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Sherry's Diary
Sherry in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, among the ruble
and devastation left by the Tsunami
Sherry Grant is the regional director for HSI Asia. When the great Tsunami of December 2004 struck, she was the person on the ground and immediately began coordinating HSI efforts to bring aid to the stricken animals in the region. Since then she has been in the field almost constantly bring aid to distressed animals in devastated areas. - most recently in the cyclone ravished areas of eastern India.
When time permits she tries to write a diary of her activities which she sends to us as best she can. They include descriptions of the mundane work, terrifying encounters, descriptions of horrible death and destruction, and tearful moments of reflection.
Take a moment and follow her journeys:
Indian Flood Diary:
1 November 2005: Running the Clinic and Rebuilding.
29 October 2005: One Step Forward ...
28 October 2005: Rebuilding the Animal Shelter
27 October 2005: Helping Animals
24 October 2005: Work Continues in Visahka
23 October 2005: Surveying the Cyclone Damage in Visahka
15 October 2005: Too Much to Take All At Once
Tsunami Diary:
6 February 2005: A Time for Reflection
16 January 2005: The Human Side
7 January 2005: A Face to the Disaster
5 January 2005: Dogs in Phuket
4 January 2005: Rescuing the Dolphins
It had been a particularly hard day surveying the damage and death in
Banda Aceh. In the photo above, Dr. Listriani and Sherry console
each other. In Sherry's hand, she holds the diary of a
dead newly wedded couple she found among the ruins.
