PRASAD COMES TO AID OF TSUNAMI VICTIMS

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In addition to fulfilling the immediate needs of the many people affected by the tragedy, PRASAD is supporting efforts to rebuild those communities along the coast of Tamil Nadu, India, where the destruction was intense.

“About 80% of the people along the coast earn their living from fishing,” said Kishore Shahani, a volunteer for Prasad Chikitsa (the PRASAD organization in India) who lives in that area. “When the twenty-foot wall of water came in, their boats were thrown hundreds of meters from the beach, and badly damaged or completely destroyed”. Read More

The following letter is from Dr. Ranjit, PRASAD Relief worker, to The PRASAD Project. In the letter, Dr. Ranjit speaks about Kovalam, one of the villages that is the focus of PRASAD’s Tsunami Relief efforts.

Let me introduce myself. I am Dr. Ranjit from Chennai, a family practice physician who is also involved in community health work. After the tsunami struck, I, along with my regular professional commitments, have also taken up rehabilitation of the affected communities – an activity that The PRASAD Project has been so gracious to support.

The second day after the tsunami attack, I began my work, having escaped death by a providential 45 minutes. I was one of a group of physicians who had been invited to attend a special seminar on diabetes held in a beachside resort 40 kilometers south of Chennai.

In the 36 hours that followed the disaster, the magnitude of the havoc caused to property and lives became reasonably clear. It was then I set out to investigate and delineate the role that I would play in the relief and rehabilitation process that lay ahead of us all – from every corner of the world. Read More

	A LETTER FROM THE INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PRASAD:

Dear Friend,

Following the massive earthquake and tsunamis in Southeast Asia on Sunday, December 26, 2004, PRASAD received hundreds of phone calls from supporters all over the world wanting to support our relief efforts. We have been deeply moved by the outpouring of goodwill from around the world to the people of Asia. Thank you for your support and financial contributions for PRASAD’s Tsunami Relief.

The PRASAD Project is now working with several organizations to provide immediate and long-term relief to villages along the Coast of Tamil Nadu, India, where the tsunami struck. In addition, relief supplies are being flown daily to Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu with your support.

This newsletter contains a Tsunami Relief Progress report, and a letter from a PRASAD relief worker who has included a series of photographs of Kovalam, one of the fishing villages with which Prasad Chikitsa is currently working. We will send you further updates as we receive more news from our staff and volunteers working in the affected areas of India.

Thank you again for all your greathearted support. Your contributions are making a significant difference in the lives of those people who have been devastated by this unprecedented tragedy.

With thanks,

Dermot Hurly
International Executive Director
The PRASAD Project