Resettlement Housing Projects for Displaced Aboriginal Tribes Discription

I am so amazed by the typhoon survivors! They are so generous and hospitable. We were invited to have lunch with our hosts' friends. They have so little but made so much food because they were honored to have us visit. Our host, described his experience of lost. He was there during the typhoon and land slides. He helped rescue people, including his cousin. Due to the trauma his cousin lost both legs and eventually committed suicide. He feels a lot of guilt and distress due to this experience. He explained that by advocating for his tribe and welcoming survivors into the housing project, it has helped him to deal with his survivor's guilt and grief. Many of those who died were older adults and young children. As I walked around the housing project in Shaolin I noticed that most people were between 20 and 45. Also the families are unable to return to their land on the mountain or collect the bodies of relatives because the area is unsafe and/or inaccessible. For those who are buddhist this is very difficult. They believe that to bury a relative without all of the body is to create a broken image of them in their hearts. There are still many survivors who have not been accounted for. Little is known whether they are homeless, living with other relatives, or have returned to unsafe conditions. Its very heart breaking to be here, but filled with hope and inspiration.