Dear Friends,
Please refer Link on Sunderbans, West Bengal, ravaged by cyclone Aila
recently. Not much is being reported about this massive disaster affecting a
number of islands and other parts of West Bengal.
Over
100 deaths, about 9 million people severely affected, over a million houses uprooted – these are just some of the
figures of a disaster which washed
away about 500 kilometers of embankment throughout Sunderbans.
In a recent visit, apart from glimpses of a large-scale
devastation, the most striking was to see how our boat was making its way in
the middle of carcasses of thousands of dead animal’s scattered all across the
rivers and fields. This heavy loss of livestock is a clear
indication of the scale of the disaster ..
We have already started our campaign by sending two
trucks of essential material. Please
take this as an URGENT APPEAL to join GOONJ in its campaign ‘RAHAT CYCLONE’ to
provide support to the victims of this widespread disaster.
Do visit GOONJ's work in Bihar to get a glimpse of our Bihar
Flood relief campaign after the August 2008 floods. Over 1500 tones of material
in 200 remote villages followed by a lot of development activities,
GOONJ’s 20-member full time team is making its best efforts and will
remain in the field till March 2010.
Possible options for joining GOONJ’s RAHAT Cyclone
campaign:
Material support (need in large quantity)-
Dry
ration-
Rice, Pulse, Gram, Chiura, Cooking oil, Gud, Sugar, Tea, spices, Biscuits,
Namkeen, Packed eatables and Infant Baby’s milk powder.
Medicines-Paracetamol, Disprin, Brufen,
Combiflame, Entroquinol, Spasmonil, B complex, Domperidon, Cetzin, Cough Syrup
(anti- tissutive/ anti allergic), Chlorine/ Halogen tablets, first aid
medicines, cotton bandages, Ciprofloxacin tablets and infusion, Levofloxacin
tablets, Chloromyecetin capsules and injections, Ceftriaxone Injections, Chloroquine
tablets and injections, Metronidazole Chloroquine tablets, suspension and
infusion, Phensedyl DM cough syrup, Ranitidine tablets and injection, Antacids
tablets and suspension, Cetrizine tablets and syrup, Ibuprofen tablets,
Dexamethasone injections, Hydrocortisone injections, Deriphyllin injections,
Electrol, Glucose and ORS Powder, Water purifier tablets
Utility items- candles & matchbox, torch
& batteries, storage & cooking utensils, tarpaulin, feeding bottles,
buckets, ropes, mosquito nets, stoves
Clothing- large quantity of sarees, bed
sheets, shirts, T-shirts, kids clothes, towels, daris & all kind of usable
clothing & footwear.
Export surplus/ Cotton cloth for
making sanitary napkins
Logistical support-
Transport support to reach the material to effected areas
Space for collection centers
Facilities for local pickups,
Transportation of material from different cities to GOONJ
processing centers in Delhi, Chennai & Mumbai
Volunteers for sorting, packing in Delhi, Mumbai &
Chennai
Financial support-
Indian donations- Please send cash/cheque/draft
in the name of GOONJ and send it to GOONJ.., J-93, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi- 76
or write to ruchikagoonj@gmail.com (Kindly send your full name, address
& PAN No. with the contribution for receipt/accounting purpose. All
donations to GOONJ in India are tax exempted u/s 80 G of IT act.)
Overseas donation can reach us through Cheque (in
the name of GOONJ with your full particulars) OR by wire transfer with
information on ruchikagoonj@gmail.com
Rotate it through Wacovia Bank,
New York swift code- 2000193008933
Our account details-
GOONJ, A/C No- 2591101004644
Bank- Canara Bank, H block, market Sarita
Vihar, New Delhi- 76
Swift Code- CNRBINBBDFS
With best
Anshu
Anshu Gupta (Ashoka Fellow)
Founder Director
GOONJ
Tel.- 011-26972351, 41401216
Add- J-93, Sarita Vihar, New
Delhi-76
Email- anshugoonj24@gmail.com
Website-www.goonj.info
