On a mission (From Warrington Guardian)

On a mission

to Sri Lanka

A WOMAN has flown out to Sri Lanka on a mercy mission to support relief workers struggling to help families who fell victim of the Asian tsunami disaster.

Linda McClintock-Tiongco, from Christian Aid, has gone to the crisis zone to help manage the massive relief campaign and is expected to touch down in Sri Lankan capital Colombo today, Wednesday.

Linda, from Frodsham, who has also worked with the Citizens' Advice Bureau in Northwich, says she feels honoured to have been asked to help out, adding: "I know a lot of people must be feeling they want to go out and do something too - it's so hard sitting at home watching on TV the extent of what is happening there."

She has worked with Christian Aid for the past 13 years and was asked to go to Sri Lanka after proving her skills during previous postings in the Philippines, South Sudan and Sierra Leone.

She said: "I'm not going over there to take anything over - I'm going there to give support and to help to plan and co-ordinate the project."

Linda is expecting to be in Sri Lanka until at least the end of February.