Relief is coming - We hope.

It is, of course, unfortunate that this has been such a bad season for floods. There have been several floods since ours, displacing thousands. The positive side is that support is being mobilized according to the newspapers. I have heard that some of the authorities were out our way to assess the damage caused by our flood. They are reportedly awarding compensation to those who lost their homes and livestock in addition to repairing the damaged infrastructure. It would be absolutely wonderful if they would follow through on this, because then we could focus all our efforts on minimizing future floods by planting trees, lots and lots and lots of them. However, the pessimist in me is still close by. If in over 50 years, they never finished the bridge that was built before independence, are they really going to mobilize well enough to rebuild a relatively small bridge out in the middle of nowhere in the mountains? Tarik is hopeful. We'll see what happens. I know that Tarik's mom will be a great advocate for her village and if nothing else they should get the compensation for Bahajj's house and for the other villagers livestock. Let's all hope.