Tsunami Recovery in Four Fishing Villages, India
Relief Tsunami in India
Summary
In order to rebuild the livelihoods of surviving victims and protect children, we provide boats and fishing nets to fishermen; shelter for villagers, especially orphans, and medical/ school supplies.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Project is focusing on specific actions for about 300 tsunami victim families in four villages in southern India: three at Karunagapally, Edavanakad, Pallithodu near Kochi, Kerala, one near Chennai, Tamil Nadu (and initially one near Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, component now completed). Villages are located in ex-disaster areas. Fully resuming fishing takes time, and the burden of feeding the family still falls in great part on women. Many families need medical help and children need go to school.
Activities
1. Distribution of household utensils, kerosene stoves, baby food, clean water, fishing nets, flashlights, medical/school supplies. 2. Volunteer and community assistance to repair fishing boats/engines, build new boats, and train young fishermen
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $34,783
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $20,217
Total Funding Goal: $55,000
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
Positive long-term impact will be the result of prompt action/funding: when a safe environment is re-created with basic needs--proper housing, clean water, tools--people can work again and children can safely go back to school, key for the future.
Project Message
“What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight. Build anyway; the good you do today, people may forget tomorrow: do good anyway."
- Dr. Claudine and Bernard Dussert, President/Treasurer, quoting Mother Teresa
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Claudine Dussert
President and Treasurer
Mary Mother of Peace-Medjugorje Charity
8617 Irvington Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20817
United States
1 301 530 5416
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Mary Mother of Peace-Medjugorje Charity, Inc
Mary Mother of Peace-Medjugorje Charity 8617 Irvington Avenue
Bethesda,
MD
20817
United States
1 301 530 5416
http://www.mmpcharity.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
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India
and can also be found under 
Disaster Recovery.
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 June 6, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
Children smile again to life
By Mary - Volunteer , July 06, 2009 12:23 PM
For efficient results we continue to work with success in partnership with the reliable Indian Non-proft Charity Jeevana Samridhi (Life in Abundance) in Kochi, Kerala. They are also present in Tamil Nadu.
How do we work at village level or at refugee camps? For example, when a abandoned child is identified for the program of assistance, the first step is to protect the child by bringing him/her in a place where he/she can be taken care of in a family-like environment. See pictures 1,2,3 below in that order for the case of twin sisters Tanemozhi and Kanemozhi who were left homeless, hungry, sick and in despair after the tsunami in Tamil Nadu. Now an aunt is taking care of them with our support. They smile again to life.
Project is targeting about 425 people in four villages. Fishermen have already resumed their productive activities thanks to the generosity of many GlobalGiving donors and friends. Many children and poor families still need help. Thank you to help them and help us complete together all key actions of this project towards its initial goals.
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