European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes sunday May 5,1991 survivors of the Bangladesh Cyclone Rush toward a helicopter dropping bread and canisters of fresh water on Kutub Dia Island. Cyclone from Page 1 food for 5,000 people he said. A we done to see How they can avoid one of the biggest cholera epidemics in the Century. With 12 million people out of their Homes and carcasses fouling All the water they re not Only drinking sea water a Mohrbacher said a a they re drinking fouled sea the government estimated the Bill for Basic emergency Aid at about $56 million. Such Aid would include Safe drinking water Medicine food and rudimentary shelter for an estimated 10 million peo pie on 65 islands and coastal areas. Pledges from the world Community were initially scant and slow. Some in Dhaka s Aid Community feared they were up against a compassion fatigue from International donors who have already been doling out funds for african famine victims indochinese refugees and the kurd in Iraq. But by the weekend the pledges had swelled to More than $130 million with additional donations expected. Saudi Arabia has proved the most generous. The official saudi press Agency announced Friday the kingdom would donate $106 million. According to preliminary information received at the . Development fund Here and other sources the european Community has promised $12 million the United states $2.1 million Japan $2 million and India. $700,000 a plus the loan of three badly needed helicopters. Pakistan is sending two Aid is coming from individual Western european nations such As new zealand sri Lanka and Bhutan the . Children a fund and non governmental organizations like world vision International which has authorized spending $1.5 million on Cyclone Relief. Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world. Its 1.10 million people who live in an area the size of Wisconsin earn a per capita income of $170 per year. Foreign Aid last year totalled $2 billion. Hans Einhaus a senior official of the . Disaster Relief organization said the disaster might ultimately save lives in the future. Since 1970, when some 500,000 perished in the worst Cyclone to hit the country a comprehensive plan had been debated that would mitigate natural disasters through construction of anti Cyclone shelters better warning systems and Quick reaction schemes. Throughout the next two decades normally after cyclones tidal Waves and floods occurred the plan was revived but no real action was taken. During 1989 and 1990, when Bangladesh was spared natures fury apathy set in Einhaus said. A maybe now something can finally be done a he from Paget turkish Border after their insurrection was crushed. On sunday 900 italian soldiers plus 120 italian paratroopers Are scheduled to join the provide Comfort operation at Zakhoo the site of the first Allied built refugee Camp in Northern Iraq. Military units from Belgium and Luxembourg arc also scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks Adams said. Meanwhile in the Cuk Urca Camp along the turkish Border Tezbir Gabriel Field coordinator for the International Relief group doctors without Borders said there had been 145 cases of cholera reported and seven confirmed deaths. He said a quarantine was being considered. A a a a a a a a. A a a a a however the turkish health minister said he had received no word of any cholera at Cuk Urca. He expressed annoyance at the report of the outbreak first issued Friday at the doctors without Borders Headquarters in Paris. A members of this organization say they Are Here to help but they Are putting on a show instead of working a said health minister Halil singin. Doctors without Borders has 49 workers at Cuk Urca spread among several Field hospitals. Gabriel said about 120,000 refugees Are at risk. The highly contagious disease could have infected Many of them by now he said. A they would maybe spread cholera All Over Iraq a he said. A quarantine at Cuk Urca would be complicated by the fact that water supplies in the mountains will become Short in a few weeks when the Spring Snow Runoff ends. Gabriel said in addition to the cholera outbreak there Are suspected cases of typhoid although they have hot been clinically confirmed. Gabriel said in addition to the cholera outbreak there Are suspected cases of typhoid although they have not been clinically confirmed. _ singles from Page 1 ence. Still Barnett and some other single servicemen Bers said that they were not prepared for the de prussion they experienced from the lonely arrival Home. A Quot a Quot a a spec. Marcus Morales an Apache helicopter Mechanic with troop a 5th in 6th Cav regt remembers being upset and a feeling lows on his return to Germany from the Gulf. Some of his friends pumped up by the Quick Victory Over the much touted iraqi army expected to arrive to a hero s Welcome. A Quot but nobody a Here to Praise them he said and Quot that led to frustration. A something Little would come up and they a take it out on their friends or just on anyone they found because they did no to have that person they wanted to be there so they Griffin could talk and Feci free with their a Moons a Morales said. While in saudi Arabia Morales talked with his friends about the televised grand receptions Given to the troops returning to the states. A a they re getting All these big parades and the Guys coming Back to Germany Arentt going to get such a Parade a he said noting that germans could not be expected to a run out in the streets and have a big a we were hoping for something like that Quot he said. However . Military communities throughout Europe Are holding celebrations to Honor service Mem ers. This weekend Wiesbaden a Germany hosted a Victory festival that opened with a Parade featuring the,8th inf div band and skydivers. Other communities have similar plans in the works including parades and picnics. A capt. Mary Lambie a psychologist with the 3rd Arma div has been on the Lookout for problems re Latch to postwar stress but she Hasni to seen Many single service members yet. A a we re anticipating loneliness and withdrawal from social life a Lambie said Quot the single soldiers done to have anyone to care of them to bring them Back into reality.�?�. \ a a a 7aquot. A a a a a a a sgt. Sterling Bacon said that seeing married couples reunited did bother him when he returned on March 28. Knowing that work had to be done before anyone could go Home that evening he solicited help from other single service members. A we wanted to get out of there and the married Guys weren to going to be any help at All a said Bacon of he co 3rd army div. A once the Guys and their wives got together you pry them apart with a crowbar a he said. Many service members said that friends helped fill the void. Spec. Eugene Griffin for example did no to have a Girlfriend waiting for him when he returned in Early april after seven months in the desert. But his buddies were on hand with a bottle of his favorite wine a Boot i farm Strawberry Hill. And that Welcome Home was just about right for Griffin a after being there so Long i just wanted to. Come Back and be left alone. I did t want a Welcome reception or anything like that a said Griffin a Mechanic with he co 12th aviation brigade spec. Cathleen Williams said she thought the family reunions were a Nice and Beautiful and but the sight did get to her. A the first thing i said was a gosh my family a not Here. I have no one to hug onto a a she said. So Williams of he co 12th aviation Bri Pietnik Gade turned to a Friend in her unit. They hugged and celebrated together even shaking a Beer bottle and spraying each other with the foam. Others like sgt. John Piehnik a Chinook flight Engineer with cob 6th in 158th aviation regt found Solace in the a Little things in his i Homecoming such As the Row of officers and soldiers greeting the troops in his unit As they stepped off the plane and the recognition their desert camouflage uniforms brought As their bus drove through Rhein main a Germany. A. A everybody who saw you leading Rhein main Barnett knew you just got Back from the desert and everybody was waving Quot and whooping and hollering. It just made you feel Good a Piehnik said. During one a Homecoming reception one single female Soldier entered a hangar and was recognized by members of the wives club who a screamed out real a fall the wives left their husbands and came to us and gave us big hugs Quot said spec. June Gar Maii of he co 6th in 158th aviation regt. A i did no to expect any thing really it. Was a Teal big Surprise. Everybody was crying and it. Felt so Good to be Home so i started crying too. It was great. To counter the depression and stress Lambie suggests that singles a interact with people a develop a base of social activities meet new people and talk to friends. A be aware that relationships will have changed a problems left behind will not Nave disappeared. Get Back into a Normal routine a include exercise relaxing and fun activities in your schedule. A Start looking at Short and Long term goals. Lambie said that emotional reactions to stress include frustration anger sadness confusion irritability and anxiety. Behavioural reactions include changes in appetite and sleep fatigue restlessness and spending or alcohol binges. S v
