Medical Camps for victims in Tamil Nadu

Summary

Medical teams will set up camps in rural areas to care for those in coastal areas affected by the tsunami.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,700 was raised for this project.

Received $2,700 from 5 donations from people like:

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The tsunami destroyed medical clinics and equipment in coastal areas of Tamil Nadu state in India. Teams of medical personnel need support to care for the tens of thousands of people injured in the Kanchipuram district. Many of the affected are fisherman which is economically an important sector of the population.

Activities

The medical teams will work with community programs to provide relief in rural villages and fishing towns. Activities will include direct medical care and donations of necessary items like clothes and supplies.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $2,700

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $2,700.  The original project funding goal was $25,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Damaged medical camps will be repaired and new camps will treat some of the estimated 10,000 people injured. Teams will also distribute donated supplies to affected areas.

Project Message

This may be the worst natural disaster in recent history because it is affecting so many heavily populated coastal areas.
- Jan Egeland, U.N. Emergency relief coordinator

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Pushpa Singh,
Project Contact
816, City Centre
Udhna-Magdalla Road
Surat 395 002, Gujarat 400093
India
91 261 2631831
Email:

Project Sponsor

Give India

Organization

Give India
301, New India Indust. Estate
Off Mahakali Caves Rd.
Andheri (E), Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA 400093
India
91-22-2687 8774/75
http://www.giveindia.org/give/common/HomePageAction.do#

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Health.

For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 28, 2004.