Right now in Java there is still an enormous lack of awareness about the tragic earthquake that struck the region more than two weeks ago, leaving 600,000 people without homes or any supplies. I’d like to interrupt our normal posting schedule to ask for your support. While most of us have the luxury of choosing which restaurant to eat at, and which gift to buy our father this holiday, thousands of people are suffering in a remote region of central Indonesia in the shadow of Mt. Merapi, one of the worlds most active and therefore dangerous volcanoes. While many of us cannot leave our daily routine to help families and children rebuild their lives, I know of one group very close to me that is preparing to go there and will make a big difference as they did in Sri Lanka following the Tsunami last year. The group has organized a team of children’s trauma care specialists (my father is one of them) but they are still severely underfunded.

Please take a moment to read their journals from Sri Lanka or the current situation in Java. Even if you don’t have time to read them, if each of my readers donated half of what they would spend on a new pair of sneakers each week it would be an enormous help. Thanks in advance for your support!

I’m aiming to raise $10,000 for them. You can donate via paypal, please send money to java [at] fortunateblessings.org, to the address listed on their website, or by clicking below.