Brick 7 Update - Brick 7 Donations Help Earthquake Victims in Deyang
Although we have already closed the Earthquake Appeal (Brick 7), your donations are still continuing to help numerous victims of the May 12 Earthquake. Your generosity and kindness not only enabled us to help with the relief and rebuilding efforts through Jinde Charities, but also paved the way to help a small community rebuild a very needed water tank. Bricks is also helping another earthquake related project in Sichuan, this time in assisting an organization to build a therapy center for earthquake victims.
In response to the aftermath of 512 earthquake, the Chinese Association of Analytical Psychology (CAAP), together with the associations of psychoanalysis from Guandong, South China Normal University and Fudan University, set up the “The Garden of Heart and Soul” to help the the victims deal with the stress and grief of losing their homes and their loved ones through counseling and therapy. It is not uncommon for victims of natural disasters to experience post traumatic stress syndrome. A number of suicide cases have already been recorded in the earthquake affected areas and in a consolidated response, CAAP sent volunteers to these areas to provide grief counseling and therapy to the victims. CAAP has already set up a number of “Gardens” and aims to do more as it is very clear to them that their work in Sichuan is long term. They have devised a three year plan to help mobilize and train volunteer counselors who will be working in the disaster affected areas for the long term.
Dr. Heyong Shen of Fudan University’s Analytical Psychology and Chinese Culture Research Center is one of the project directors. Bricks has agreed to help build a Garden of Heart and Soul in the town of Deyang. The town was close to the epicenter of the quake which destroyed homes and buildings including the Donqi Middle School which took 700 students.
Through your generosity, Deyang will rebuild and hopefully heal from the grief and loss of 512.
