Relief Services : A Brief Report as on 01 February 2016

Winter Relief:

The following centres distributed blankets to poor people:

Besides, the following centres distributed various winter garments, mentioned against their names, to needy people:

• Garbeta: 100 jackets from 11 November to 20 December.
• Limbdi: 317 sweaters from 22 December to 15 January.
• Tamluk: 100 wrappers from 21 November to 22 December.
• Dinajpur (Bangladesh): 47 sweaters in

Flood Relief:

Tamil Nadu: Four of our centres continued their relief operations for the people affected by floods. The details are given below.

• Chengalpattu centre distributed 500 kg rice, 100 kg dal (lentils), 313 dhotis, 913 saris, 155 T‑shirts, 926 mats, 913 bed-sheets, 600 bars of bathing soap, 700 bars of washing soap, 300 packets of washing powder, 300 tubes of toothpaste and 1200 toothbrushes among 943 families of 12 villages at Chengalpattu in Kanchipuram district from 24 December to 27 January.
• Chennai Math distributed 600 utensil-sets (each set containing 2 cooking vessels, 3 plates, 3 tumblers and 3 spoons) among 600 flood-affected families on 12 January.
• Chennai Students’ Home distributed 1440 packets of cooked food, 43,001 kg rice, 3621 kg rava (semolina), 13,702 kg dal (lentils), 505 kg assorted vegetables, 252 kg tamarind, 9820 kg edible oil, 4556 packets of spices containing sambhar powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, etc, 5824 kg salt, 12,663 loaves of bread, 5624 packets of biscuits, 450 kg milk powder, 8767 litres of milk, 14,367 kg sugar, 2281 litres of drinking water, 7382 cooking vessels, 14,652 plates, 14,652 spoons, 14,596 tumblers, 4920 saris, 5432 lungis, 3117 blouses, 3000 pants, 3080 shirts, 1208 T-shirts, 4520 nightgowns, 8040 blankets, 5975 bed-sheets, 2303 towels, 1803 plastic sheets, 2619 mats, 500 mosquito-coils, 4048 stoves, 300 solar lamps, etc among more than 13,000 families of 186 villages in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur districts from 26 November to 4 January. Besides, the centre provided medical relief to 2930 flood-affected patients.
• Kanchipuram centre distributed 1000 pants and 960 shirts among 510 families of 5 villages in Kanchipuram district on 19 and 20 December.

Earthquake Relief:

Nepal: Continuing its relief work among the families affected by the devastating earthquake that had struck Nepal in April 2015, Kathmandu centre distributed 2880 blankets and 845 plastic sheets among 1440 families at Vajravarahi Municipality area in Lalitpur district on 19 and 24 January.

Distress Relief:

The following centres distributed various items, as shown against their names, to needy people:

• Karimganj: 230 saris and 175 dhotis from 29 November to 4 December.
• Limbdi: 110 sets of children’s garments and 110 slates on 15 January.
• Naora: 3400 exercise books, 4400 pens, 2000 pencils, 1000 erasers, 1000 sharpeners, 100 kg rice and 100 kg potatoes on 12 January.
• Nattarampalli: 80 saris, 80 cooking pots, 160 kg rice, 80 kg molasses, 20 kg ghee, 80 sugar canes, etc on 14 January.
• Puri Mission: 200 saris from 26 December to 1 January.
• Rahara: 58 saris, 37 chaddars, 16  school uniform cloths, 194 mosquito-nets, 81 bed-sheets, 3 bicycles, 733 phials of coconut oil, 16 drawing books, 12 sets of geometry box, etc on 1 January.
• Rajahmundry: 36 sets of school uniforms on 12 January.
• Silchar: 2800 saris, 800 dhotis, 200 chaddars and 250 mosquito-nets from August to December.

Hudhud Cyclone Rehabilitation:

A multipurpose building constructed by Visakhapatnam centre at Valabu village of Devarapalli Mandal in Andhra Pradesh was inaugurated on 6 January.  The building will house a non-formal education centre and will also be used for conducting medical camps, tailoring classes and other purposes.

Economic Rehabilitation:

The following centres distributed the items given below to poor and needy people:

Relief Services in January 2016

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