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| 06:05 AM Apr 19 2020

Dorothee

Germany

A humanitarian disaster: Care facilities have been suffering from a lack of nurse staff for decades now. Now however ‘Tagesschau’ says that due to Corona many nurses even refuse to go to work out of fear of getting infected. In a care facility in Canada patients even died due to the lack of nurses caring for them.

| 06:50 PM Jun 02 2019

Dorothee

Germany

The German newspaper ‘Kieler Nachrichten’ now mentioned two tragedies:
>Yesterday on Mount Nanda Devi (India) 8 tourists went missing. The team that was sent out to rescue them hasn’t found them yet. However there still is a tiny bit of hope the group of eight could still be alive.
>In Lake Silbersee (Lower Saxony) a little boy drowned this weekend. While this lake is guarded by lifeguards accidents like these still happen as even the water around the shore is rather deep and not meant for people who can’t swim properly. Plus this lake is very popular. A lot of people go there on hot summer-days. Thus people are advised not to rely on the lifeguards. They should take care of themselves and watch over their children instead.

| 09:32 AM Sep 30 2018

Dorothee

Germany

‘Tagesschau’ says that on the Indonesian Island Sulawesi about 800 people died in a Tsunami this week. The number of those who got injured may be even higher.

| 09:43 AM Jun 26 2018

WobblyJoe

United States

Yes, usually a firefighter will talk to a kindergarten class and talk about being a fireman (which they love), teach about fire safety, and pass out stickers. It’s up to the parents to put them on.
Yes, we got the entire concept of kindergarten from German immigrants long ago.

| 01:47 PM Jun 24 2018

Dorothee

Germany

Oh! So in the USA these stickers are already kinda standard? In Germany these things still need to be established.
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This week a little boy got lost in a zoo in Germany and drowned when he fell into an artificial river. Of course there was a fence to make sure that things like these wouldn’t happen, but the child somehow managed to slip through.
Thus the newspaper “Berliner Zeitung” now wrote an article about how to avoid the worst case if a child gets lost:
1.) Give your child clothes that are easy to remember – even for a stranger – and also easy to describe. These could be a hat in the form of a crown, a cartoon-themed shirt, bright shoes etc.
2.) Tell your child what to do if he gets lost. For example “You may ask a stranger for help, but don’t leave the zoo with him.” or “Stay where you are!” or “Go to the grocery store over there!”
3.) If your child is mature enough, make it learn your adress and name by heart. If not, attach a paper with the adress and your mobile phone number to the child’s bag or the clothes. Make sure the child couldn’t possibly lose the paper.
4.) A chhild that gets lost gets scared easily and will probably cry. This will get the child the attention of many people. Just tell the staff your child is missing and they will make sure that everyone in this park would know whose child this was and where to bring the child to.
5.) Keep a photograph of your child – at best a current one and at best one where it wears the same clothes.
6.) Make sure your child knows what you wear that day and what haircut you have that day. Thus it may recognize you faster in the crowd.
7.) Just shout into the crowd something like “My 3 year old daughter just got lost. She has brown hear and today she wears a blue dress.” You may also adress people directly – especially police officers.
8.) During the first five minutes you shouldn’t get too far from where you last saw the child. It may return and you may accidentally go the wrong direction.

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