Tsunami Relief Efforts - Sri Lanka

[Guest guest]

Dear Murugan Devotees,

 

Om Saravanabhavaaya Namaha!

 

I would like to bring your attention to something that our dear

Patrick Harrigan brought to my attention. It is about the aftermath

of Tsunami and the relief efforts in Sri Lanka. Reading the account

Patrick gave me I got the impression that conditions are pathetic for

families especially in the east coast of Sri Lanka. Here is an

excerpt from his mail:

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The relief work for east coast tsunami victims has moved from the task

of providing food and clothing to one of providing temporary and

permanent housing, and restoring familie's livehihoods. We are doing

both of these, and we are also working closely with children's homes

that have had to absorb more children since the tsunami struck.

 

Really what we would like more than financial support is for Tamil

speaking devotees to come and spend time here as relief volunteers, or

even if they do not speak Tamil. But for those who cannot come at

least now, yes, we do very much need to deliver support to families

and communities for the long run.

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In our operation, there is not one single volunteer on

salary. Everyone, from Coordinator down to the humblest 'thondar' is

serving out of love. But that does not spare us from recurring

expenses and the expenses assocated with putting families back to

work, etc.

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To contribute to Murugan Bhakti / Living Heritage tsunami relief work

by credit card, simply to to: http://padayatra.org and click on the

PayPal icon that takes you to the secure PayPal.com site.

 

To contribute directly to our account in Sri Lanka here are the

particulars:

 

BANK TO BANK TRANSFER:

Account name: The Living Heritage Trust

Account number : 1107344301

Bank name: Commercial Bank of Ceylon

Bank Routing No: 026002561

Swift Code: CCEYLKLX

Address of Bank: Galle Road, Colombo-3, Sri Lanka

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I think many devotees may have forgotten

that we have left off all other work in order to serve the thousands

of devotees on the east coast who even now are helpless to resume

their lives without some outside help.

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If you could help in any way, please do so.

 

Murugan Saranam.

 

Santhosh