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RAHAT FLOODS
MAIN ACTIVITIES - YEAR 2004
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GOONJ..
has been initiating this campaign for the last three years for
the flood victims of Assam, Bihar & West Bengal, where floods
have become an annual ritual.
The prime concern was to make this annual affair a matter of concern.Through
many years we have been trying to make efforts to register this
as a disaster in the minds of people.
This year the campaign has been very successful in all these aspects.
The camps we organised were very successful and people appreciated
the fact that someone is working for this cause too..
A number of corporate houses, educational institutions, residential
societies, voluntary organisations joined hands with us.
We have been able to dispatch large consignments not just from
Delhi but also from Kolkata & Mumbai
(So far over 3 truck loads )
Apart from Assam, Bihar & West Bengal, we sent relief materials
to the Bansakantha & Sabarkantha areas of Gujarat, areas which
faced the trauma of devastating floods this year.
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We
appreciate
- The
efforts of CAF India in looking for a sponsor for this campaign.
- PSA
of The Shri Ram school for their financial support.
- All
three branches of Shri Ram School for motivating children
and their parents to become a part
of this campaign which resulted in a huge collection of material
from all its branches.
- Employees
of Bharti Telecom ( Airtel ) for running this campaign in
all its group companies .
- NSS
wing of IIT Delhi for organising a very successful drive .
- Times
Foundation for joining hands with us and for spreading the
message.
- Give
Foundation, iVolunteer, Karmyog for joining hands with us
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- Two
Ashoka Fellows - Mr. Dilip Banerjee & Dr. Pradeep Sarmah
for helping us in
identifying worst affected areas of West Bengal and Assam
and supporting us in effective
distribution and monitoring.
- Our
existing distribution partners, a number of grassroot NGOs
and social activists in Assam, Bihar, West Bengal & Gujarat
for helping us reach the most affected and needy people.
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A number of Corporate houses based in Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad,
Noida, Mumbai & Bangalore for taking the initiative
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PARTICIPATION
OF CORPORATES : |
Organisation |
Activity |
POLARIS-
Gurgaon |
Awareness
campaign |
AMEX-
Gurgaon |
Sent
material after organising a successful collection drive.
Goonj organised a camp at Amex on 28th July and Amex sent
the material - clothes & Dry rations on August 5th. |
TeleAtlas,
Noida |
Organised
camp |
Alcatel
|
Organised
collection camp at Alcatel on July 23rd |
Vaish
Associates, Hely Road |
Collected
material |
ST
Microelectronics Pvt. Ltd.,
NOIDA |
Organised
collection drive for few days |
Ballarpur
industries Ltd., Gurgaon
& Yamuna Nagar, Haryana |
Sent
16 relief materials to GOONJ.. |
Airtel
Group companies like
Bharati Teletech ltd.,
Bharti Telesoft Intl. Pvt Ltd.,
Bharti Infotel Ltd. |
Organised
collection drive for a few days
& sent relief material at Delhi, Mumbai
& Bangalore from its various group companies |
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OTHER
ORGANISATIONS :
Organisation/group
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Details |
SNSF- |
The
most remarkable point is the contribution from villagers who
collected clothes, Wheat etc |
HOPE |
An
informal group of some TCS people who initiated the collection
drive and meticulously purchased a number of items listed in
the list. The group came to handed over the material on a Sunday
at Sarita Vihar |
DPS-84 |
A
group of alumni of DPS collected material and handed it over
to us at
Sarita Vihar |
Contribution by Shri Ram Schools :
23/08/04 |
Shri Ram School, Aravalli |
23/08/04 |
Shri Ram School, D-3, Vasant Vihar |
24/08/04 |
Shri Ram School, DLF, Phase -
3 |
Participation
of Bangalore’s Corporates
Here
are some organisations which organised collection drives and sent
material :
Murray
Culshaw Consulting, AXA, Bharti group co., HSS
Participation
of Mumbai Corporates :
Castrol
India Ltd., Tata Chemicals, JM Marriott, ICICI ; various branches
& MBT
Also
contribution from - IMRB International & Wave length Communication |
Details of collection camps we organised in the NCR region for RAHAT
& VASTRADAAN
( 1st May onwards ) |
| DATE |
VENUE |
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| 2/5/04 |
Delhi Cantt |
Managed
by Ruchika,Major Bhargava, Rahul |
| 3-11/5/04 |
Talwalkars Gym- Mumbai |
Managed
by Leena Kairia |
| 8/5/04 |
Mayfair Gardens |
Managed
by Indu Ji & Ruchika |
| 9/5/04 |
Vasant Vihar |
Managed
by Ruchika & Amresh |
| 9/5/04 |
Patpargunj |
Managed
by Rajeev Sachdeva |
| 23/5/04 |
Delhi Cantt |
Managed
by Major Bhargava, Ruchika, Saumya |
| 30/5/04 |
Vijay
Ratan-Gurgaon |
Managed
by Mr. S.D. Gupta |
| 20/6/04 |
Satpura tower, Kaushambhi
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Managed
by Mrs. Chitra Thakur & Kanak Mittal, Rahul |
| 26-27/6/04 |
D-1,
Vasant Kunj |
Managed
by Rahul, Ruchika, Vaibhav |
| 4/7/04 |
Silver
Oak Appts, Gurgaon |
Managed
by Mr. S.D. Gupta, Ruchika,
Mr. Dugal, Mr.Shukla |
| 11/7/04 |
C-9.
Vasant Kunj |
Managed
by Rahul, Ruchika, Anjana, Surbhi & Prashant |
| 18/7/04 |
Surya Vihar-Gurgaon |
Managed
Mr. S.D. Gupta |
| 25/7/04 |
Seemant Vihar & Kaushambhi |
Managed
by Ruchika, Vaibhav, Radhika, Gaurav Sharma, Anugrah, Abhishek & Rajat |
| 1-8/8/04 |
NOIDA |
(
An eight days camp for the residents of Noida, Collection centre at sector 18 market, hundreds of
people donated material- over 8 maruti
van load .Volunteers managed the stall in turn daily 10am
to 9 pm for 8 days) Managed by volunteer-Ajay, Ruchika,
Anjana & Vaibhav |
| 14-15/8/04 |
IIT
Delhi |
Coordinated
through NSS. (The students campaigned door to door for informing
fellow students, staff members & faculty ) |
| 22/8/04 |
Sarita Vihar |
Managed
by volunteer- Rahul & Deepika |
| 22/8/04 |
Gurgaon- Rail vihar,
sector-56 |
Managed
by volunteer Mr. S.D. Gupta & Mr. Duggal |
| 28/8/04 |
Vasundhara
( Ghaziabad )
sec-16A |
Managed
by volunteer Vaibhav, Radhika, Abhishek, Amita |
| 28/8/04 |
Vasundhara
( Ghaziabad) Satyam Khand,
Sec-19 |
Managed
by volunteer Dr. Madhurika &
Ruchika |
| 29/8/04 |
Gurgaon, Retreat Complex, south City |
Managed
by volunteer Mr. S.D. Gupta & Mr. Duggal |
| 5/9/04 |
Palams appt. Gurgaon |
Managed
by volunteer Mr. S.D. Gupta & Mr. Duggal |
| 11/9/04 |
Mount Kailash |
Managed
by Mrs. Ameeta Gupta & Ladies
club of Mount Kailsh |
| 12/9/04 |
New
Friends Colony at RWA club |
Managed
by volunteer- Mrs. Sushma Swaroop
& Rahul Vashisht |
| 12/9/04 |
Jalvayu Vihar, sector-30, Gurgaon |
Managed
by volunteer Mr. S.D. Gupta & Mr. Duggal |
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| Dispatch
of material (Disaster Preparedness & Relief Operations ) |
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Date
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Organisation
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| 19/5/04 |
Akansha Seva sadan, Muzafarpur
Bihar |
| 1/6/04 |
ERDS,
Kolkata |
| 1/6/04 |
Sanjay
Gyan Kunj, Samastipur, Bihar |
| 19/6/04 |
Manorma Mahila Seva Sansthan,
Blk- Kurhani
( turki), Muzzafarpur |
| 19/6/04 |
NAISUVA
Post- Mallarpur( Bank Road), Dist- Birbhum, West
Bengal |
| 13/7/04 |
Gramin Vikas Parishad, P.O.& Dist-
Madhubani, Bihar- |
| 13/7/04 |
Bharati Vikas Manch, Barheta, Laheria Sarai, Darbhanga- Bihar |
| 22/7/04 |
HAMKS,
Veer Kunwar Singh Colony, Dalhatta
Bazar, Munger- Bihar |
| 22/7/04 |
Nehru
Yuvak Kendra, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal |
| 22/7/04 |
Savitri Bal Vikas Kendra, Muzzaffarpur, Bihar |
| 17/8/04 |
The
N.E. Card, Mangaldai, Dist:- Darrang ( Assam ) |
| 17/8/04 |
Dr.
Pradeep Kr. Sarmah ( Ashoka Fellow ), Centre
for Rural Development, Guwahati |
| 17/8/04 |
Gram
Vikas Parishad,
Rangaloo, Dist.- Nagaon,
Assam |
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| 20/8/04 |
Ms.
Reema (ERD) Director
SEWA,
Ahemdabad |
For
the flood victims of Gujarat |
| 20/8/04 |
Mr.
S.N.Jha
C/o
Gram Vikas Parishad, Madhubani- Bihar |
For
the flood victims of Bihar |
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Dispatch
from Kolkata -
The prestigious Bengal Rowing Club of
West Bengal worked as a collection point. Initiated by
our volunteers Mr. Rajeev Goenka &
Mrs. Prerna Goenka,
the campaign was very successful. The sorting was undertaken by volunteers and Mr. Anshu
k. Gupta at Mr. Rajeev Goenka's house.
One TATA 407 material has been dispatched, as per details given
below.
After travelling, we identified some areas in the Sunderban
area ( Ganga ghat) where flood is an annual phenomena and still thousands
of people live without electric connections. With the support
of local CBOs
. we have initiated a "Cloth
for work programme" in this area
and the villagers will be working for repairing of roads etc and
will be getting the material instead of cash. Mr. Dilip
Banerjee (
Ashoka Fellow), known for his innovative
work in the flood affected areas is monitoring the entire exercise
there.
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| 31/8/04 |
To-INSS
and other CBOs, Ganga Ghat |
Material
in TATA 407 |
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| Dispatch
of One Truckload to West Bengal |
| 10/9/04 |
SANTANA-Jalpaiguri
&
MWO, Cooch Bihar |
One
full LPT truck dispatched ( About
360 packs- 6,500 KG ) at 11.30 PM
on 10/9/04. It includes material from all
the branches of Shri Ram School
& Bharti Group companies also. |
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