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counsellors she also checked to see if her depart ment has staff who speak sinhalese or tamil the languages of sri lanka but none do although- not trained in counselling health inspector selina pittman volun teered immediately the region is offering training and ms pittman said she wants to help the bereaved residents in some way even by making a cup of coffee rapid reaction initiative will be matching volunteers including inter preters with agencies delivering servic es mr kumar said psychiatrists with medical institute for tamilscanada say york region probably wont face shortages of coun sellors and interpreters but in sri lanka qualified counsellors are rare treated survivors when emotional numbness leaves tsunami survivors many will experi ence psychological problems said dr jegapathy rajendra of markham a psy chiatrist who treated survivors in sri lankan camps in one centre we visited there were 83 people that have lost everyone including 26 children under 16 he said they will be most probably affected die rest of their lives dr rasiah paramsothy chief of psy chiatry at southlake regional health centre will go to sri lanka with another team next month and hopes to train local people to recognize and treat psy chological problems with medication what we are going to do in a small way is give them a ray of hope he said you need to give them the strength to look at their inner self and say i can come out of this the united way is asking for help from each of its 43 agencies including the social services network a baby agency of the local south asian com munity which is working on its own response plan when we are caught in a situation like this no one is 100percent pre pared said simon cheng united way community resources director last week the york region district catholic school board sent its teachers advice on what they should say to stu dents affected by the disaster and sug gested symbols and rituals that could be used to help great minds lofty goals and determined teamwork united way of york region thanks the 2004 campaign cabinet for improving the quality of life in our community every day monica auerbach executive director transitional supportive housing services of york region michael donoghue president ceo allstate insurance company of canada vito mabrucco vice president marketing cisco systems canada co frank maw president motorola canada limited mary wilson trider vice president markham stouffville hospital vice chair uwyr board of directors united way of york region georgina aurora east gvvillimbury king markham newmarket richmond hill vaughan whitchurchstouffville garth issett campaign cabinet chair vice president financial services sector ibm global services canada rahul k bhardwaj chief executive officer united way of york region david barnes vice president public affairs communications amex canada inc bill hogarth director of education york region district school board joe mardini director ibmcom sales centers americas 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