Emergency Supplies for 1,000 Indian Families
Tsunami Aid in India
SummaryProvide emergency supplies such as food, blankets, sheets, and fishing tools to villagers affected by tsunami.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,775 was raised for this project. |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The government has temporarily banned fishing in this area so residents need food aid and basic supplies to provide for their families.
Activities
Teams will provide emergency food rations, blankets, and sheets for victims of the tsunami. In addition they will assist with evacuation efforts and repairing the nets and boats of villagers who rely on fishing for subsistence.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,775
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 $2,775 . 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
Rations will be provided for 1,000 families and the equipment repairs will attempt to reach the 650 families that have lost their nets and boats in the disaster.
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
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Project Sponsor
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
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 December 28, 2004
