Vedics: Tsunami Relief Update - 01/01/2005

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http://vedicstsunamiproject.blogspot.com

For dontaions:

http://www.vedics.net/appeals/tsunami/

Your contribution means a great deal to the families who are in desperate need.

We need funds to help support the relief effort,

please foward this note to other temples and agencies collecting funds,

and are looking for the best way to help.

With Vedics Foundation: 95c to the $ reaches as relief to the Victims.

(5c to the $ goes in currency exchange, wire transfers and

communications)

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Update from Smt Sumithra Varadarajan - 01/01/2005 Today

under the able guidaince of Sri Rangachari team of volunteers

representing Vedics - Sri Narayanan and his family, Sri Rangachari's son

and his daughter.

Cheena, Vanamamalai Padmanabhan swamy, Varadarajan swamy and Sumithra ji,

Sri Narayanan swamy(from Triplicane) were there in Foreshore Estate

seashore in the affected area to distribute the relief items.

The team from the before said area had been contacted by Sri Rangachari

through a

local Police Inpector regarding their bare necessities after the

calamity. A vessel

(Thavalai) for storing Water was decided as the prime necessity for the

people

as food and clothing was pouring in from various other

organizations.

A colony was identified and around 1000 vessels was decided for

distrubution.

It was procured from a near by vendor, The local team then distributed

tokens to the colony.

Today the vedics volunteer team went there and supervised the

distribution process.

The photographs will be sent by Padmanabhan swamy and Cheena shortly.

The localites thanked whole heartedly the Vedics team for their timely

help.

They also expressed a great sense for gratitude to Vedics. No words can

explain the misery they are currently in and lets pray the emperumans

"Kadal Soozhntha mannulagam nalamudan Vazha" and begin the

New year with a hope that these kinds of miseries don't occur

again.

Coverage was also provided by Star News channel.

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Medical Front:

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Local hospitals have stepped up and taken over the service in the

area.

So for now, Vedics to provide support to them in the way they

want.

Hence resources from this area are being sent to the Temperory Housing

service.

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Food & Clothing:

Though people have to stand in line to receive the food.

Food is being distributed in Chennai, Nagappattinam &

Cuddalore.

The food situation is better for now. In fact food is being wasted in

some areas,

as it gets old and inconsumable in a few days.

Clothing need is being met as well.

Hence resources from this area are being sent to the Temperory Housing

service.

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We need funds to help with the housing, please foward this note to

other

temples and agencies collecting funds, and are looking for the best way

to help.

Vedics Foundation puts 95c to the $ to use for the Victims.

Ramanuja Adiyargal,