Guest guest Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 Hare Krishna dear Prabhus, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupad. It is enlivening to see the worldwide Tsunami wave of charity to help Tsunami victims. We can humbly endeavor to rehabilitate ailing victims but only time would heal their emotional wounds. In addition to our monetary help they surely need our daily prayers. The prayers will help the victims (deceased & survivors) and also help us increase our faith in God, Almighty. ISKCON-Japan has organized Narasingh Yagya (fire sacrifice) for the Tsunami victims on 16-Jan-2005 (Sunday) from 4:00 p.m. onwards at Hare Krishna Temple. Let us get together to Pray to The Supreme Personality of Godhead for His mercy on all. H.H. Kavichandra Swami Maharaj will preside over the ceremony. Prasad will be served to all assembled devotees. Venue: Subaru 1F, 4-19-6 Kamitakada, Nakano-ku, Tokyo. Nearest stations: Ochiai (Tozai line), Higashi-Nakano (JR-Sobu line, Oedo line), Nakai (Seibu-Shinjuku line). ISKCON devotees from Hare Krishna Temple (Chennai), Bhaktivedanta Hospital (Mumbai), Dasanudas team and other affiliates are actively working to provide hot Prasadam food, shelter, clothing, medical-aid, utensils and the Holynames to the needy. You may see reports/details at the following websites: ISKCON-Chennai: http://iskconchennai.com/tsunami.htm Dasanudas Team: http://www.dasanudas.org/index.asp Bhaktivedanta Hospital: http://www.shareyourcare.com/index3.htm The extent of destruction appeals constant flow of aid, atleast for couple of months. To facilitate this, we have opened a local bank account in Japan to collect funds and send it to India regularly. You may send your contributions (on-going or one-time) to following bank account: Bank Name: Mizuho Bank Branch Name: Sasazuka Branch Branch Number: 161 Account Name: INDO KYUSAI KIKIN Account Number: 1922279 If you would like to send the donation directly by CREDIT CARD, please visit the site: http://www.dasanudas.org If you have any questions please reply to this Email or call us at 080-5412-2528. Below are some reports from the above websites. Thank you very much for your benevolence. Your servant in the service of Lord Shri Krishna, Sanjay Krishna Chandra das For ISKCON-Japan =============== ISKCON-Chennai: =============== Dear devotees, Hare Krishna. PAMHO. AGTSP. AGTSGG. I would like to thank all the devotees who have responded to our call for help with rehabilitating the tsunami victims. This Food For Life is keeping us enthusiastic. We are also doing kirtan and giving people pictures of Krishna and Srila Prabhupada. We are happy to see children and others join in the kirtan and we are happy that without any religious barriers, people are taking prasadam. We are grateful to the devotees who are sending us donations and keeping us engaged in this transcendental service. We have been doing Food For Life since Sunday when the tsunamis hit. Our program has been having a very good response. People prefer our hot prasadam to the packets that are brought to them from hotels. However, they are also expressing their need for more things such as note books for the children, vessels for cooking, plastic containers for storing provisions, buckets, mugs, pots for storing water, blankets and mats. We have worked out the basic requirements like this: 1) Pot for cooking rice (aluminium) - Rs. 30/- 2) Cooking pan (aluminium) - Rs. 30/- 3) Plastic pot for storing water - Rs. 30/- 4) Two glasses (stainless steel with 'Hare Krishna' inscribed) - Rs. 25/- 5) Mat (small size for sleeping) - Rs. 20/- 6) Blanket - Rs.130/- 7) 2 Plastic Containers -to store 1 kg. - Rs. 35/- Total one person - Rs.300/- If we were to provide mats and blankets for an entire family (say minimum three members) then the cost has to be worked out per family. Note books cost Rs.7/- each. We would have to see how many children are going to school before making this gift. All these gifts will be given only after one week as right now the affected people feel that the 'big bullies' are grabbing all the goodies. Many shops here are willing to give a good discount as we have said we will be buying in large numbers and they also understand that this is a service for the tsunami victims. The prices mentioned above are after discount. We would like to start with rehabilitating the areas closest to the temple, and then move on from there. We have asked the Village Officer for the statistics. So far we have been doing only kichdi/lemon rice/pongal food for life. Since many people are again and again asking for special items, we will add a pakora or pappad to the prasadam. Please check our website www.iskconchennai.com for all details regarding our relief work and photographs. There is a Relief Diary with description of our daily Food For Life. Each day we are going to different affected localities and studying the situation. Affected people themselves direct us to worse localities requesting us to help there, saying "the police will not let others go there. But they will let you. So, please go". In this way, we are moving on to more and more badly affected interior areas. Thanking you very much, Your servant, Sumithra Krishna das Temple President. ========== DASANUDAS: ========== Dear Friends / FOLKs, Please accept our pranams. The biggest earthquake in 40 years has killed thousands and left thousands more families homeless and vulnerable. We are all very saddened by the terrible devastation the tsunami waves (Killer waves)have caused to our dear brothers and sisters here in the costal areas of Chennai and Pondicherry. At this hour, our volunteers are on the ground delivering free food, aid and assistance. We need your support at this very critical hour. Relief activities are going on from Monday 27th onwards. We started with distribution of hot kichari (a wholesome food made of rice / mung dahl and vegetables), variety rice and pongal (southindian delicacy). Though there are many other organisations and the governement distributing food packets - people preferred our hot kichari / pongal as the packed food had distasteful smell. On the 28th and 29th we started moving to remote hamlets since the main costal areas had many organisations catering to relief. We are co-ordinating relief in Pudupattinam, Vadapattinam areas which are very remote and hadn`t received any relief till we visited. Most of the hutments have been washed with their belongings and thousands are stranded on the streets. People have taken shelter in nearby schools and temples. With another warning coming from the state government today people wanted transport facilities and our volunteers are shifting the people to safer places as far as Maduranthagam (around 50 - 60kms). Another team is meanwhile arranging for blankets and sleeping mats. In such a situation with millions of displaced people suffering in need of food and clothing it seems an impossible task, but we should not let this discourage us. Let every one of us help in whatever little way we can. We humbly request all those with sufficient means to donate towards the tsunami relief work in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. To donate by credit card you may choose the donation amount in the box on the right. Join us and support the cause ! Your servants, The Dasanudas Team. Donate online at: www.dasanudas.org. We would like to thank all of our friends and donors who have contributed towards our projects in the past and request everyone to offer whatever service they can, regardless of how small, to help this urgent cause. Yours in service of humanity, Dasanudas Team. ======================= BHAKTIVEDANTA HOSPITAL: ======================= The waves recede, leaving behind over 80,000 dead and the devastated. The newspapers and television channels have taken over, assaulting us with over 24,000 words and images of information and strident compassion. After sifting through the debris, the flaying arms and the silences, what do we presume? Situated perhaps miles away from the scene of disaster, we want to reach out to the tsunami victims. Yes, Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mira Road, Mumbai which is loving dedication to Srila A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada-Founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has sent a team for relief workers to Nagapattinam where itself 2,500 lives were lost due to killer waves on 26th December 2004. Nagapattinam is a small fishing town situated at 500 KM north of Chennai. Thousands lie injured on the street due to scarcity in medical help. There is acute shortage of drinking water since the ocean water has entered into the fresh water wells and lakes. People are going hungry due to the absence of infrastructure of cooking. Indeed, the living are envying the Dead! The first relief team consisting of 22 people left Mumbai for Nagapattinam on 29th afternoon. Already the advanced team of relief workers have reached to make the necessary arrangement. The relief team consists of specialist Doctors, Para medical staff, cooks etc under the leadership of Dr. Ajay Sankhe (Madhavananda Das) who is the Director of Bhaktivedanta Hospital and Consulting Pediatrician. The team also includes General Physicians, General Surgeons and Orthopedic Surgeons and other experts. Bhaktivedanta Hospital team has already got the necessary permission to undertake relief work from the Health Authorities. Apart from providing medical aid, Bhaktivedanta Hospital will also be setting up kitchen to provide Free food to the affected. Our team has already been reviewing the villages around Nagapattanam,Tiruvarur and Sirgaji. There has been red alert and everyone is moving towards a safe shelter constantly including our team. There is a plan to contruct 50 houses to rehabilitate more than 100 families who have lost all their belongings. Calamities like these leave people shattered both who are directly effected and of those whose family members are either dead or injured. Nothing except time can only heal their wounds. We can though temporary lend our shoulders and take care of their immediate needs maybe to hasten the healing process. Therefore, please share their grief by donating a small amount which may go well in this poverty and calamity stricken town. Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Sector 1, Srishti Complex, Mira Road (E), Thane - 401107. Reach us faster, Call directly on... +91-22-39516043 / 9821667567 . E-mail : amol (AT) bhaktivedantahospital (DOT) com Website : www.shareyourcare.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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