As you have noted and told us, Anabel.al, Anabel Magazine's facebook and @anabel_hostel instagram have been on the alert for not only informing but also contributing by sharing information in the first few minutes after the earthquake. of affected families. During this time, like everyone else, including the government, we became part of and occasionally a victim of chaos, a chaos justified by this unexpected natural tragedy and the lack of organization that we, as a people, have feature.
Two days have passed since the big earthquake, and I think it's time to filter some information, block others, and clarify people, based on the thousands of communications we have each day with ordinary people, with injured people , with aid organizations, with government representatives, but also from our own visits to the most affected areas in Thumana, former Kennet, Shijak, Manza or the Durres stadium.
Help has no mind.
I stole this expression from Anabel.al journalist Alberta Kamenica who spent all day yesterday in Durres. Assistance has been tremendous, solidarity has affected us all, and aid continues to come every moment from Albania and the entire Balkans, but their distribution has been left to be desired. I am not dealing much with this part how and how or to remember, as I am a citizen of this country and I know how for a document up to 1 year ago I had to travel to 5 different countries, but I want to assure the citizens that as far as i have seen, there are endless aids. There is enough for everyone and for more than a month. Distribution then is another problem although I am very positive that everyone will be helped. Not because I believe in the state, but the state itself, in this degree of tragedy that took on an international dimension, is interested in doing well.
You all have a borough or mini-borough, remember this!
People are confused and wondering where to turn for help, who will get it, are they safe. Citizens, you are not to blame for not often taking into account the state institutions of your cities, because you have not seen the thorn in other problems, but they are there and they are obliged to organize. You should first turn to Town Councils, because they have the responsibility, in this emergency, to contact the Emergency Staff, the Army and other state institutions to organize the distribution of aid. If the City Hall does not respond to you, seek the help of local television or city high schools because one of them will definitely have some information, or has started an initiative to collect donations. Or contribute money. Prime Minister Rama demanded that people do not bring in clothes and blankets that are sufficient, but contribute monetarily. You can contribute to e-mail or here.
Most of the injured do not stick to Instagram and Facebook to search for hotels.
Anabel.al compiled a long list of all people providing housing, a list that has already been printed and distributed to the homeless and has also been shared hundreds of times online. We made it ourselves as a contribution, wishing for a state institution to get ready and to organize housing. A large proportion of the homeless have found shelter, many families do not want to move out of their area of residence and have refused invitations outside the city or in Kosovo. We have even spoken to some families, offered them shelter and they have asked for tents. It is about families whose homes have been damaged but not destroyed and they want to stay close to them. That said, in case you have accommodation, please either submit it to us since we started this listing and distribution work, or reach out to organizations that have the logistics to handle this work as a different Weekend, organization led by Elvis Naci and others who have shown seriousness (not just in the tragedy) in contributing to the needy.
4. Aid will be stolen.
The shadow will always have such tragedy. Near Durres stadium, unharmed residents of the palaces around the stadium were waiting for buses to receive aid. In Thumana, when I was alone, I saw an old man with a torn pullover around the 80's who, along with his niece, had taken a lot of blankets, and according to his neighbors, it was the third time he had been loaded with blankets. It is not uncommon for this world to have disaster-stricken people, as it is not uncommon for some to get rich (not with blankets but with cash) in such cases, but it is not something to was shocked. Solidarity has shown that the vast majority is good, that people are good, and that this must be appreciated and never forgotten. You do not have to step aside and not contribute, because in the first place, doing good is for you. Giving does good to us all, and that matters.
Please do not distribute false statements about the earthquake anymore.
Anabel's Inbox is turning into a comedy. "A Durrsak told me that the Kuchedra area is to blame", "A Serbian scientist who is to blame for High Frequency Active Auroral Research (HAARP) said
in Alaska that they created the earthquake "," A friend of mine said there were 100 dead but kept it a secret "I saw green light on the horizon. It was a bomb, it wasn't an earthquake. ?People are not to blame in times of panic, but they need some calm. Earthquakes happen! Have happened and will happen. We are a seismic country, not the Atacama Desert, where we are suddenly faced with the rain and start from conspiracies. Earth, as one American seismologist put it in literary form in another Anabel script on earthquakes, will release the accumulated pressure and thus create earthquakes. And after the powerful earthquake there are other smaller earthquakes and will have in a few months, according to seismologists. If the Kuchera area were to blame, then all earthquakes in this country would have epicenter in the Adriatic near Rh afërne Cape, but they did not. If it were HAARP, which no longer belongs to the US military but to the University of Alaska, then the question "Why us?" Should have arisen. HAARP is said to have manipulated the weather in war zones, or areas with severe droughts, where rain, but what was the agency interested in testing an earthquake in Albania? You will say "hundreds of millions of euros to the government" and I say "Let's leave the earthquake" and take care to prevent further damage to our homes.
In the tragedy, it is important to be together and facilitate the post-earthquake process, not to deal with trivia.
After shaking hands and crying to the victims, many (and indeed many) are already hyperboleing the situation due to some unrepresentative problems. One blogger was crying that she had taken a scrapbook to a family in the tent and she had told him she wanted chips. Another complained that the Other Weekend had not behaved well when it had delivered aid. In another message that came to us, one girl said that the police were treating people very badly and were speaking harshly. I am not saying these are not true, but you have to understand all the parties involved in this situation. True, we are all shocked, but the task of the majority consists of collecting (or purchasing) help delivering and going to our homes unharmed in the comfort of warm food, air conditioning and the internet. Now think of all these homeless people who do not know where their head is, who have seen death with eyes, who have lost all the expensive objects, and wait until they even run away for help; think of police, army, volunteers, journalists who are 20 hours alert and face thousands like you every minute. We cannot expect everyone to be educated and kind 24 hours; tranquility and patience is a virtue, but in this overwhelming exhaustion even the most patient can lose his grip. Try putting your feet in their shoes and understand. It is not good for an isolated case of a handyman to become representative for the thousands of others who are working from morning to night to help the injured.
Behave as citizens of this country and demand accountability
We all know that damages could have been easier if these houses had not been built without criteria. So now two days after the earthquake and afterwards, the question arises, "What about the homes and the places where we work or take our children?" I said: You pay, you asked for the manager's account.? No, she returned it to me. Another said that the bank where he worked had forced them to work even though the building had suffered extensive damage.
The famous Albanian expression "as long as you don't find us" proved to be a failure. We find ourselves and we all have a duty to behave as citizens for the first time and no longer as victims of systems. If you pay for the lift every month, jointly request as a palace a post-earthquake re-inspection; if you have a home bug, an engineer, a Town Hall technician should come to check if it is a dangerous or merely superficial bug. If there is major damage to your child's work or school, do not go! Photograph the damage and send an email and letter to your supervisor sign that you refuse to work without being provided written environmental security. The superior cannot dismiss you for wanting to be safe following a tragedy in which 40 people died (and not the final number), otherwise he has to answer in court. The same with schools. Let the kids miss the lesson, but as the English phrase "Better safe than sorry" says. Treat yourself as citizens: municipal and government employees are employees and work for us. Remember this. Understanding the incomplete logistics of this country, you can help the state with information on any damage.
