the way self governance and community spawned out of this - i'm impressed.

but what the hell...how can groups be completely passed over at this point?

It is , these people have next to nothing now. there all on the same situation now

haaha they had pretty much nothing before the earthquake. now they have nothing.

eh, it's a matter of perspective. they could live before, now they're surviving.

they had problems... working together beforehand. now they're finally coming together it seems, and it's amazing

“My mother has 12 kids but a lot of them died,” he said, “There are six of us now and my mom.”

*sob*

it's strange to hear it worded that way. my mom had kids, not my brothers and sisters.