Food and Clothing for Orphaned Children

Relief for Tsunami Orphans

Summary

Provide food and clothing for children who lost one or both parents in the tsunami.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $3,580 was raised for this project.

Received $3,580 from 12 donations from people like:

Phil
Phil
Carol
Carol
Dayna
Dayna
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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

A large number of children in India lost one or both parents in the tsunami. Existing or new orphanages may take in the children but need financial help to pay for their care.

Activities

Just $360 will pay sponsor one orphan for a year, including food, clothing, schooling, and health care. With full funding this project will support 100 Indian orphans.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $3,580

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 $3,580 .  The original project funding goal was $36,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Orphaned children will be supported in a loving and healthy environment. The children can remain in their own communities and receive care following the tsunami.

Project Message

The UN Children's Fund estimates the tsunami left thousands of orphans in its wake.
- Amanda Melville, UNICEF official

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Pushpa Singh
Project Contact
816, City Centre
Udhna-Magdalla Road
Surat 395 002, Gujarat, India
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#

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in IndiaIndia and can also be found under HealthHealth.

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

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 10, 2005