We have placed order for 28 Catamarans and 56 fishing nets that will go with these catamarans. The catamarans will be handed over in the first week fo April to the fishermen of the village Puthukuppam. This has been made possible by the Rotary Club of Medford Rogue and the initiative was spearheaded by Rtn. Tim Johnson who visited us last month and who travelled with us to the village carrying relief supplies.
We had contemplated the possibility of giving monies as loans to the fishermen who will then go and buy the catamarans and they would repay the loans and which would have enables us to reach out to more people with catamarans. But there was resistance to this idea and it was explained t us that the fishermen would not like to make a commitment on repayment becuase they had lost everything they had to the Tsunami and the need was so much. The apprehension being "would we be able to repy a loan from our small income (about USD 100 a month)? Once we junderstood their problem we decided that we will give away the catamrans and nets without a tag to them and help these people find their lives again.
The catamarans will be given away with the nets in the first week of April and all this at a total cost of about USD 20,000 and all this from one Rotary Club. Thanks Tim and thanks RC of Medford Rogue. This will put an entire village of Puthukuppam back on its feet.
No comments:
Post a Comment