagine what is going to happen to everyone living in these very vulnerable camps with little protective shelter.