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Avian flu in Bethel and Delta languages

Published 2006 October 31 H5N1 , info sources , public involvement 1 Comment

The Fluwickie (see sidebar) has a listing of info in various languages, many of which are from the NZ/Aotearoa public health site.

Brochures, Getting ready for a flu pandemic
Posters, Stop the spread of flu germs

10% of our elders in Bethel speak Korean. Other Bethel languages include

Getting ready for a flu pandemic – Korean (PDF, 704 kB)
Getting ready for a flu pandemic – Hindi (PDF, 716 kB)
Getting ready for a flu pandemic – Samoan (PDF, 611 kB)
Getting ready for a flu pandemic – Arabic (PDF, 843 kB)

Of course, not everyone is literate in their spoken languages. International symbols, especially for mass disasters, would be essential.

As I mentioned in April 2006 to the editor, Delta Discovery–

Sometimes it is easy to overlook the great cultural wealth we have at hand in Bethel. For a city so small, we benefit so much from so many of us born overseas. They feed our spirits, feed our minds, feed our stomachs, feed our souls. I would like to thank the nurses, cab drivers, tellers, doctors, counsellors, teachers, preachers, restaurateurs, entrepreneurs, wives, elders, et al. who make our lives in Bethel richer.This is an incomplete list that would be interesting if others can add to it — Thank you, those born in

Albania
Argentina
Cameroon
Canada
China
Cyprus
former Czechoslovakia
El Salvador
France
India
Iran
Israel
Japan
Korea
Lebanon
Macedonia
Mexico
Montenegro
Nepal
perhaps New Zealand?
Nigeria
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Puerto Rico
Russia
Samoa/American Samoa
Saudi Arabia
former Yugoslavia

The major spoken languages in the region include Yup’ik, Cup’ik, and Inupiaq Eskimo; Athabascan, Russian, Spanish, French, Korean, Greek, Serbian, Farsi, English (also known as gussack, which itself is old Russian in origin for “non-Yup’ik” speakers), …

Please add to the list.

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  1. 1 mpb 2006 November 5 at 10:38 pm

    Hug an Immigrant!

    5/9/06 by Tiffany Longan

    I don’t know if anyone else has been watching the news lately, but the planned overhaul of our immigration laws is getting interesting. What I find unfortunate is that somehow all immigrants are being made to feel like illegal criminals.

    I personally know quite a few members of our delightful immigrant community here in Bethel and they are some of the hardest working folks you could ever hope to meet. I don’t know where else in the world you might be able to find a small town with the same kind of mix we have in Bethel. I personally know folks who were born in: Mexico, Sweden, Ireland, Norway, Austria, Great Britain, South Korea, China, El Salvador, Macedonia, Albania, Philippines, South Africa, and West Africa! Find another town in America with a population of 6,000 that is 60% Indigenous with that kind of mix among the non-Native community.

    The following is a nod to our small, yet wonderful Hispanic community.

    Ranchero Sauce:…

    http://www.deltadiscovery.com/deltadish/deltadish.html

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