The Board members of the RC of Chennai Kilpauk met to decide the next step of action that will be taken to help those afected by the Tsunami.
The Club has received requests from the collector (Govt. Bureaucrats, Indian Administrative Service) of Cuddalore asking our help in setting up play equipment for schools. The Board agreed to sponsor play equipment for 3 schools. Two schools which would receive play equipment would be in the Khillai area where we distributed our family building kits on the 7th of January 2005. We are told that though schools have re opened many children are not going back for a variety fo reasons, no books, bags and stationery seem to be the most prevalent and also the trauma they have gone through is showing up.
A letter received from the village where we installed TV Ross was read out. The village has jointly written a very moving letter. They say that while they are affected by the Tsunami as much as any other village and they have lost all their boats and nets and most of their houses have been damaged, they are still not getting enough attention and help because there has been no loss of life in their village. They are scared that they will be left to fend for themselves without any help. The Club has given the residents of this village a 29 inch TV, radios, play things for the children and rice. The Club has also installed a water treatment plant in this village. The men are willing to form a co operative and repay all monies that can be advanced to help them start afresh.
It was decided that on the 19th, when our visitors from Strathcona Sunrise and Rtn. Tim Johnson from Oregon come in we will take them and show them the damage caused by the Tsunami and will visit this village which has sought help. We will also distribute on the 19th relief material to another village.
A small committee has been formed to go nto the merits of all suggestions and to hold discussions with Govt. agencies to find out what we can do to rehabilitate.
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