Update on AID effort on tusnami relief

Saturday Jan 01, 2005

If you have donated to the AID organization suggested by me earlier, they have an update on there relief efforts in India.

Here is a small excerpt from one of the report -

"Most people don’t want to touch the dead bodies – or even go near them. We have now got about 350 volunteers from nearby districts to help with the body removal work. For the last few days this work has been going on in 7 villages – slowly expanding to more villages. Each village has 30-50 volunteers and the local people from the village. We provide the gloves and materials needed to start the clearing work. The first day 46 bodies were removed from one village. Many volunteers vomited and then we treated them and are now doing it by rotation. Two days ago, when volunteers began lifting bodies, the head and the hands from the corpses began to come apart! Many corpses are stuck under nets and it is difficult to remove these."
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"To summarize, the field work in Cuddalore and Nagai can be divided into 5 parts:
1. Dead Body and Debris Clearing work – in the villages destroyed
2. Relief Camp work – toilet construction, preventive health, organizing OP clinics for children and women, identifying needs and supplying relief materials, starting community kitchens, starting temporary shelters, etc.
3. Assessment and Survey Work – Visiting villages and camps to assess the damages, needs to help us plan what to do in the short and long term.
4. NGO Coord - Identifying all the groups working in the area and providing them help – Visiting them, sending them supplies and volunteers, coordinating with them to find out their needs and helping them. Basically setting up an efficient relief supply–demand chain.
5. Area Office and Stock Point Coordination: Managing the flow of volunteers and supplies and funds."

You can find a pdf format of this report here.

Thanks to everyone who is contributing to all the NGO's and relief organizations.