Archive for the ‘April 2011 : Relief News’ Category

Rehabilitation : April 2011

Rehabilitation: Gujarat: (a) On 12 March, a four-room school building at Dhaneti village in Kutch constructed by our Rajkot centre was inaugurated and handed over to Sri Ramakrishna Seva Samiti, Dhaneti.

(b) Sixty houses at Parevada village in Rajkot district built by our Rajkot centre for Madari (snake-charmers) community, in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat, were handed over to the beneficiaries on 13 March.

 

Distress Relief : April 2011

Distress Relief: The following centres distributed various items, shown in the table below, to needy people:

Baghbazar 2300 saris, 200 lungis, 106 shirts, 118 children’s garments
Chapra 236 blankets
Guwahati 100 blankets, 30 steel plates, 6 tatsals (weaving machines) and 6 sewing machines
Kankurgachhi 250 saris
Malda 10 bicycles, 150 school bags, 150 umbrellas, 150 packets of Horlicks, 150 toothbrushes, 150 tubes of toothpaste
Sikra Kulingram 250 blankets
Swamiji’s House 2115 children’s garments and 505 woollen chaddars

 

Fire Relief : Karimganj centre (Assam)

Fire Relief: Assam: Our Karimganj centre distributed 125 kg rice, 25 kg dal (lentils), 50 dhotis, 25 saris and 50 plates among 25 families whose huts had been gutted by fire at Khat Line area in Karimganj.

Earthquake & Tsunami Relief: Japan

Earthquake & Tsunami Relief: Japan: In wake of the devastating earthquake and the ensuing tsunami that hit the northeast coast of Japan on 11 March, our Japan centre distributed the following items to the victims: 101 blankets, 14 packets of milk powder, 38 water bottles, 75 soap bars, 1550 cotton masks, 183 towels, various sanitary materials and 500 postcards.  The centre also purchased different kinds of green vegetables and dispatched them on 24 April to the shelters set up in the worst-affected areas in Tohoku.