PARIVARTAN YUVAK VIKAS MANDAL, Labour colony, Latur is an organization registered in the year 1994 under the society’s registration Act, 1860 and Bombay Public Trust Act,1950 and Foreign Contribution (Regulation)Act,1976 and registered under section 80G of Income tax act with PAN and TAN.
The organisation for last 10 years has been working in the field of child education , child rights, has been concentrating on empowerment of women throgh vocational training, rehabilitation programme for disaster affected families, youth educational program, cultural program, environment, social welfare programme, and emergency relief service, etc.
PARIVARTAN YUVAK VIKAS MANDAL, Labour colony, Latur intened to undertake a project titled child right and child education, and child labour , and vocational training for women.

We sincerely hope, our proposed programme will be financially supported by the your esteemed organisation.
yours sincerely
S.T. Chandegaonkar
Secretary
PARIVARTAN YUVAK VIKAS MANDAL
Labour colony, E.W.S.334, Latur-413512

RDAS ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005
RDAS Through this initiative, two hundred twenty two medicinal Local herbs have been identified up-to-date of which thirty five plants have been standardized for cultivation in the villages, Each village is provided with one standard set, free of cost, planted to serve as a model herbal garden. Villagers can buy additional saplings from collaborating nurseries at highly discounted rates eg nadir herbals provide saplings at 5 Rs a piece.

The project offers trainings camps to teach villages the benefits of these thirty five plants, and how to identify grow and use them as medicines as well as dietary/nutritional supplements.

Trained RDAS volunteers, women self-help group members who are part of the Eco-club team, conduct personal follow-ups during village visits regarding cultivation and utilization of herbal gardens and serve as reference points for additional guidance.

To widen public exposure, RDAS holds seminars and exhibitions, and displays these gardens during local festivals. The project has also secured partnership with the Indian Herbs Research and Rural Development Afforestation society.

A delegate to the Rain forest information centre, and a member of the alliance for Earth ways, cotton wood foundation, Rainforest concern and the Ecologos institute charitable Registration. With preeminent leaders of the world to forest peace and harmony his humanitarian efforts to rural his rehabilitation project for prisoners in India and abroad are internationally acclaimed, He is the source of strength and inspiration for hundreds of volunteers involved in these project. Who has been associated with the project sine its inception, introduced project and shared with the secretary the transformation it has brought about in the rural areas.

We invite the support and participation of all individuals groups and organizations in this endeavor, which is destine to bring a permanent trans formation in the lives of people who are trapped in hopeless economic and social situations.

There is a vital need to expand this project to cover other rural areas. You can fund different RDAS activities, individually or collectively, for a specific area and a certain duration, RDAS will create an opportunity to acknowledge the donor with in the villages, A maximum of four banners will be displayed for any sponsored RDAS activity (i.e Tailoring Training centre, Tree planting, Herbal Garden Develop and Environmental Health Awareness rogramms, organic training centre , health care water and sanitation CAMPS, Eye Camps) excluding, children sponsorship scheme will be announced, community development,

Some special donation modalities are dusted below.

Grass root level measures for conservation and education about the environment are an integral part of this project. Afforestation of the waste lands near the villages and within residential and common areas of the villages is also undertaken.

The village vanashree Eco-centre is an ecological initiative to preserve the rich ecological heritage of the country. The kannamudaiyar Shiva hills conservation campaigni initiated during the international year of the mountain is an ongoing reforest Shiva programme to conserve and protect the kannamudaiyar Shiva temple forest. Near the society mothers rescurce centre” Iruthayangar, permaculture counciling centre,

In the past two years measures have been undertaken to conserve the ecology of these village mountain, Erikarai, School. Temple, Road Both Side Tree planting and at the Same time create facilities for Local visitors. Thus catering both to man and environment, cleaning campaigns focusing on removing plastic wastes and educating the visitors on the hazards of toxic wastes being dumped in the mountains from a part of on going efforts to inculcate nature awareness amongst the masses. As an endeavor to preserve and propagate the areas rich environmental resources, the village vanashree Eco center RDAS PART TWO tree plantation and supports the protection and propagation of native wildlife.

To create awareness amongst children about conserving our rich heritage, The village vana shree Eco-centre conducts five day residential Nature Awareness programs involving live demonstrations guest lectures, audio-visual presentations, field trips and a hands -on experience scientific documentation and photography.

In addition, Ten thousands of trees have been planted in various villages of Tamil Nadu Through the project Large Scale 100,000 Hundred Thousands of Trees planting 2006-2008. AFFORESTATION endeavors. Trekking and outings in the wilderness would be an essential component of this program. Measures against Coaching of wild life illegal felling of trees and trade in wild life products will be initiated at the village Level.

Schemes for water conservation and rain water harvesting at individual house holds and the community as a whole are also implemented. Agriculture Land Bunding, Community, Temple Land Bunding Rain water harvesting Bunding work – 10 Villages implementing 2005-2008 project.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION

The project supports destitute children and organizes children and youth development work for nearby tribal villages, discourses with girls, youth are held in educational institutions to introduce early character and social development. Educational Scholarships create possibilities for children who have been deprived of educational due to financial social and caste restrictions, scholarships provide books, educational free lectures are given to the general public as well as to hospitals institutions and universities on health and will-being the project is committed to sharing information in support of the donation quest for world peace ,global understanding and international co-operation. The Projects trans potency and presence on the world wide web, as well as the society numerous publications and partnerships with like minded organisation’s serve as a platform to improve personal and social well being.

Championing Women and Breaking Social Barriers:

One of the primary efforts of action for rural women way aim at empowering rural women, an of neglected section of the rural society.

Community education is imparted to tribal women and dhalith women through educational camps for personality development and personal empowerment health care and prevent live education is also offered to create awareness and sustenance of good practices.

On the other hand, through the initiative of RDAS crafts, the employed people are predominantly women from economically disfavored families. It is hoped that this endeavor not only will provide rural people with a means to livelihood, but will also preserve the rich creative tradition of rural life.

Community Health Programme & Water and Sanitation:

Through various health reach programme the neglected section of society and most remote areas are integrated to revitalize those most in need. Free medical and Eye camps as well as free dispensaries mobile camp and special program for the handicapped water Born dieses, lebreses conducted regularly in the month in the rural area tribal communities to provide relief to the needy.

1. Rural Development Afforestation Society
The Rural Development Afforestation Society was established on march 15th, 1995.
The aims of the RDAS are
• To work for the reafforestation and conservation of Rural land 100000 seedlings planting 10 villages our working areas project future 5 years planning .
• To generate awareness of our natural environment, its problems of loss of genetic diversity, erosion of soil and water and to seek solutions.
• To encourage participation in the regeneration and protection of animal, bird and plant life in the surrounding areas through awareness campaigns, educational activities, employment opportunities and other means.
• To contribute towards harmonious relationships among all living beings.
• To co-operate with other individuals and organisations who share these objectives.
The Rainforest Information Center (RIC), Australia, has recognized Rural erikarai tree planting reafforestation project in south India.
RDAS is executing the following projects:
Waste Land Development
Converting the waste lands inside the MELKACHIRAPPATTU AND AROUND Temple corridors, and other Temple lands into beautiful garden of flowering plants, fruit trees and sacred trees of medicinal and herbal value.
VILLAGE Nursery (within the outermost, ie. fifth corridor, of the big Temple)
A plant nursery with enough capacity to supply saplings for our yearly afforestation activity on the rural Hill and, temple lands on the village road. The nursery also supplies saplings to schools, institutions, individuals and NGOs.
Eco – Club Activities in Schools
Enthusing school children to form Eco-clubs, educate them through lectures, demonstrations and, video and puppet shows, towards better understanding about environmental degradation and the urgent need to protect trees, to prevent environmental pollution of all kinds and to grow as responsible citizens of the future.
Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Farm
demonstration sites for:
Permaculture (permanent agriculture or permanent culture)
is the conscious design of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people, providing their food, energy, shelter and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. Without permanent agriculture there is no possibility of a stable social order.
• Models for harnessing non-conventional energy resources like biogas plant, solar heater, solar energy for power generation and wind mills. These will result in less dependence on firewood for the growing population.
• Methods of soil conservation, effective water management.
• A well equipped laboratory for biological control of pests, soil testing and meteorological observations.
• A model sericulture and poultry farm.
• An education centre for students and villagers with facilities for periodical meetings, workshops, seminars etc.
Revival of Traditional Herbal Medicine
Campaign is being launched to educate the poor masses about the local availability of herbs and the need to change over to traditional herbal medicines, highlighting the economy, effectiveness, prophylaxis and absence of side effects.
RDAS has also helped in the establishement of a Medicinal Plant Development area on 100 hectres of forest land near the KANNAMUDAIYAR temple adjoining the southern slope of the holy MELKACHIRAPPATTU Hill.
VILLAGE Hill Afforestation
Thousands of local plants of diverse species are annually planted on the environment education ,non formal education centre for street childrens benefit ,MELKACHIRAPPATTU hill b Rural Development Afforestation Society. Construction of cattle guards, clearing of fire lines and dawn-to-dusk watching to drive prevent goats and cattle grazing and woodcutters, are steps that have resulted in enhancing survival of saplings. The severe, dry summers, the menace of goats and woodcutters, and arson by miscreants pose serious problem for the Society. RDAS feels that sustainable solutions can arise through direct involvement of the local people and accountability of authorities.
AIYANAR Land
In the year 2004, TWO acres of barren temple land surrounding the shrine, were planted with a variety of tree saplings and flowering plants after adequate soil and water management measures. Water management work included canalising hill streams to the adjacent tank. The plants were looked after by RDAS by timely watering and dawn-to-dusk watching against cattle. A lush grove developed, and was handed over back to the temple authority in 2004.
ERIKARAI – 50 .05 Acres
In the year 2004-2005 bio-fencing of the surveyed boundary was done. Contour bunds were constructed to impound the rain water. Planting of saplings was started in 2004. A borewell was sunk and hand-pump installed in 2004. So far thousands of diverse plants have been planted and are being well looked after.
Women in Development
RDAS has set up the MOTHER`S RESOURCE CENTER (Regd) with branches in TEN villages. The Society stresses thrift, nursery raising, organic farming, non-formal education, food preservation, vocational training, etc.
RDAS goal is the
• Promotion of a sense of gratitude to Mother Nature.
• Sustainable development which includes conserving nature’s resources such as biological diversity, soil, water etc..
• Replacement of environmentally unsound development activity by a safer strategy.
Directories
Rural Development Afforestation Society is listed in:
• ILEIA LEISA NETWORK IN INDIA- A register of Indian organisations involved in Low External-Input, and Sustainable Agriculture – October 1995 – published by ILEIA.
The Formative Years of RDAS & The Contribution of Rainforest Information Centre , Australia, towards “Project village erikarai soil conservation and tree planting project 2004-2005
John button , an Australian settled in Tiruvannamalai, dreamt of a forested villages l. contact with John Seed and ruth of the RIC, Australia /Rural Development Afforestation Society
, was formally registered as a non-profit Society in the year 1995. The first Executive Committee consisted ,RDAS was aided right from its inception by Mr. John Seed (founder of Rainforest Information Centre, New South Wales, Australia). The RIC has contributed over the years in two ways:
• Routing funds to support our projects.
The continuous and significant funding from RIC//COTTON WOOD FOUNDATION ,USA between 2004-2005 has helped generate the infrastructure for sustained development of all fronts of concern to RDAS .
A detailed project submission drafted by the RIC was submitted to the Australian the approval of the latter and start of release of the funds, the RIC sounded many individuals and institutions in America and Australia which heralded the first trickle-flow of financial assistance to RDAS and helped it to embark on activities like nursery raising, afforestation of the VILLAGE Hill and Eco-Club activities in school to start with. to assist RDAS .
By 2004-2005, the RIC was replaced by RIC of Australia. A project proposal (for the consolidation of the gains of the earlier 2004 TO 2007 project) was submitted by RDAS to RIC which in turn was recommended by Ms. RUTH Light to the Australian Government. This was approved, and RIC/OTHER DONORS gave a grant of (Rs.3,03000 ) for TWO more year for Project..
At present John Seed & RUTH /RDAS are still continuing efforts to mobilize funds from well wishers, for the Arunachala Reforestation.
The RIC has been a relentless campaigner for protection of tropical rain forests in the world, projects all of which are damaging the ecology/causing environmental degradation, as a consequence.
If we are to ensure the safety of future generations, we must act now by contributing to environmental health and protection. We must start by respecting our land and reforesting it. This alone will improve water availability and quality of life. The society desperately needs more involvement, both financial and physical, from the community to enable meaningful spread of its work. We request you to join the campaign by liberal donations (time, material and money). Remittance stating donor’s name and address, may please be made favouring the

RDAS/RIC/COTTON WOOD FOUNDTION ,USA

The project initially established Tree planting 10,000, 2004-2005 project tree planting part one is Eri karai, Leg areas , Nursery development, organic Training programme and Tailoring Centre to hold free courses in contemporary crafts for the rural Dhalith women, girls, i8t is hoped that this endeavor will not only provide an opportunity for livelihood to rural people, but also preserve their rich creative tradition.

Currently, the project employs about 5 works and Volunteers and animators to produce contemporary craft items in addition to traditional nutritional food products, both for village use and for sale to visitors.

Thankingyou
Yourssincerely
p.subramanian

TO

Respected Madam,

Sub: Tsunami Disaster in Tamil Nadu (India) calamity relief services

Tsunami relief Team of NGOs doing so far Rehabilitation programmes to
be implemented proposal submitted – Sanction- requested regarding.

Cordial Greetings from TSUNAMI Relief Team of NGOs in Tamil Nadu, India

We wish to introduce ourselves that, the applying network of NGOs i.e. Tsunami Relief Team is consisting dedicated 5 No. of NGOs of Tiruvannamalai District and doing Tsunami Relief efforts in the Tsunami affected areas of Villupuram and Cuddallore Districts of Tamil Nadu From 27th December 2004, the next day of Tsunami disaster (26th December 2004). As an average of 50 no. of our volunteers were working in the Tsunami affected areas with the Government Machinery like Police people, Fire service people by way of transporting the affected people to safer places, transporting the injured persons in the nearby Hospitals, Providing their immediate needs of Rice, Cloths etc.. As on this applying date, we raise local donation from our service areas from the elite group, as well as from the public, like minded people. At the same time, we conducted clear survey on what are the needs of the Tsunami affected people through our field level intervention.

During the NGO coordination meetings conducted by the District Collectors of Cuddalure and Naga Pattinam in last week the Collectors instructed the participant NGOs to implement any type of Rehabilitation programmes among the Tsunami affected villages to bring the people into regular life with the long term goal of sustainability if possible immediately, because in almost all the Tsunami affected areas emergency Relief Services were so far implemented to the best by different NGOs / Agencies so far. Hence we design the Rehabilitation programmes with a request to consider at the earliest.

Based on this we herewith submit one Tsunami Rehabilitation project Proposal which is to be implemented among the Tsunami affected areas of 2 Districts. i.e. Cuddallore and Naga pattinam Districts to bring the Tsunami affected people from the Tsunami fear and problem and to regularize their daily life with all needed facilities and to promote income generation opportunities and for there sustainability. The detailed project proposal is herewith enclosed for your kind information. Also, we wish to state that, for this proposed programme to get good results of the programme. We will have to adopt only 10 villages for this programme as first phase.(Five Villages in Each Districts)

Hence, We request that kindly go through our proposal and our Tsunami Rehabilitation effort proposal may please be considered favorably at your end, and needed financial assistance may also please be released to us in the name of WOMENs EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (WEEDS) a member organization in our Net-Work having FCRA number to mobilize foreign money at an early date.

Apart from all these things, we request that, kindly provide your valuable guidances and instruction to implement the programme in better and proper way to get cent percent success and to to bring the Tsunami affected people from their tragedy soon. Please send your all guidances and instructions, correspondences to the following E.Mail ids to avoid unnecessary delay in future..

1, trusskarai108@rediffmail.com (Convenor of this Tsunami Relief Team)
2, rdas123123@rediffmail.com ( P.Subramanian) RDAS

Thanking you and expecting your earlier kind assistance to continue our Tsunami rehabilitation effort at an early date, please.

Sincerely Yours,

Tsunami Relief Team,

Copy Submitted to :

With a request recommend this proposal to the funding sector addressed in this letter and also requested that if possible please recommend this proposal to any agencies which are well known to you with needed remarks, please

PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT (Rehabilitation)

PROJECT FORMAT

01. Information regarding the Tsunami Relief Team :-

1, Name and Address of the Member NGOs of Tsunami Relief Team with the Name and Designation of Conduct Persons:-

K.MANOHARAN ,Secretary,
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (RDS)
ANANANDAL VILLAGE,
MADURAMPATTUPOST,606804

Tiruvannamalai Taluk & District, Tamil Nadu, Pin:606 611
South India

Mr.A.Natarajan,
Executive Secretary,
Tribal Rural Urban Service Society (TRUSS)
143-A, Min Nagar 5th Street,
Vengikkal Post, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, Pin:606 604
South India

Mr.P.Subramanian,
Secretary,
Rural Development Afforestation Socity (RDAS)
Melkachirappattu Village,
Meyyur Post,
Tiruvannamalai Taluk & District, Tamil Nadu ,Pin:606 753
South India
Email: rdas123123@rediffmail.com

Mr.,K.Magesh
Secretary,
Womens Education and Economic Development Society (WEEDS)
Mashaar Village,
Kallari Padi Post,
Chengam Taluk, Tiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu, Pin:606 702
South India

Mr.C.Rama Moorthi
Secretary, E.Mail :
Multipurpose Organisation for Rural Education & Economics (MORE)
Pazangur Village & Post,
Tirukoilur Taluk, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu, Pin:605 751
South India

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02. What type of activity to be carried out in the tsunami affected areas to provide

rehabilitation to the affected people. State the reason for this.

We will have to implement some vocational training programmes to the women and adolescent girls of this tsunami affected areas to raise their skill training knowledge and to promote their per capita income to stand on their own leg without any others help atleast in future. Also, we have to implement some rehabilitation activities for the welfare of affected children those who are lost their parents in the disaster affected areas by way of starting and maintaining orphanages to them in the district headquarters of Cuddallore and Nagapattinam Districts. We will have to provide needed food, cloths,education,health care to these orphan children through this programme. Apart from this we have an idea to provide recreation facilities to them to overcome from tsunami fear and to promote good qualities among them.

Secondly, the living people those affected in tsunami disaster were lost their fishing nets and boats, and they need new nets, and boats and repairs to the same to continue their own jobs. Hence, we will have to provide training programmes on how to prepare the nets, and in carpentry trade to the youths of fishermen communities. We expect that after this training they will comeforward to manufacture the fishing nets in their own areas, and comeforward to repair the damaged boats etc,

Thirdly, all most all of the affected area people .were lost their huts, houses in this disaster. Now they were accommodated in temporary shelters, school buildings, public buildings temporarily. In this situation, they requested us to provide housing assistance for their own use. For this, we have an idea to build low cost houses 500 meters away from seaside to atleast 250 no. of affected families from 5 villages.

These three things is to be immediately done in the tsunami affected villages to rehabilitate the affected people and to bring sustainability among them. At the same time, these things were insisted by concern District Collectors to us while at the time of NGOs co-ordination meeting conducted by the District Collectors in last week. Hence we propose this as need based one at this moment. .

03. Experience of the Tsunami Relief Team in emergency Relief efforts in the past years:

This Tsunami Relief Team having much experience in working in emergency efforts while at the time of Flood held in November 1996 and in Drought periods. We carrying out resource operation like transporting affected persons by blood to the near by safer areas, and providing their immediate basic needs of Rice, Cloths, etc.. by collecting the same from target village people and from elite people of target villages and distributed the same to the affected people co.odinating with the health team working in the blood affected areas, and provide trauma counseling to the affected people about blood etc.. Also, we already working with the rural development department people (Block Administration) in drought well, tank desilting works etc.. In some times, we provide our physical assistance to the people at the time of fire accidents in slum areas of target villages.

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04. How many volunteers available with the team of tsunami relief effort as on applying

date ?

We now having 50 to 60 no. of rural volunteers as on date. We now mobilizing the services of 30 volunteers in Tsunami affected areas. In future on getting this programme assistance. We will have to utilize the all volunteers in the proposed programme.

05. If medical assistance to be provided in the Tsunami affected areas, What are the

source to be mobilized for providing Health assistance to the affected people?

We will have to utilize the services of the locally available well- Experienced / Well qualified medical officers & Team in near by the affected villages to provide health assistance to Tsunami affected people once in 15 days by paying honorarium to the Medical Officer and the team staff. The needed medicine will be procured by ourselves for free distribution to the patients as prescribed by the Medical Officer.

06. How the proposed Tsunami relief fund will be utilized by the Tsunami Relief Team,
explain the details:-

We wish to state, the applying Tsunami relief Team in functioning as net work of dedicated NGOs of Tiruvannmalai District to recover the Tsunami affected people from their Tsunami fear with the intension to regularize their life to normal.

This team consisting 5 partner NGOs of Tiruvannamalai District and carrying out its Disaster relief efforts in its target areas as per guidance and instruction isasu8ed by its convener then and there for proper implementation of the programme. Among this 5 organizations, the partner NGO of WEEDS having status to mobilize foreign money and duly registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi under FCR Act, to mobilize the foreign money.

We will have to mobilize this proposed Tsunami Relief Grant through this FCRA account and then disbursed the project amount to the member NGOs of this team as per project proposal. The work of each member organization will be supervised by the Convener of this team, and needed project reports will also be collected and compiled by the convener of the team and submitted to the funding agency. On completion of the project, the whole project accounts will be submitted to the Chartered Accountant of FCRA having organization and then the clear audited statement will also be obtained from him for utilizing the project amount. Then it will be submitted to the funding sector along with final Project Implementation Report (PIR) at the end of the proposed programme.

07. Information Regarding the proposed programme :-

a) Title of the Proposed Programme:-

To implement rehabilitation programmes to promote sustainability
among the tsunami affected target group to regularize their life
style in mere future.

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b) Duration of the Programme

One year from the date of implementation of the programme

c) Details of the areas to be adopted for the proposed disaster relief effort

programme?

For this proposed programme, we will have to adopt 5 villages in each Districts i.e., Cuddllore and Nagapattinam districts as allotted by the concern District administration. Because, the recent instruction of our Tamil Nadu Government is the villages to be adopted for Tsunami relief effort is to be allotted by the concern District administration i.e. The District Collectors to the NGOs / Well wishers to control the workload of Government. In this situation, we now in a position, not to furnish the exact village list in this proposal. The same will be furnished at the time of programme implementation.

d) Past Activities of the Tsunami Relief Team in carrying out Relief efforts as on
date :-
In this connection, we will have to furnish the following real factors for your kind information. The Tsunami tidal wave disaster was actually happened on last 26th December 2004. We heard the tragedies of the same through media on the same date, and send messages to our rural volunteers immediately, and organize them in our partner NGOs offices to discussion about the activities to be carried out up to our level for the sake of affected people. On completion of our discussion with our volunteers, we came to conclusion that immediately we will have to move to victim spot to help the affected people in any way. Our Executive Committee Members of each member organization are also accept this one and come along with us to proceed to the programme spots.

The next day, i.e 27th and 28th of December 2004. We instruct our member NGOs to raise local donation from the target village people and from elite group by way of collecting cash, Cloth and rice up to their willing. In mean time, we send our part of volunteers to the victim spots which is nearer to our district in Villupuram and Cuddallore to do their help in the programme spots to the affected people, wish giving instructions to them, to co. ordinate with the Government machinery already who were carrying out their resource operation in the Tsunami affected areas.

On 29th, we went to victims spots with the locally raised cash, rice and cloths and distributed to the affected people to satisfy their basic needs to our level best.

After that we working with the Government departments like Medical Team, Police people, Fire service people in rescue operations and continuing our humanitarian assistance to our level best as on this date.

d) Assessment of the area problems while at the time of field level intervention:-

We access the following facts, while at the time of our field level
intervention:-

All most all the houses and huts were destroyed and demolished in this Tsunami
tidal wave.
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Among these 3 districts as an average of 3500 no. of people were died as on date.

More number of elders lost their families and relatives in this district.

More number of children was lost their parents and now in the stage of orphans.

All most all of the people were lost their houses, household things in this disaster
and now they were accommodated in schools and Public buildings and some of
them were under tree shadows.

All most all of the school going children were lost their school book materials,
Note books and Uniforms in this disaster and in a stage to not to continue their
school studies for want of all these things.

More number of people including children were mentally affected and having
Tsunami fear at present.

In all most all Tsunami affected areas, the existing living people were in need of
safe drinking Water, through the same in provided by the Government and in
sufficient.

More number of people were physically, as well as mentally affected in this
Tsunami disaster and need frequent health assistance immediately.

More number of affected families are fishermen Communities. They lost their
fishing nets and due to this, they were in a stage to purchase new one to continue
their own jobs.

The women, adolescent girls and youths were in need of skill training
programmes to raise their skills, and their income sources alternative to fishing
job.

f) Objectives of the Organization:-

To bring the Tsunami affected people in to regular life without Tsunami fear.

To conduct orphanage to the children those who were lost their parents in the
recent tsunami disaster.

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To implement skill training programmes on need basis among women, adolescent
girls and youths among the fishermen communities in the tsunami affected areas
to promote their per capita income.

To provide proper health care to prevent them from health hazards, waterborn deceases etc..

To provide needed educational materials to the school going children to continue their school education.

To conduct trauma counseling to the target area people to remove the Tsunami fear from them.

g) Activities to be carried out in the programme villages:-

◊ To provide basic needs to the Tsunami affected people.

◊ To provide proper health care by organizing medical camps in each target village

once in 15 days.

◊ To provide safe drinking Water facilities

◊ To Conduct orphanage to orphan children.

◊ To provide educational materials like book materials, notebooks and other things

to the school going children.

◊ To conduct skill Training programme to the affected area women, adolescent girls and youths and to promote income generation opportunities in future to promote their per capita income.

◊ To conduct trauma counseling system to the Tsunami affected people.

◊ To repair the existing damaged houses. And to construct the new lost cost houses in the victims area to 250 families in 5 villages in each districts.

◊ To conduct cultural programmes to the children as well as among target village

people to change their mind from Tsunami fever and then feed back needed
awareness concepts among them.

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Conclusion

Through our field level interventions in the past days, we access many more things in the affected villages, by interviewing the individuals and from others, and then we decide in consultation with our team member NGOs Executive Committee as well as with the target people, regarding the immediate needs to be fulfilled among them to regularize their own life style. We also request that, if any rectification need, and or to guide us the proposed programme in proper way for betterment of the needy Tsunami affected people.

If this proposal is accepted from your side, we request that kindly transfer the project cost to the FCRA account of Womens Education and Economic Development Society (WEEDS) Tiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu account for easy encashment immediately and to carryout and continue our Tsunami relief efforts.

Apart from all these things, we request that, kindly make all your future correspondence relating to this programme to the following

e.mail id: trusskarai108@ rediffmail.com

with a copy marked to the

e.mail id: rdas123123@ rediffmail.com

Because, the first e.mail id. Organization Executive Secretary is a Convener for this Tsunami Relief Team and able to answer all your queries and correspondence immediately to build up our future rapport and to work for needy target group.

Thanking you and expecting your early favorable reply, please.

Sincerely Yours,

(A.NATARAJAN)
Convener,
Tsunami Relief Team.

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Itemized Budgetary Estimate Required to Execute the Rehabilitation Programme:-

S.No. Details of Activities Requested

Amount Rs.
(1) (2) (3)
1. Educational Materials to Children
Book Materials, Note Books & Uniforms to 1125 Childrens each @Rs.240/-
2,70,000

2, Orphanage to Children

Expenses on Orphanage Children including all admissible charges for 50 childrens in 2 places for 12 months 6,87,500

3, Vocational Training to Women & Adolescent girls

Expenditure on Tailoring Training Programme to 200 Women (5centers)
Tailoring Machine Cost 3,500 X 25 nos = 87,500
Stipend @ Rs.250/- per month for 200 Nos = 50,000
Tailoring Instructors Salary Rs.1,500 X 3 months X 5 nos = 22,500
Raw material Cost (LS) = 95,000
2,55,000
4, Training to Youths
Expenses on E.D.P Training to 250 No of Youths in 5 Centers
Stipend @ Rs.250 X 250 Nos ( 3 Month Training) = 62,500
Trainers Honorarium 5 Nos each @ Rs.2,500/- = 12,500
Cost of Training materials Rs.25,000/- per center for 5 Centers = 1,25,000
Training centre rent in 5 areas each @ Rs.1000/=p.m. for 12 months
Rs.60,000
2,60,000
5, Basic Needs to Target Groups
Expenditure on Rice with Provisions to 500 no. of families X Rs.750 3,75,000

6, Safe Drinking Water

Installation of Sintex Water Tanks ( 500 Liters Capacity ) in Ten Villages each @ Rs.2,500 X 10 Nos + Installation Charges. 48,750

7, Expr.on repairing of houses to 250 families
(50 families in 5 villages) Rs.25000/=per house x250 Nos. 62,50,000

8, Salary to Programme Co-ordinator
@ Rs.4,000/- per month X 12 Monthsx2 persons

96,000
9, Rent for Office Building
Rs.1,000/- X 12 Monthsx2 Districts 24,000

10, Documentation, Auditing, Reporting & Evaluation (LS) 25,000
11, Escalation cost (LS) 1,74,000

TOTAL 84,65,250
Requested amount is Rs.84,65,250/=(Rupees Eighty four lakhs sixty five thousand two
hundred and fifty only)

(A.NATARAJAN)
Convener,
Tsunami Relief Team.
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Tsunami Relief Team
List of Villages affected by recent TSUNAMI disaster happened in Tamil Nadu South India on 26th Dec.2004.

Cuddalore District Nagapattinam District

1, ParangiPettai
2, Killi Kadarkarai
3, Samyarpettai
4, Chennur
5, PuduPettai
6, VelangrankPettai
7, Pudupattai
8, Mulukkuduarai
9, MGR Theidu
10, Sinna Vaical
11, Karai Medu
12, Pule Medu
13, TS Pattai
14, Singara Thopu
15, Sothi Thopu
16, Rasa Pettai
17, Thaikkal Thonithurai
18, Kannikoil

1, Naga Pattinam
2, Serkolize
3, Nagore
4, Therangampattai
5, Poraiyour
6, Thirumulaivayal
7, Chandrapadi
8, Uppanour
9, Maliladudurai
10, Velankanni
11, Vatharaniam
12, Kadikarai
13, Vettai karan Erupa
14, Ramaiswarm
15, Kovil Pattu
16, Poombukar
17, Petenicherry
18, Podupattinam
19, Sedrudour
20, Manian Theviu
21, Karun Kulam
22, Perakuthakai
23, Puspavannam
24, Vellaipalam
25, Thoppukarai
26, Nallu Vethpathi
27, Vananvan Maha Devi
28, Kadiyakadu
29, Seruthalikadu
30, Kullai Theivu
31, Akkarai Pettai
32, Eatchan Kuppam
33, Namenon Nagar
34, Seruthur
35, Ariyanattuthru
36, Atchana Pettai
37, Samathanna Pettai
38, Maraimalai Nagar
39, Arram Pettai
40, Velan Thottam
41, Nammyur Nagar
42, Keladi Nagar

Mr.P.Subramanian,
Secretary,

Greetings. As you understand the recent Natural calamity by Tsunami in Tamil Nadu – India. Where our target area falls at Cuddalore, Kancheepuram,Villuppuram,Thruvallore, and Pondicheery. We have immediately responded and sent a team to assess and support the desevings. The experience is harrible though they are getting rehabilitation. It will also take a long time to be refined

From our observation in the relief work we have gathered the immediate needs of the people said below.

1. School Uniforms
2. Note Books
3. School Bags
4. Temporary Shelter

For long time rehabilitation Restoration of people’s livelyhood such as boat repairing replacement of repaired boats, net, catamaran soil treatment of solinity land die to tidal waves should be again converted a cultivable land.

Actually we cannot fulfill all their needs but e might fulfill some of their needs mention above.

You must remember that rural peoples sangam and Front Line jointly promoting Human Rights Defenders strengthening programme. In north Tamilnadu and Pondicherry is an well progress.

So again kindly request you to consider our request for Tsunami relief.
Looking forward for your valuable resbons.

With warm regards

Yours in solidarity

C. EAZHUMALAI
DIRECTOR

Rural People’s Sangam
Kalasthambadi Village & Post
Tiruvannamalai TK & District
Tamilnadu India
Pin Code: 606 805.

Bank: ING Vysya Bank
Sannathi Street,
Tiruvannamalai,
Tamil Nadu-India .Name of A/C: Rural People`s Sangam,
A/C No:SB A/C No:695

On the other hand, where the EU nations are concerned, they are donating singly and also through the EU. Germany, as the largest EU nation, will carry a large part of the EU donation in addition to its own government donation. I don’t know if any of the 50 states donate singly and in the national budget. But I don’t see any way to compare the different nations, because some give here, some give there, some give only now, others give continually. It’s too difficult an undertaking.

What worries me now is all of the news telling us how the governments make big pledges, and then for various reasons the money doesn’t always come across. I think that should worry us more than who gives what.