Dear friends This is the update on the progress of relief distribution ; We will not be going to Madhepura on 26th, as planned earlier. We will be going there between 28th Nov and 2nd December. The delay is caused mainly due to unavailability of commercial vehicles (sumo /mahindra pik up) as all are booked or seized for election duty. Most of the vehicles will be relieved by 27th, hence earliest we can leave is 28th. I have procured ;
Warm children wear new -50 sets, old - around 80 pc
Clothes for women & older children - around 100 sets
Medicines (for de worming,analgesics,eye-drops,antiseptic & anti-fungal creme, neoprene powder,cold medications) of Rs 8k
Blankets & shawls - have around 60 now, will be getting some more
Now, that I have some more time I will be getting more materials for this trip .These are all in addition to of the relief materials we are buying with the funds send by Bhawana Ji. I had placed order for the blankets & should be getting them by tomorrow. Best regards,
We now have 400 set of cloths, on top of that we bought 150 blankets (We paid Rs120 per blanket), some medicines (like calpol and analdesics). Chandan will start his journey today or tomorrow and handover all these stuffs to people of Bhanvertola village.
I would also like to hightlight that It is not practical for Chandan to visit Bhanvertola frequently. The village is quite far and it takes lot of time and effort to reach there. Hats off to Chandan for putting this brave effort.
If you have still not decided to support this project then I would advice you to hold on your support money till we have our next plan. If you want to support this work you can do so by sending your support money to Prayaas and letting me know about your donation by today.
We need to do this, so as to approximate the items which we can procure. I hope you all understand.
I am attaching some pics which Chandan send to me.
We have decided to provide blankets/shawls to villagers of bhanvertola, Madhubani.
We are raising funds for this purpose. Please support this cause as the winter is fast approaching and the best thing we can provide to poor people of this remote village at this time is blanket.
We are collecting funds through prayaas (NGO).
See below for details about contribution through Prayaas.
-Ashok
Sending donations through NGO (Prayaas). http://www.prayaas.org/ Please mention flood relief and your name in remarks section while transferring fund. Mention your name in the comments (will help us track) Send an email with details to:Amitesh.Bharti@in.bosch.com make a CC to: ashok.1857@gmail.com Account in on the name of:M/S Prayaas Current Account No. :10447347087 Bank Address :State Bank of India, Indiranagar,Bangalore Bank Code :3301IFSC code:SBIN0003301 Routing Number (Swift No.) :SBI NIN BB 147A MICR number : 560002021 Prayaas Official Address:Mr. Amitesh Bharti,Prayaas(r), C1-201, GreenWood Regency,Doddakannahalli village,Carmelaram PO, Adj. Wipro,Sarjapur Road,Bangalore – 560035, India. If you want to send a cheque/DD:Please send the crossed A/c Payee cheque in favour of,"SBI, A/c Prayaas, Current A/c No. 10447347087" Donar seeking Tax exemption under section 80G, please donate via PRAYAAS The certificate & the receipt of your contribution will be dispatched by Prayaas. To get the certificate & the receipt of your contribution, Please email your name and address along with detail of your contribution to Amitesh atAmitesh.Bharti@in.bosch.com make a CC to:ashok.1857@gmail.com
A lone tree still stands amidst stark sand filled surroundings which were once lush green farmland. This is one of the few landmarks that survived the deluge.
Kosi revisited: Gwalpada is a small town 15 km's south from Madhepura. This region was ravaged by a fierce flood in 2008 & the inhabitants of this region are still facing the hardships caused by the flood and its aftermath. Worst affected are those who live in the interior areas & do not have good connectivity with bigger towns of this area.
Bhanwar tola or Bhanwar pokhar is such a village. Located 15 km inside of the Gwalpada town, it is still cut out from the main road as bridges on either side of approach road had been washed away in floods & not yet been repaired.
We visited this area earlier this week & distributed Blankets & warm clothes to these people who have been living on the embankment for a long time now. The ward member of this area had been in regular touch with us after the floods & as promised to him earlier this year, we distributed the blankets there as soon as we received them.
Staying overnight at Madhepura, we left for Gwalpada early morning, around 3.00Am. We had to reach them before daybreak to avoid being stopped at other villages in the route as we were carrying blankets. We drove in almost total darkness because of heavy fog with visibility down to 5 meters at times on the broken embankment approach road. It was a difficult ride, but we managed to reach Bhanwar tola before daybreak
We reached the Bhanwartola around 5am & were received by the village ward member who then guided us to this settlement.
The only source of warmth for these people are blankets & small bonfire from dry vegetation. They don't have permanent shelter & live under rough thatched shelters & plastic sheet covers.
Its kind of difficult when all the people around coverage on the vehicle to get blankets, but after the initial rush things settle down and distribution is done according to the list of beneficiaries handed over to us by the ward member.
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