Relief Services : A Brief Report as on 1 March 2023

Distress Relief

The following centres distributed the items shown against their names to needy people:

India

Bagda: 100 plates of food, 32 packets of biscuits, 32 packets of health drink, 609 notebooks, 203 drawing books, 63 textbooks, 203 pens, 203 packets of sketch pens and 203 geometry boxes from 3 December to 14 January.

Cooch Behar: 300 saris, 245 dhotis, 684 mosquito nets, 450 notebooks and 450 pens from 8 January to 21 February.

Hatamuniguda: 126 school bags, 630 notebooks, 126 writing pads, 504 pens, 252 pencils, 126 pencil sharpeners, 126 erasers and 126 geometry boxes on 20 and 22 February.

Kankurgachhi, Kolkata: 160 mosquito nets on 15 February.

Rahara: 55 saris and 247 mosquito nets from 25 December to 2 February.

Thanjavur: 85 tubes of toothpaste and 85 toothbrushes on 7 February.

Varanasi Advaita Ashrama: 267 saris from 11 to 31 December.

Vrindaban: 346 gas cylinders with ovens, 538 pressure cookers, 327 trunks, 395 tumblers, 395 bowls, 790 ladles, 395 plates and 395 slippers from 10 to 25 January.

Bangladesh

Chandpur: 76,800 sheets of writing papers, 3480 pens, 900 pencils, 210 pencil sharpeners, 210 erasers, 275 scales, 210 geometry boxes, 260 drawing books and 1680 drawing pencils in January.

Chittagong: 100 saris from 23 December to 15 February.

South Africa

Durban: 349 plates of food, 460 kg rice, 217 kg wheat flour, 262 kg maize meal, 202 kg porridge, 276 kg pulses, 174 kg salt, 92 litres cooking oil, 82 loaves of bread, 177 cans of jam, 699 cans of tinned food, 150 packets of soup powder, 22 litres fruit juice, 80 litres drinking water, 20,054 tea bags, 20 litres milk, 255 kg sugar, 225 matchboxes, 32 tubes of toothpaste, 145 bars of washing soap and 125 bars of bathing soap in February.

Phoenix: 1700 kg rice, 220 kg maize meal, 60 kg wheat flour, 185 kg cereals, 135 kg pasta, 100 kg porridge, 1200 kg pulses, 85 kg soya chunks, 1150 kg assorted vegetables, 80 kg assorted spices, 235 kg salt, 600 litres cooking oil, 650 cans of tinned food, 50 kg soup powder, 5600 breakfast cereal sachets, 1060 packets of biscuits, 150 cakes, 501 kg snacks, 35 litres fruit juice, 40 kg sweetmeat, 267 loaves of bread, 1600 sachets of peanut butter, 450 kg assorted fruits, 800 bars of chocolate, 15 kg Horlicks, 218 litres flavoured milk, 452 litres milk, 18 kg milk powder, 28,500 tea bags, 310 kg sugar, 370 matchboxes, 35 litres sanitizer, 411 bars of bathing soap, 4 litres liquid soap, 185 bars of washing soap, 85 kg detergent powder, 185 tubes of toothpaste, 60 toothbrushes, 480 adult napkins, 100 assorted garments, 6 rainwater harvesting tanks and 2 wheelchairs in February.

Winter Relief

India

The following centres distributed blankets and winter garments, shown against their names, to needy people:

Ahmedabad: 500 blankets from 30 November to 26 January.

Bagda: 1010 blankets, 100 ladies’ chaddars, 206 men’s thermal tops, 206 ladies’ sweaters and 254 children’s caps from 27 November to 14 January.

Bankura: 975 blankets from 24 December to 1 February.

Cooch Behar: 566 blankets from 15 December to 21 February.

Deoghar: 1000 blankets and 495 jackets from 10 November to 17 January.

Gurap: 500 blankets from 19 to 30 November.

Kankurgachhi, Kolkata: 160 blankets on 15 February.

Khetri: 215 blankets from 1 January to 4 February.

Lucknow: 1109 blankets from 20 December to 5 January.

Mekhliganj: 400 blankets from 24 November to 27 December.

Mysuru: 500 blankets from 18 January to 5 February.

Narendrapur: 500 blankets from 6 to 25 January.

Ootacamund: 307 blankets from 20 November to 23 January.

Rahara: 1003 blankets from 25 December to 8 January.

Rishikesh: 330 blankets from 8 August to 26 January.

Sohra: 1200 blankets from 10 September to 4 February.

Varanasi Advaita Ashrama: 300 blankets from 11 December to 23 January.

Bangladesh

Chittagong: 750 blankets from 23 December to 15 February.

Mymensingh: 876 blankets from 28 December to 4 February.

Infrastructural Support

India

Tamil Nadu: Salem centre handed over 1 water purifier, 15 plastic chairs, 12 bed sheets, 12 pillow covers, 2 steel benches, 2 digital BP apparatus, 3 stethoscopes and a weighing machine to a primary health centre in Manjakuttai, Salem district, on 15 December.

Economic Rehabilitation

West Bengal: Rahara centre donated a sewing machine to a needy family in Nadia district on 25 December.

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