Restore Fishing Jobs for 250 Families

Tsunami in India

Summary

The livelihood of 250 fishing families will be restored through the provision of fishing boats and nets. progress reportread updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $30,222 was raised for this project.

Received $30,222 from 1 donation from people like:

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The 250 families lost all their belongings (35 boats and 48 nets) in the tsunami. The village is poor and they are barely surviving without adequate supplies to support themselves through fishing.

Activities

The project will allow all families to return to work by providing 25 fishing boats. A revolving fund will pay for future repairs and improvements.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $30,222

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 $30,222 .  The original project funding goal was $30,222.

Additional Documentation

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

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The livelihoods for all families will be restored. Income and work activities will return to normal levels.

Project Message

On the day of Tsunami 3 people were severely injured. But the loss to the assets is disastrous.
- GiveIndia, Project sponsor

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#

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in IndiaIndia and can also be found under Economic DevelopmentEconomic Development.

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 May 16, 2005

Latest Update from the Field

Helping a Fisherman Affected by the Tsunami

By - , January 17, 2006 10:43 AM

Read about how ARDAR, an Indian NGO, helped a fisherman affected by the tsunami.

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