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...programs to the faculty and students in that university,” Cheng said. “You could send the books to Beijing or another prominent university, but they would be likely to have the books already,” Cole said. Though HCL staff has worked to rebuild libraries across the world such as in Bosnia and Iraq, Cole said that, to her knowledge, HCL has not made a donation like this before. University President Lawrence H. Summers and Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby approved a recommendation to make the gift in early summer 2004, Cole...
...students should first be clear about how much time they have. After that, he said, they must determine whether they are doing something because it will be personally rewarding or because it will provide greater benefit for the relief effort. Khwaja gave the example of students who wanted to rebuild the homes of earthquake victims. He pointed out that building houses will make students feel like they have done something, but they could contribute more in other areas (such as fundraising or working for non-governmental organizations). Khwaja spoke about his experience collecting information for RISE-PAK.com, a website that documents...
...community's assets were requisitioned by the British at the start of World War II to service the war effort in East Asia, crippling the Nagarathars at the height of their affluence. They returned home, but abandoned their properties, preferring to relocate to India's heaving cities to rebuild their fortunes. Today, unable or unwilling to maintain their former family seats, many descendants are taking the buildings apart and selling the spoils. The antique shops of Chettinad's biggest town, Karaikudi, are full of them?and they are pitifully cheap. Intricate, 200-year-old teak doors?depicting a wonderful miscellany...
...golf balls and oysters now dot debris fields filled with waterlogged furniture, bathroom fixtures and broken china--not the Catholic church, not the local Wal-Mart, not the gas stations. But what is up and running--and what has given the Betz family enough hope to go back and rebuild their lives--is Coast Episcopal School in nearby Long Beach, which both of Betz's children attend and where she is a teacher. In an otherwise chaotic environment where electricity and phone services are still not fully functioning, the 130-student elementary and middle school is providing a sense...
...Betzes are still waiting to hear about their application for a government loan that they could use to rebuild or to pay off their mortgage. They have not yet decided where or even whether they will eventually build a new home in Pass Christian. Albert is partial to staying right by the Gulf, where the old house was. Anne would prefer to be on higher ground and, in any case, wonders whether the couple could afford the new insurance rates for waterfront property. They could simply buy and stay in Orfila's house. One thing is certain: wherever they...