Fwd: Earthquake: Donations in Kind

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Here is your chance to come forward to help in kind.

Hari Om!

Sadananda

>

>Dear Mr Sadananda:

>

>Questions have been raised whether, apart from financial contributions, it's

>possible for Indian-Americans to make donations in kind, such as clothes, for

>the relief of our suffering brethren in Gujarat.

>

>>From past experience, it's learnt that clothes and similar items

>>are difficult

>to transport. Moreover, at this point the things in kind that are

>urgently needed

>are:

>

>1) Tents & Sleeping bags

>

>2) Medicines - U/V Fluids, Antibiotics, Pain Killers, Antacid, Anti-Bacterial

>medicine, Asthma medicine, Bandages, Syringes; Oral Dehydration

>Kits, Dysentery/Diarrhea

>prevention medicine; Plaster; First-aid kits; Water Purifiers;

>Orthopedic medical

>equipments.

>

>AIR-INDIA COORDINATION

>

>Air India will lift relief material from various parts of the world

>on a priority

>basis at free of charge for the Gujarat quake victims. The relief

>material would

>be accorded priority keeping in view the urgency of its requirement

>for the victims.

>

>In the United States, the Air-India flies from Chicago and New York.

>The Consulate

>General in Chicago & New York will coordinate between Air-India and

>the donors.

>Authorization from the Consulate would be necessary for free transportation by

>Air India to Ahmedabad.

>

>CHICAGO

>Mr. Ashok Das

>Head of Chancery

>Consulate General of India, Chicago

>455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive, Suite 850

>Chicago, IL 60611

>Tel: (312) 595-0414

>Fax: (312) 595-0417

>

>NEW YORK

>Mr. Azad Toor

>Consulate General of India, New York

>3 East, 64th Street

>New York, NY 10021

>Tel: (212) 774-0625

>Fax: (212)734-1595

>Email: indcprny

>

>For people who have collected items such as clothes who still wish to try to

>get them to Gujarat, I am told, their best bet is to get in touch

>directly with

>some of the airlines which fly the India route, such as Singapore

>Airlines, Thai

>Airways, Asiana Airlines, Virgin Atlantic etc. Some of these airlines have in

>the past, it seems, carried such items free of cost in similar

>situations. Hopefully,

>they may do so again. It may be worth trying.

>

>Meanwhile, Indian-Americans will be happy to know that yesterday,

>the U.S. Congress

>passed a concurrent resolution praising the courage of the Indian people and

>pledging support to their efforts in rebuilding their cities and their lives.

>

>The resolution expressed support for:

>

>a) continuing and substantially increasing the amount of disaster assistance

>being provided by the United States Agency for International

>Development (USAID)

>and other relief agencies; and

>

>b) providing future economic assistance in order to help rebuild Gujarat.

>

>It also urged President Bush to back economic assistance efforts by

>international

>financial institutions.

>

>Best wishes!

>

>Ram Narayanan

>On-Line Resource for Indian-Americans

>http://www.indiatogether.org/us/lobby.htm

 

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