RELIEF WORK : A BRIEF REPORT AS ON 1 APRIL 2016

Winter Relief:

(i) The following centres distributed blankets to poor people:

Sl.		Centre	Blankets	Dates
1.	Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata		241	December & January
2.	Allahabad		300	3 to 21 February
3.	Almora		324	1 January to 20 March
4.	Bankura		350	6 November to 31 January
5.	Belgaum		300	5 December and 10 January
6.	Bhubaneshwar		385	10 January to 3 February
7.	Chandipur		300	30 November to 21 February
8.	Cherrapunji		231	31 January to 24 February
9.	Gadadhar Ashrama, Kolkata		50	6 March
10.	Jamshedpur		48	26 February and 6 March
11.	Jayrambati		3620	15 December to 17 January
12.	Koalpara (Jayrambati)		600	9 to 22 December
13.	Kothar		200	12 January
14.	Lalgarh		250	2 to 20 January
15.	Lucknow		330	22 December to 26 January
16.	Mayavati		311	11 to 20 December
17.	Nagpur		50	15 March
18.	Narendrapur, Kolkata		300	5 to 18 January
19.	Ponnampet		1000	1 July to 3 February
20.	Ranchi Morabadi		140	30 December to 8 February
21.	Thiruvananthapuram		107	18 January
	TOTAL		9437

Winter Relief April 2016

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The following centres distributed various winter garments, mentioned against their names, to needy people:
- Almora: 41 sweaters and 1 blazer from 1 January to 20 March.
- Belgharia: 9 coats on 18
- Cherrapunji: 19 shawls in February.
- Darjeeling: 2662 shawls from 14 June to 27 March.
- Lalgarh: 100 jackets from 2 to 20 January.
- Lucknow: 4038 jackets and 1745 sweaters from 26 January to 1
- Mayavati: 2000 jackets and 5000 sweaters from 26 January to 5
- Pune: 650 sweatshirts from 5 to 28 February.
- Rajkot: 3611 sweaters from 9 to 21 February.
- Visakhapatnam: 1500 jackets and 3500 sweaters from 20 February to 13 March.

Cyclone Relief:

Fiji: Continuing its relief work, Fiji centre distributed 200 kg rice, 100 kg dal (lentils), 100 kg salt, 4960 packets of 10 varieties of vegetable seeds, and assorted garments among the people affected by Cyclone The centre also provided medical relief to 417 patients from 27 February to 21 March.

Fiji Cyclone Relief April 2016

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Earthquake Relief & Rehabilitation:

Nepal: Kathmandu centre continued its relief work among earthquake-affected families in The centre distributed 7476 blankets, 2520 foam sheets, 1962 plastic sheets and 4159 utensil sets (each set containing 2 pots, 5 plates, 5 mugs, 5 spoons and a ladle) among 8169 families in Lalitpur and Nuwakot districts from 6 February to 23 March. The centre also distributed 5000 bamboos among 82 families in Shankharapur, Kathmandu, from 4 to 12 February to help them build their houses.

Nepal Earthquake Relief April 2016

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Distress Relief:

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

Belgharia: 381 kurtas, 222 dhotis, 50 lungis, 400 pyjamas, 24 sherwanis and 30 dupattas on 18 March
Chandipur: 101 saris, 130 dhotis, 153 notebooks and 36 distas of exercise paper from 11 November to 10
Cherrapunji: 52 saris on 17 February.
Halasuru: 2000 saris, 5000 shirts and 2506 pants from 18 February to 29 March.
Jayrambati: (i) 4320 saris and 500 dhotis from 15 December to 17 January,
Koalpara: 800 saris from 9 to 22 December.
Lalgarh: 200 saris and 100 lungis from 2 to 20 January.
Lucknow: 5661 shirts, 1543 trousers and 3009 T-shirts from 26 January to 1
Nagpur: 145 saris, 25 shirts, 25 trousers, 100 bars of bathing soap and 50 bars of washing soap on 15
Nattarampalli: 598 shirts and 384 trousers from 18 to 29 February.
Pune: 977 shirts and 285 trousers from 5 to 28
Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry): 80 tiffin carriers, 40 mats, 40 bed-sheets, 40 pillows, 20 kg Horlicks, 80 packets of biscuits, etc on 4
Rajkot: 3601 shirts and 1818 trousers from 9 to 21 February.
Visakhapatnam: 10,000 shirts and 5000 trousers from 20 February to 13 March.

Distress Relief April 2016 2

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Flood Rehabilitation:

(a) Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore Math centre distributed 6900 coconut fronds, 2149 casuarina poles, 41 kg coil rope, 44 kg fibre rope, 9 kg nails, 4 pipes, 8 cement sheets and 20 J-bolts to 8 families of Vangivakkam village in Thiruvallur district from 1 to 29 March.

Tamilnadu Rehabilitation April 2016

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(b) Uttarakhand: The newly constructed three-storey girls’ hostel building and the three-storey postgraduate block of Anusuya Prasad Bahuguna Government PG College in Agastyamuni, Uttarakhand, were inaugurated on 16 March. The General Secretary, Swamis Suvirananda and Nityashuddhananda, several other monks, some representatives of the Uttarakhand government, local leaders and others participated in the programme. The Headquarters through our Dehradun centre got the buildings constructed to help the college whose buildings had been severely damaged during the floods in June 2013.