Help Needed From Residents of Bangalore

The Bangalore Relief Drive

St. Joseph's College of Arts and Science will be the main contact point for collection of material and donations. A bank account in the name of "Citizens Initiative" is available for collecting all
donations and routing them through credible channels to the affected communities.

In a major drive to mobilise relief material and resources, the Citizens Initiative will organise a Relief Collection March on Thursday, 30 December 2004, from Mahatma Gandhi Statue on M. G. Road, starting 3.30 pm. This March will wind its way through many commercial areas to raise awareness to GIVE GENEROUSLY AND APPROPRIATELY.

Additionally, there will be a major GIVE GENEROUSLY AND APPROPRIATELY Canvassing Points set up by Volunteers in many parts of the city. By way of this Release, we request more volunteers to join these campaigns. A briefing meeting will be held for volunteers at St. Joseph's College on Wednesday, 29 December at 5.30 pm.

A series of collection points for material and donations are also set up, the details of which are given below.

Material Required:

1. Blankets - a few thousands
2. Medicines - list below
3. Clothes (especially childrens clothes -- 0-5 age group and 5-12 age group) are an immediate necessity.
4. Gloves & masks to help volunteers clear the debris & dead bodies.
5. Money - to buy essentials, water pots (which will be bought closer to the areas)
6. Water purification tablets
7. Baby foods and dry foods
8. Tarpaulins, sheets, and material for temporary shelter

With respect to clothing, please ensure that clothes are not torn, and are clean. They could be donated in neat wrappings, clearly describing whether it is for Boys, Girls, Men or Women and describing the age group as: Less than 1; 1-3; 4-7; 8-10; 10-15; 15-18. SAREES AND LUNGIS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED.

Food material which is ready to consume and have a long shelf life, such as biscuits, are also needed. Dal, rice, and grains are also needed. Grains should be ground into flour. Also required are tea, sugar, salt, oil etc. PLEASE PACK ALL FOOD WITH NEAT LABELS IN ENGLISH (Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam if additionally possible).

An advisory on the list of medicines and medical supplies is also being developed and will be available shortly. Pharmaceutical companies and hospitals are requested to donate such material generously.

Medicines:

Chlorine Tablets (for disinfection of water), Septran Syrup and
Tablets, Flagyl Syrup and Tabs (Metronidazole), Paracetamol Syrup and
Tabs, Asthalin Syrup (Salbutomol) + Tabs (Theo Asthalin), Mebendazole,
Cough Syrup, Brufen tablets / Diclofenac, Metronidazole, Sanitary
Napkins, Doxycyclin Capsules, Ampicillin Capsules, Soframycin
Ointment, Nasivion Nose Drops, ORS, Calamine Lotion, Amoxycyclin 250
mg (Amoxycillin), anti Histamines (Avil CPM / cetrizine), Derephyllin
Tabs, Ibuprofen ointment / Diclofenac ointment

Collection Points:

The following material and donation collection points are set up:

St. Joseph's College of Arts and Science, Langford Road, Bangalore 560027
Tel: 22272299/22211429

Environment Support Group ®, S-3, Rajashree Apartments, 18/57, 1st
Main Road, S. R. K. Gardens, Jayanagar, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore
560041. Telefax: 26534364/26531339/26341977
Email: esg@esgindia.org or esg@bgl.vsnl.net.in
Web: www.esgindia.org

Servelots, 3354, "Pankaja", KR Road, Bangalore, 560070 Email:
tsunami@servelots.com - Tel: 2676-2963

Pedestrian Pictures, Prakruti Mudrana, 52, 29th cross, 9th main,
Banashankari II stage, Bangalore 560 070. ph: 94483 71389, 26713894

Jaiva, 8, Hospital Road (Bowring), Behind Safina Plaza, Bangalore 560001.

Website to coordinate relief information:
A website to coordinate relief information has been set up at:
http://www.indiatogether.org/relief/tsunami.

Convenors:
Fr. Ambrose Pinto, Principal, St. Joseph's College of Arts and Science, Bangalore
Donna Fernandes, Vimochana
Leo F. Saldanha, Coordinator, Environment Support Group
Srimathi Prasad

Source : Aid India