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In wake of the recent Tsunami calamity that hit our country, the volunteers of
Trust Children
along with those of
Yogoda
Satsanga Society of India immediately took up the charge of providing relief across the affected coastal areas. Within a few days, 8
villages and about 4000 people were provided
relief with more than 5000 kgs of Rice, 1500 kgs
of dal, utensils, safe drinking water,
medicines, blankets, sleeping mats, toiletries
and many more. As relief work was underway and
people were recovering from the trauma of
Tsunami, Trust Children initiated rehabilitation
of villages through its "Adopt a Village"
program.
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Trust Children & Yogoda Satsanga Society of India have adopted Panayur Kuppam with the permission of the Collector of the region. Along with rehabilitation, it is our
endeavor
to provide people a new life through improved infrastructure, better social integration and self reliance.
It
gives
us
immense
pleasure
to
announce
that
rehabilitation
of
Pannayur is
now
completed
with:
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- 37 fibre boats, 20 engines repaired
- 88 bundles of net material distributed
for repair of nets
- Group accident insurance
with
hospitalization
benefit provided to 315 fishermen
through United India Insurance Co. for Rs. 100,000 each
- Construction
of
Public
toilets
for
better
hygiene.
- Construction
of
dispensary/community
hall.
- Debris of the collapsed houses cleaned by bulldozers
- Volunteers and villagers themselves
cleaning the beach
and the village
- A warning system in place to help fishermen
- Village Youth formed
the Sea King Sports Club to undertake the
responsibility of maintaining the improved
infrastructure of village
- Two huge overhangs have been constructed on the beach for the fishermen to do up their nets, etc. away from the scorching heat.
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Fishermen back to sea
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Overhangs for fishermen
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With Pannayur on its feet, we
took
charge
of
Annamalaicherry,
one
of
the
worst
hit
coastal
villages.
To
start
with,
650 families
were supplied with dry ration.
Tsunami had silted the river that connects this village to the sea and there was hardly ankle deep water in the river. To get them back on their feet, around 1.5 km stretch of this river
had
to be desilted.
Trust
Children,
with
Yogoda Satsanga society
of
India,
took
the
initiative
and
the
entire
stretch
of
river
has
been
de-silted.
Fishermen
are
already
back
to
the
sea
and
the
good
news
is
their catch is now
even
better than ever!
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Construction of dispensary building at Panayur has been completed (thanks largely to the funds raised by UWCSEA, Singapore). Our special thanks to the doctors from Ramachandra Medical College who
organized
the first medical camp at the dispensary.
The dispensary building has
been duly handed over to the Panayur village
Panchayat for the benefit of the village
community.
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Medical
Camp
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Public
Toilets
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The construction of public toilets has been completed (special thanks
to the Yogoda SatsangaSociety of India, who have borne most of the cost).
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A
grand
ceremony was
organized
on
11th Oct, 2005 to officially handover the village amenities to village Panchayat, as part our Tsunami Rehabilitation work.
Our special
thanks to Hon’ble Minister Thiru D Jayakumar,
Minister for Law and Information Technology, who
not only appreciated our work but also extended
full support to our future endeavours.
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Inauguration
of
Public
Amenities
by
Hon’ble Minister Thiru D Jayakumar
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Thanks to you, we have been able to help out during the Tsunami and
rehabilitation
work undertaken has been completed in totality! Every single contribution is what has made this work a reality. Thank you for the loving contribution. You have brought a smile to many a soul which was in deep despair after the shock. THANK YOU once again!
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Trust
Children
and
You
Interested in
our
activities? Mail us at capt.nandkumar@trustchildren.org or contact
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