Lord Krishna in the 21st Century
One of the greatest challenges that Krishna Disaster Relief will face is to respond to all disasters. In an earlier chapter I gave an outline on how to respond to disasters anywhere in the world.
But here in America we want our response to be more inclusive. Wanting to do this, the challenges may be numerous. At times there may be a series of disasters happening all at once. There are also smaller disasters. Regardless of their frequency or size, somehow the public needs to see Krsna coming to the rescue. Somehow there has to be this effort on our part because Krishna's love is unconditional.
Take, for example, any of the many mini-disasters that often occur. Nature's destruction isn't always on a massive scale. A forest fire may not be the biggest. A tornado may only demolish a dozen homes instead of hundreds. A storm's fury may only be felt on a local level; perhaps only in a certain section of town., but still people are impacted. Still, people suffer.
I don't pretend to have all the answers but in general terms I feel that in some way, Krishna Disaster Relief should try to help out. This makes perfect sense to me. After all, we are talking about the Greatest Hero (and the Greatest Friend) who helps everyone in need.
So how can we respond to these smaller disasters? Obviously, many disasters wouldn't warrant sending out a full-fledged response. A thousand gallons of water or a vegetarian pizza truck may not be the proper answer, but still a response is necessary. If nothing else, a card of condolence could be sent. A basket of fruit could be sent. A donation to the rural volunteer fire department could be sent. These are the folks that bear the brunt of these tragedies. A fifty-dollar check sent to the volunteer fire department along with a short letter from us would be greatly appreciated. We could also enclose a brief summary about who we are, including our website. Who knows, at some later date we just might have to coordinate our relief efforts with them while responding to a much larger disaster.
I believe it would be a mistake to focus on the big disasters and ignore the small ones. No one else does that so why should we? People will notice. Doing so would definitely send the wrong message.
Chapter 24 - More Than Just Water
This picture of a smaller disaster is an Ai generated image created by the author.