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WATERLDO culomcu-Wednesday. August 5. 2009- ii F \R( MN) Group headed by local man helps those displaced by conflict m Sn Lanka ’ ' ; x * . ‘ By MEUNDA DAWN _ “ "" ‘ 7‘ N . L,..__ ”.77 a... W. a 77... .Â¥WW W ,,,_ 7*; ('ilrumrleslaf] J" .,.,,. “I. . .3“. .7 h H “i“ a if“ F l §§ Music and movies s FA lEpp was touring through the 1‘ "‘ a, r ' §§«f ”fit: ‘ l in th k A devastation of displacement left in 3w ‘ {33,} 1|, . its" .52., ,3 is)? 8 par wakeoftheSrilankian civilwar. 1"“: " ..- " ' " . he was suuck by the story ofa six-month- ; ’_ ' ' T » I A free music and movie night will be held in old lxryheencounteredinahospital. £224. 9 Waterloo Park Thursday on Canada's largest out- The child. a refugee from the con» . . > ' ” door screen flict zone. was being treated for t , 5.: ' -' Grab your blankets, bug spray and lawn chairs cataracts. He had undergone surgery to ‘ .. ‘ and enjoy a free evening of entertainment under repair the damage. but the only soul . ‘* . ’r the stars. Admission is a non~perishable food item left to comfort him in the hospital was _.,. for the Food Bank. his grandmother. . The Aug. 6 movie will be Coraline. “Every single person in his family " g.“ ., i The best way into the part is off of Westmount had been killed." Epp said. “How do 2 . . . .- 3 Road. next to the ambulance station. Park in the you get that child to live a healthy life spaces provided in front of the picnic shelter or in a healthy community? lust because ‘ further down the road in the lower lot or in the it's off the news doesn't mean his needs _ . ‘ g Bauer lot opposite the Waterloo Memorial Recre- are any less.” ‘ ation Complex. Signs will mark the entrance. The boy's story represents the deep- . The show starts at T p.m..rweather permitting. ening tragedy that has touched the E h lives of many in Sri Lanka. said Epp. a fly WI)['kS Waterloo resident and executive direc- “ merge“ 0p tor of the Christian Blind Mission The Canadian Red Cross is holding a free emer- Many were just beginning to start gency preparedness workshop Aug.10 from 7 pm. over following the swath of destruction Ed Epp, executive director of Christian Blind Mission Canada, visits with children to 8:30 pm. left by the 2004 tsunami when violence with disabilities in a school in eastern Sri Lanka in July. The workshop is designed to better prepare between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil MV°M5'°‘G“ community members for the 72 hours following a Edam- and Sri Lankl'an military forces UNICEF. the World Health Organiza» That's me case Mme”. Epp said disaster. The workshop is opento everyone. For mtglh‘ejd- f . 1 ded _ M tion and the Red Cross have pledged and. in emergencies like the one in Sri more information e-mall msaulmer@redcrossca C3 95 0 Cl" war en If! ay money. supplies or support on the lanka. it's only magnified. . when the government declared Victory pound to help with the crisis “We heard stories about families Ezra Eby Day pimc 0V9? lh-‘foSehtfi _ The international Monetary Fund that had make just a terrible choice to . ‘ . During the fightingnhundreds 0t announced last week it will lend Sri leave a person a disabled person The F1” EbyDay Picnlcwfll beheld Aug. 9 at 10 thousands of Sn’ lankians were inter- lanka $2.6 billion to help stabilize the behind and they don‘t know what hap- am ElmFbY- 1850-1th was a Family historian “ally displaced as they tried to escape country's economy as it tries to recover pened to that person,” he said. who. PUbI‘Shed a two-volume set Pf booksfiom‘ the 001'“th zone. More than 100.000 from decades of war and the global “The ones that make it to the pristng of genealogical information relating to people PO‘m‘d into refugee camps in financial crisis. camps. standing in food lines isn't an about MOearlyWaterioo County “at.“ the final days Of the COchCt~ Of those. Christian Blind Mission Canada’s option, the latrines aren't accessible. Bnnga picnic lunch and lawn chalrs'and cele- 50 per cent are children. according to focus is on displaced persons with dis- So. they're always left out. They're brate libys birthday by meeting others interested the_ CMB. and C1056 "3 16,000 were SUt- abilities. a population often overlooked always the most vulnerable and need m family “WOW- . _ _ fermg from WOUhdS "1"“?th by land- or forgotten when emergency hits. chronic help, but that can‘t be provided Admission “,3 t‘eCfiW‘H contribution toward mines 0h shelling. Epp. who has 25 years experience in because emergency help is being pro- men??? Thhe lplcnfigwdl be‘htfeld at the “3:11:30 That "1th“ has taxed the ”$911K” international development, took over vided.‘ picnic 5 e “3'1 t more m ormatlon c ‘ of the camps and national agenctes try- the executive director post of the CBM has been working in Sri lanka 622‘2527' mgl/tilht'llmhde Th5:- f h l Ontario-based organization in May. for years. but has teamed up with a - ie t e p i t o t e peop e may While working with another organiâ€" national partner already in the camps . have dropped Off. the radar of the zation in 1991. Epp spent time in Kurâ€" to respond to the emergency. Health care semar hightlY_ news. the (hit? situation faCIng dish refugee camps between Iraq and The organization is.building 200 H S . Can Su Ce . h . many. ”1‘3!“de the vulnerable POP"~ Turkey. After visiting Sri Lanka. he semi-permanent. accessible shelters ope ”111an U a“ ”’3." 2'"?ch ostinga lation ofdisabled persons. persists. ‘ looked back on that experience for disabled persons and their immedi< Eemtgigcang rfiranh laggde an?“ m Epp spent a week in Sri Lanka this throughadifierentlens ate families. They'll be clustered 0:3 3 ".3 3"" e‘d'cal a: '. as” an 35““ hill? assessmg the Situation and speak- ‘1 never saw one person with dis together around 20 shared cooking L ' 1' h a)“ "A .' a; do”; ponso '1] a ”18 With 0th“ 389M165 0" the ground abilities.” he said. “When you think shelters. larger open air shelters that first) gang" “5': $338 ”a a. t e event M to further understand the needs back, it's obvious. They couldn't have can be used as schools and accessible em?! . . en. f " b te 0°. . l' . d C II Several governments and "Ohio“ made it up the mountain. Sowhat hap~ latrines. 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