Your contribution means a great deal to the families who are in
desperate need.
We need funds to help support the relief effort,
please foward this note to other temples and agencies collecting funds,
and are looking for the best way to help.
With Vedics Foundation: 95c to the $ reaches as relief to the
Victims.
(5c to the $ goes in currency exchange, wire transfers and
communications)
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Update from Smt Sumithra Varadarajan - 01/01/2005
Today
under the able guidaince of Sri Rangachari team of volunteers
representing Vedics - Sri Narayanan and his family, Sri Rangachari's son
and his daughter.
Cheena, Vanamamalai Padmanabhan swamy, Varadarajan swamy and Sumithra ji,
Sri Narayanan swamy(from Triplicane) were there in Foreshore Estate
seashore in the affected area to distribute the relief items.
The team from the before said area had been contacted by Sri Rangachari
through a
local Police Inpector regarding their bare necessities after the
calamity. A vessel
(Thavalai) for storing Water was decided as the prime necessity for the
people
as food and clothing was pouring in from various other
organizations.
A colony was identified and around 1000 vessels was decided for
distrubution.
It was procured from a near by vendor, The local team then distributed
tokens to the colony.
Today the vedics volunteer team went there and supervised the
distribution process.
The photographs will be sent by Padmanabhan swamy and Cheena shortly.
The localites thanked whole heartedly the Vedics team for their timely
help.
They also expressed a great sense for gratitude to Vedics. No words can
explain the misery they are currently in and lets pray the emperumans
"Kadal Soozhntha mannulagam nalamudan Vazha" and begin the
New year with a hope that these kinds of miseries don't occur
again.
Coverage was also provided by Star News channel.
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Medical Front:
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Local hospitals have stepped up and taken over the service in the
area.
So for now, Vedics to provide support to them in the way they
want.
Hence resources from this area are being sent to the Temperory Housing
service.
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Food & Clothing:
Though people have to stand in line to receive the food.
Food is being distributed in Chennai, Nagappattinam &
Cuddalore.
The food situation is better for now. In fact food is being wasted in
some areas,
as it gets old and inconsumable in a few days.
Clothing need is being met as well.
Hence resources from this area are being sent to the Temperory Housing
service.
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We need funds to help with the housing, please foward this note to
other
temples and agencies collecting funds, and are looking for the best way
to help.
Vedics Foundation puts 95c to the $ to use for the Victims.