Formation of Tsunami Rehabilitation Initiative [TRI] coordinating body of NGOs involved in Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation work

[Guest guest]

This press release is being sent to the media for publication by me as

the authorised representative of Tsunami Rehabilitation Initiative

[TRI for short] which is the coordinating body of important NGOs

mentioned in the press release below. The contact emails for the time

being of TRI will be: srijai; jaishankar_n,

tri2005

 

Jaishankar Narayanan,

Representative,

Tsunami Rehabilitation Initiative [TRI]

 

 

 

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For favour of publication

 

Formation of Tsunami Rehabilitation Initiative [TRI] coordinating body

of NGOs involved in Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation work

 

A body to coordinate and network the important social service

organisations [NGOs] engaged in Tsunami disaster relief and

rehabilitation work has been formed at Chennai. The coordinating body

has been named as Tsunami Rehabilitation Initiative [TRI]. The

decision to form TRI was taken at a meeting held in Chennai on

Saturday, January 8, 2005 in which Swami Dayananda Saraswathi, Swami

Gautamananda, and Satguru Jaggi Vasudev guided the discussions.

 

The leading NGOs who have become the members of the coordinating body

are: Sri Ramakrishna Mission, AIM for Seva, Mata Amritanandamayi Math,

Chinmaya Mission, Art of Living Foundation, ISCON, Isha Foundation,

Swaminarayan Sampradaya, Seva Bharati and Vivekananda Kendra. The

coordinating body will have as patrons Swami Gautamananda, President

Ramakrishna Mission Chennai, Swami Dayananda Saraswathi of Arsha Vidya

Gurukulam, Mata Amritanandamayi, the head of the Amritanandamayi Math,

Satguru Jaggi Vasudev, the head of Isha Foundation and Sri Sri

Ravishankar the head of Art of Living foundation. More than 10000

volunteers of the member organisations, many of them qualified

doctors, psychiatrists, trauma therapists and other specialists, are

in the field and involved in relief and rehabilitation work in all

affected places in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Andamans and

also Sri Lanka.

 

The purpose of this coordinating and networking effort is to ensure

proper distribution and coordination of the delivery of rehabilitation

work among different NGOs which have become the members initially and

such other organisations as would network with the TRI in future. TRI

will be contacting different NGOs, which don't have any other agenda

other than serving the affected people, for networking with them. TRI

will also integrate the work of the different service organisations so

that the collective and coordinated work of all service organisations

ensures most effective and unduplicated delivery of the rehabilitation

work. By networking and coordinating the different NGOs will be able

to use their resources to the optimum and partly unburden the

government of the tough task of coordination of voluntary work.

 

TRI will interface with the government and also the media so as to

expedite the rehabilitation work. TRI believes that this kind of

coordination among the NGOs will also assist the authorities in

ensuring proper planning and expedite the delivery of rehabilitation

work. The rehabilitation work planned for the future will also include

trauma relief, psychiatric care and other counselling work, besides

housing and provision of fishing infrastructure. TRI will persuade the

different NGOs to adopt all affected villages and assist the

authorities in choosing the most genuine NGOs as agencies for delivery

of the rehabilitation. The office of the TRI will issue periodic

reports on the work done by the member organisations and other

organisations which network with TRI for the information of the

public.

 

The TRI appeals to all NGOs and other service organisations engaged in

Tsunami Rehabilitation work to network with TRI so that the collective

and integrated position of the NGOs through TRI leads to efficient and

expedited rehabilitation services. The TRI also appeals to people to

light 'Moksha Deepams' in all temples on Monday 10 January 2005 and

pray for the thousands who have lost their lives and also for peace

and harmony for the thousands who have lost their kith and kin.