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December 26 - A Black Day in Recent History

December 26 - A Black Day in Recent History. More than 200,000 lives lost. Approximately 10,000 killed in India. Over 100,000 lost homes, belongings or displaced. Those left alive have few resources to survive. Official Numbers. 10,749 people declared dead.

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December 26 - A Black Day in Recent History

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  1. December 26 - A Black Day in Recent History • More than 200,000 lives lost • Approximately 10,000 killed in India • Over 100,000 lost homes, belongings or displaced • Those left alive have few resources to survive

  2. Official Numbers 10,749 people declared dead Andaman & Nicobar Islands: 1899 Andhra Pradesh: 105 Kerala: 171 Tamil Nadu: 7983 Pondicherry: 593 5640 people are missing out of which 5554 are from Anadaman Nicobar Island Detailed statistics available @ http://ndmindia.nic.in/Tsunami2004/sitrep35.htm

  3. How didVibhareach out ?

  4. Volunteer Involvement in Affected Areas Vibha volunteers (Bangalore) went out to the affected areas along the Chennai coastal area to have a first hand assessment of the damage. They provided reports/updates to Vibha’s Disaster Relief Team. They worked towards providing relief in Kadalur where efforts were hampered as existing roads to the village had been washed away by the Tsunami. Vibhavolunteers (Chennai) worked with AID-India to coordinate relief efforts in Chennai.

  5. Short Term • Based on the report from volunteers on site, $20,000.00 was disbursed to four grass root organizations towards emergency relief – medical supplies, food, clothing. • Society for Education and Action – Tamil Nadu • Vidyaramabam – Tamil Nadu • Rising Star Outreach – Akkarai • Association for Sustainable Community Development – Kancheepuram

  6. Long Term Devastation caused by Tsunami has been a major setback to our projects and their work which has taken years to achieve. Vibha stands committed to help these affected projects to recover as quickly as possible and continue the efforts of helping underprivileged children. Projects are being selected on a need based approach.

  7. Request for aid Vibha’s Project Team has been receiving several requests for help. Brief outline of some of these requests – Vidyarambam – reestablishing 16 teaching centers for 375 children, purchase of learning material, mobile toy library Action for Child Labor – purchase of study material to be used in 25 villages

  8. How can you help?

  9. You already are!! • Encourage friends and Colleagues to donate. • http://www.vibha.org/emergencyrelief/ • Volunteer with Vibha and be a part of the movement! • Fact: $15 is all that it takes to support education of 12 children for a month. That's just 50c a day!

  10. Fundraising Update • Swung into action on the 27th of December and formed a Tsunami Disaster Relief team. • Started an online donation campaign which has raised ~ $60k so far. • Various Action centers like Austin , Atlanta , MN and Bay Area held Fundraising events. • Total Money raised so far ~ $80K

  11. Thank You

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