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Bali Street Dog Foundation Sends Supplies to Aceh
by Sherry Grant
HSI Asia
Bali, Indonesia
30 December 2004
For the vets and workers at the Bali Street Dog Foundation concern for their countrymen has caused them angst due to the feeling of helplessness at not being able to help in their usual hands-on manner.
It was payday today and instead of going to the bank a hat was passed around to collect money to be sent for the relief efforts in Aceh, Indonesia. Since the Bali Bomb the Balinese have been suffering their own economic crisis, but you would not have known that with the selfless generosity the Yudisthira veterinary teams and staff displayed today -- in many cases giving almost half of their pay.
Not one to sit around, Dr. Listriani telephoned the ‘Street Team’ to bring the Mobile Clinic (van donated by IFAW) back to headquarters - the plans for the day had changed. To support the generosity of the staff the Foundation added enough money to fill the Mobile Street Clinic full of water, canned fish, milk, and dried fruit. While the Mobile Clinic was being filled until the shocks were collapsed, another Yudisthira team was dispatched to buy stock of penicillin and diarrhea remedies. They also collected all of the Yudisthira supplies used for suturing and dressing wounds.
The goods were delivered directly to the shipper for airlift the next morning to Banda Aceh. At this time the Indonesian Military is in-charge of the distribution.
It is another sad time for Indonesia and Yudisthira. Once again Yudisthira finds themselves using their vehicles, medicines, and resources to assist people suffering from a terrible catastrophe. At the same time they feel grateful that the work they do saving the lives of animals also benefits their countrymen in time of need.
At Yudisthira they believe that, "It is all interconnected”.
(Yudisthira is an HSI sponsored organization)
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