Chennai to Cuddalore Posted on January 14, 2005 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. From there we headed to enquire about fishing nets. And then bought some sports supplies that Anu suggested that we can take for kids in the affected villages. We’re heading out now for Chidambaram, about 3 hours away, a central point from where we will head for about 3-4 villages, early morning. Volunteer work is still going on full swing, so if you’re thinking of doing something, a good point to start with would be to contact AID India in Chennai. They will be able to guide you on possible activities. They also need help with building temporary housing in the coming days. Will be back tomorrow night or on Sunday. Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Print (Opens in new window) Print Tsunami disaster
Help required Posted on January 6, 2005 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… Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Print (Opens in new window) Print Read More
2731 CRORES Posted on January 21, 2005 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. Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Print (Opens in new window) Print Read More
Help a child get back to school Posted on January 10, 2005 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. Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Print (Opens in new window) Print Read More
Hi ! First…I must say I like the flavor and content on your blog. A lot of good work. I’m one of the writers associated with a web design team called Intellimedia. (intellimediatech.com) If you’d like to take on freelance assignments do get in touch. Sharath Reply
Wish you had called. I’ve gone to AID-India by myself recently and it would be better with old friends. Reply
I have posted an article at http://www.ramdhanyk.com/movabletype/archives/thoughtprocess/001351.html about the real situation of fishermen. I hope that post helps you understand their real needs and help them out in getting a better future. Keep up the good work. Reply
I am a chennaite, I’d like to know the address/telephone of AID-india. Kindly mail me at vikraman@gmail.com Reply
Keep up the good work guys. It feels really good to see lot of people coming together for a good cause. Reply
thanks sharath. glad you liked it. yb: oh dear. i had actually asked kiruba to coordinate the chennai bloggers since we had very little time. in fact, we finally had to leave out 1-2 people because we had only 2 cars, instead of the initially planned 3. ravi: wish you’d seen it earler. a few of the chennai bloggers dropped out, so we would definitely have had room for a few more people. and one more car 🙂 ramdhan: will have a read. also talking to them first hand and interacting with them was also quite an eye opener. though we didn’t understand tamil, the others who did kept explaining what they were saying. vikraman: please check aidindia.org. i think the area was t-nagar. from there we just asked around. thanks samuel. it was the very least we could do. thanks divya. Reply
I am a seventeen year old American girl of Indian descent. My sister(16) and I want to volunteer while we are staying with our relatives in Chennai. Do you know of any programs that permits volunteers ages 16+? Would any programs that specify 18+ allow kids that are our age? I will be 18 in October, even though that will be after summer. Reply