AID TO TSUNAMI VICTIMS IN INDIA

Dear friends. I have been able to collect some addresses of Non-Governmental organisations that are accepting physical, financial and material aids that would go to help the victims of Tsunami in India. I came across these addresses as part of comments from my fellow bloggers and I decided to put it up as a post in the hope of making it more effective and far reaching. I would also like to request my fellow bloggers to send e-mails to all their friends and acquaintences beyond the blogging community soliciting their service in all possible manner as no amount of help would be adequate enough to bring back the life of the victims of the tragedy.

Dresses and clothing can be sent to :

AID-India

Old No 132, New No 242, Avvai Shanmugam Road
Gopalapuram,

Chennai - 600 086
Ph: 044- 28350403, 28115058

Financial donations :

Donations can be made to:” HOPE - Tsunami Relief Fund” and sent to:

The Company Secretary,
NDTV,

W-17, Greater Kailash-1,
New Delhi-110048

Donations can also be made in favour of : “Indian Red Cross Society, New Delhi”
Addressed to:

Secretary General,
Indian Red Cross Society,
1, Red Cross Road,
New Delhi – 110001
Phone: (011) 23716441, 23716234

It is indeed very heartening to see so many organizations coming up to the rescue of the victims of the tragedy, but I would also be too glad to be part of some organizations who are engaged in giving these victims some very sound Moral aids or counseling for better living. We have to accept the hard fact that all the science and technological upgradations just cannot prevent such natural calamities (nature’s corrective measures), but we can definitely do a lot towards reducing the loss of life and properties that accompany such incidents. I understand that 90% of the victims of Tsunami in India belong to the fishing community. It can be accepted that the fishing community earn their livelihood from the sea and so ideally they have set up their homes close to the sea itself as they cannot afford the cost of commuting. But then the cost of life is much more than the cost of commuting.

It is not just sufficient that we help these victims rebuild their homes and life, but it is imperative that we help them do so in a more healthier and safer place even if at a slightly higher cost which I am sure the government can afford to bear. It would be much less than the cost the Government has to incur in the form of relief to such victims at regular intervals whenever there is a ocean or river swelling due to vagaries of nature.