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January 17, 2005
UPDATES OF AMURT'S TSUNAMI RELIEF WORK IN TAMILNADU (INDIA)
In Tamilnadu, we sent a team of 8 dadas from Kolkata on 27th of December with food materials, medicines and clothing. Our relief team started their relief operation in Cuddalore district of Tamilnadu, which is one of the poorest district of Tamilnadu.
District collector of Cuddalore and District project officer assigned us the area of relief operation for our team. Our team started distributing mattresses , stoves, cooking utensils, steel plates, food packets, medicines to the people of Pudukuppam, Pudupettai, Kodimarathu street, Chinnur, Annan koli st, Athankarai Theru villages in Parangipettai block. Everyday our team of dadas with 25 other local volunteers has been serving nearly 1200 Tsunami victims.
From 29th of December our team doctors started medical camps in all these villages.
Team leader Ac. Prasunananda Avt said that they got all sorts of co-operation from the local administration. BDO of Parangipettai provided his office to our volunteers for stay.
On 31st of December a group of people from Vivekananda Mission came with 400 packets of rice, 300 pieces of stoves, 400 packets of pulse, milk powder, tea, 400 pieces of bathing soap and other items and handed over to us. They were very much impressed with the service and dedication of our volunteers.
On the 1st of January they again came with 1200 sets of plates and dishes, cooking utensils, medicines gave us to distribute to the needy people.
We have now a second team there to make an assessment to take up the project of building houses and talk to the district administration regarding taking orphans in our Children’s home.
Posted by AMURTWorld at January 17, 2005 09:15 AM
