Update on Tsunami Relief...Moi Finds...
Following our meeting at Naseoh this sunday, where PG had asked to forward links of NGO's giving updates and the requirements at the grassroot level are posted, I have checked with Aid India, which is working for Tsunami relief in Chennai and the places around it, Nagapattinam and Cudalore, through its chennai ofice. Further information about the activities undertaken by the organisation can be found
here.
Yesterday i had talked to Ms. Leena Gangolli, from Aid Mumbai and asked her about donations and the materials which will be needed in the field at this time. The need of the hour is medicines for oral rehydration. Further i talked to mr. Nitin, who was at Nagapattinam a day before. He said that at Nagapattinam alone Aid India was coordinating with 90 relief camps. He said that the top most priority besides medicines would be for utensils, Stoves (of kerosene), Soaps, Detergent, toothpaste, napkins. A more detailed list of items can be found
here .
Apart from the ones mentioned in the list, both Leena and Nitin stressed that monetary funds would be necessary when the rehabilitation of the displaced people starts. Further, other donations in the form of construction materials, tents or even designs for low cost housing or temporary shelters would also be of great use.
The website is updated on a daily basis, this update gives the list of all the coordinators working in the field.
http://www.aidindia.org/CMS/index.ph...&Itemid=63
I guess we can join hands with them for the noble cause.. what say you.. wayne, Allwyn, others??
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