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Compassion Arises – A note on DDM’s Humanitarian Aid to Peru’s Earthquake By: Susan Chen*

As I sat on a plane with four other colleagues en route to Lima, Peru on August 20, 2007, I kept thinking and imagining what it was like over there. I remembered when an earthquake of a similar magnitude hit Taiwan in 1999 and how it destroyed the livelihoods of many people. I also remembered the many volunteers and organizations that came to Taiwan’s aid during the aftermath; and now, it was my chance to give back and help…

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TaiwanIHA’s medical relief effort in Peru

Braving heavy rain and strong wind, the 5 members of Taiwan International Health Action (TaiwanIHA) emergency medical relief team were rushed to the airport to embark on the airplane to Peru despite imminent arrival of Setpa typhoon in the evening of August 17, 2007. (The airports of Taiwan were closed the next day due to typhoon.) At 6:41 in the evening of August 15 (August 16, Taipei time), 2007, Peru was heavily hit by an earthquake of 8 on…

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