Dear Each and Everyone,
Earlier this year I did something beyond my wildest imagination. I sent out a begging letter to all my friends. Never in my life have I been humbled to this extent. Of course I was really begging on behalf of thousands of deprived islanders but it was still begging and did not [...]

Good steady progress has been made since we continued building in February. Marine steel, grade SS400, has been ordered, delivered and cut. The internal backbone has been installed. The rudder post and rudder have been constructed. Tank supports have been attached to the floors. Freezer compartments have been formed in the bilge.
We are now [...]

GENEVA (Reuters) – One in eight small children examined in and around the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian provincial capital of Banda Aceh is suffering from acute malnutrition, the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF (news – web sites)) said on Friday.
Diarrhea, fever and coughing were also widespread among the 614 children under age five and 300 women examined in [...]

I am very happy to report that fund-raising at Pancake Day Parties at Churches in three continents (Europe, North America and Asia) has produced a total of £1,441 or US$2,730 or Baht 103,738. It is with deep gratitude that I recognise a special responsibility in the use of these precious funds. Clearly my duty must [...]

Scaling up of prevention activities key to prevent outbreaks
WHO/Dermot Tatlow
27 JANUARY 2005 BANDA ACEH/DELHI/GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) warned about increased risk of vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever across tsunami-affected areas in Southeast Asia. Nearly four weeks after the disaster struck the region on 26 December, the organization is strengthening [...]

Aid is starting to come in from Australia, Wales, England, Papua New Guinea, Phuket and the U.S.A. Today I met with Khun Luck, our builder, and asked him to begin work on a variety of jobs. This is in preparation for the next big job which will be cutting and welding the internal backbone of [...]

Returning to Thailand trying to understand the tsunami I met a young Australian student from Fremantle on the flight to Bangkok. I told her about ‘Ixdos’, our schooner, which we are building in Phuket as a health mission ship. Told her that we have already built nearly half of our ship but that I had [...]