can we do something for the Tsunami/Earthquake victims?

[ashukohli]

Hi Friends,
It wd b of help 2 ppl suffering In Tamil Nadu n other parts of the country if we can do something for them whtevr it b... plz pour in suggestions so tht we can transform thm in2 action.I knw whtevr we wd b able 2 do wd b less bt still we shd whtevr thts possible im in new delhi...
regards
Harsh

[capricious]

Hey ppl!
We r so far away frm there physically, monetary help will be of no use. Really we cannot do anything. I feel depressed.
Amod

[acd_indian]

As India and the world wake up to the mayhem caused due to the tidal waves, am grateful to God that i am alive to write this mail considering that i live only 6 kilometers from the beach.

streets are still flooded in some areas.

chennai beach has been completely destroyed. area upto two kilometers in radius has been cordoned off for the general public.

We got to know of the gravity of the situation only late afternoon.

2700 dead so far.
several missing.
the scene is really tragic.

the least all of us could do is to please pray for the departed souls which consisted of several innocent children who were out to celebrate a Sunday morning but never returned to their homes.

mournfully yours,

Ashutosh Dikshit
Chennai, India

[maddy420]

Me too in chennai..saw all these people loose their homes,children etc..there is a air of gloom in the city.It seems the town of nagapattinam is being washed away the most.
It is a belief tht though chennai is a zone prone to the storms occuring in andhra coast and north of TN..they never cause a havoc in chennai due to kabaleeshwarar temple...may be the same god has seen too much unjustice happening here and everywhere else...I think i better stop talking like this...can we organise PGiites to come start a relief sort of thing to help these people..

[arboreal_tarantula]

Is there anything at all we can do other than monetary help ?? My mind is a blank today - cant seem to think properly

[ashukohli]

We can ask the admin of pagalguy 2 open up an acc wherein we all can contribute money,clothes etc which wd go collectively fm pagalguy...
pray 4 the departed souls may god give them peace

[coolsurfer23in]

yeah dats a pretty decent accnt...we cud all contribute clothes.money etc..only if there was an accnt or something...

do something pagalguy abt this.im sure there wud lot of member who wud be willing to contribute...not that its gonna make a huge diffrence but still...

god be with them

[firefly]

we all want to do something..

it seems that more than money, the urgent need is for food and clothes.
while we cant do much about food, there is plenty we can do about getting clothes to the affected areas. is there some place/agency we can send in donations?

if someone can locate any such agency, then we could send in our donations. maybe pgs in various cities could organise some kind of pick up points. i dont know, that's all i can think of at the moment.

[pagalguy]

Hello Folks,

Rather than monetary help, let us try to help in anyway we can. I guess people from around the affected areas can help us understand the situation better and probably get in touch with any NGO there to see how we can proceed ahead ? Donating clothing and other items does sound like a good idea.

Keep the discussion on and hopefully the Chennai junta will start working on it at the ground level and all of us can pitch in with whatever we can.

[coolcataspirant]

Everyone in Chennai are devastated about this ... More than Chennai , the neighbouring small cities like Cuddalore, Nagapattinam etc have seen much more damage... The whole city is on tenter hooks and rumours of all sorts -- like EQuake's and more tidal waves aren't making the situation any better !!!!!



-- Karthik