[#PrayForItaly] Asking your support (EN)
Fanaxidiel
Most of you already know that a devastating earthquake hit a few regions of Italy some hours ago. The authorities already claimed that 268 deaths are certain but still there are several people under the ruins.
If you have friends or relatives in Italy, in the main touristic places, don't be worried for them: the big cities haven't been hit. Anyway if you think that any of them could be involved, there's a number activated from civil protection which can be called 24/7 to ask about survivors: 800840840 (at the moment it seems available only from Italy, so if you call from out of Italy I suggest to try to contact your own embassy).
Don't forget that Facebook activated the "safety check" so you can also check their facebook profiles to see if they posted any news or confirmed that they are fine with this service.
If you are planning holidays in Italy, you'll have no problems or issues and you can come without any problem. Check your gov's foreign affairs and they will confirm you that.
Anyway the situation of several little towns in the mountains of central Italy is really desperate, with many volunteers trying to rescue the most survivors possible.
I want to humbly ask your prayers and your help, because the biggest risk in such situations is that people are left alone. We can't allow for anyone to live such tragedies and not feel our warm help.
1) Pray. This works, when you really care.
2) Share. Make the world aware of it. Use your social networks to make people aware and ask their help and prayers too.
3) Help. If you can save a little money for the population in need, I can give you two safe directions:
a) Use the ITALIAN RED CROSS indications:
b) Use the FONDAZIONE SPECCHIO DEI TEMPI (LaStampa) indications:
In both cases, select the reason "Terremoto in centro Italia" (earthquake in central Italy).
Plato forbids me to give you golds in exchange of donations to such charities, BUT doesn't forbid me to be VERY THANKFUL in case you do that, so, if you want, once you donate something to these charities, send me a screenshot and I will show you my thankfulness, as much as I can.
If you can, vote this article and reshout it. Whatever suggestion you have to make this initiative more efficient, send me a PM.
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[#PrayForItaly] Asking your support
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Don't leave Italy alone.
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Thank you Fanaxidiel. Thank you.
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I feel you bro, i hope everthing will be fine with Italian citizens in those areas.
Be strong Italy ,I hope everything will be fine and more victims 🙁
And no more victims* 🙁
Mi tocca votare Fanax, bell'articolo Vissimo!
We had so many casualties from earthquakes in the past here in Greece, so I can feel you Italians 🙁
Be strong.
We pray for no more victims and for the people which lost their lives!
Condolences for the losses :/... i wish there is no more affected people...
facebook.com/safetycheck/central-italy-earthquake-aug23-2016/
Ukraine will pray for you!
Stay strong Italy o7
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condolonces for the losses it's really sad 🙁
Κουράγιο!
I don't see what praying will do
more than nothing.
you don't have to see...
Praying is typically a sign of solidarity used to show one's sympathy for another. Ex Pray for France. The world shared the hashtag and made it known they were together in such a tragic event. You don't have to be religious to simply pray for good onto those whom are inflicted with such tragedies. But rather showing your general respect and wishing that those whom are affected will be alright in the end.
Even if there's death involved. We can hope their dead make it to where ever they call heaven or something else meaningful. Just saying lad. Praying does do a lot more than a simple statement of words. It shows you're there to help if you could. That you would donate as much time to help those affected.
So yea lad. Praying does do something. May not have as big of an impact as donating money or something. But at least you're showing good will toward your fellow man or woman.
Yeah but I could just feel empathy. I don't need to make a big sign of virtue out of it.
It will let people believe they're actually helping while they do literally nothing to help whatsoever.
In your opinion. There are no scientific facts one way or the other and will always be a question of belief. Why make statements like this belittling others who think differently?
IMO it would be far better to say that people may pray if they wish but that they could also make materially tangible contributions.
Because I don't care about beliefs. I just care about facts and practicality.
So because you don't care about beliefs, that means you feel it is helpful and constructive to belittle others who do? I respect your prerogative to believe or not believe anything you wish but I fail to see why you find it a good course of action to belittle others who feel differently.
I don't want to blatter about prayer, so I will just tell you my humble experience. Once I started praying sincerely (not just like trying to operate a juke-box, but really using my heart to start a 2 way dialogue) my conscience changed a lot and doesn't let me be selfish anymore like I used to be. Once I have a dialogue with someone who always see me (and cares of me), I can't anymore hide myself behind excuses and alibis, so yes, prayer works because the first thing it does, is changing you, so you can have good will enough to make the world better around you. Even non believers can see that praying sincerely makes people more responsible. Unsincere prayers aren't even worth to be mentioned. Non personal prayers can be even worse, when somebody substitutes himself to the role of the one you should pray personally. I can tell you I would do nothing of useful for others, if I hadn't the luck of learning how to pray, but this is just my humble experience.
I fail to see belittlement Jessina. Just acknowledgement of the way things are.
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take care
These very moments we realised the true power of nature.
I wish all the best for Italian ppl \o
Stay strong Italy!
#CroatprayforItaly
Stay strong Italy !
Coraggio Italia, non si molla mai, come il 20-29 maggio 2012:
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Stay strong italy!
Stay strong Italy !
stay strong!
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Unfortunately I heard about 247 death 🙁
Stay strong Italy! 🙁
o/...Italy....
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A huge tragedy!
Stay strong Italy!
Condolences for all those lost lifes :/
All this floods and earthquakes are just reminders we should not play with the nature and its laws ...
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Maybe someday the human being will understand that constantly harming mother nature brings consequences...
All my support for the italian people
GBY !
Grande Fana!! O/