The total aid pack­age approved for reha­bil­i­ta­tion and recon­struc­tion in the tsunami hit areas as announced yes­ter­day. Accord­ing to the Finance Min­is­ter, P Chi­dambaram, this is the first install­ment of the relief pack­age. We hope it gets to the ones who need it the most, and in time.

A quick update and a bunch of pho­tos. We drove about 1300 odd kilo­me­tres in 3 days, trav­el­ling from Bangalore-Chennai-Chidambaram-Cuddalore. And then beyond Cud­dalore to a few vil­lages in and around the area. We crossed over to a really beau­ti­ful island vil­lage called MGR Thittu, lit­er­ally swept away by the tsunami. The peo­ple have all […]

Reached Chen­nai in the after­noon after a longish but pleas­ant drive. Met up Kiruba, Nanda, Suman, Chi­tra. After some dis­cus­sion, we headed out to the AID India office and met Anu who is coor­di­nat­ing with vol­un­teers. She gave us some use­ful info about the vil­lages to head to and also sup­plies we can take with us. […]

A few of us (Arun, Suman, his wife Chi­tra, Vasu) will be in Chen­nai over the long week­end (Jan 14–16). We will be work­ing with Kiruba and Nanda who have been involved in such activ­i­ties from Chen­nai. One of the activ­i­ties will be to go into the nearby vil­lages to iden­tify fam­i­lies for spon­sor­ship for […]

Narain, direc­tor of 360 Degree Inter­ac­tive has launched this effort from to help kids get back to school. The cost of each kit is Rs.225 and you can do your bit, by vis­it­ing this link.

Dilip D’Souza has been trav­el­ling through the tsunami affected areas in TN and is report­ing via his blog. His SMS despatches can be found at ChiensSans­Fron­tiers. Amit Varma is another reporter from Mum­bai who is cur­rently in TN and blogs at India Uncut. You can also read more news at Waves of Hope: A non […]