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Shortly after hearing the news, Leonard began trying to organize a relief effort, starting with an e-mail plea for help to several Harvard open lists. She said she hopes to get in touch with her host family to find out “what they need on the ground” before moving forward with the relief effort planning, which is “still in its baby stages...
Prathama K. Nabi ’11, the president of the Woodbridge Society for international students, said that the society will begin collecting donations at its upcoming functions, and added that she is excited to collaborate with Leonard in staging an event specifically for the tsunami victims...
Besides raising money, Leonard added, the fundraiser would also increase awareness among students on campus. She said that many students had been unaware of the natural disaster until she mentioned...
Communication with the Samoan Islands, Leonard said, has been difficult because phone lines and e-mail servers have been flooded by people trying to get in touch with their loved ones. Most of the information that Leonard has received was conveyed to her via text messages and Facebook, but undeveloped technology and spotty Internet have made these methods unreliable as well...
...Although Leonard is not Samoan, she said she has maintained strong ties with the people she met on the island—especially her host family, whom she refers to simply as her “family...