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Relief Activities for Natural Calamities

Providing relief to victims of disasters such as cyclones and earthquakes is an important component of IDRF’s mission. IDRF also works towards providing relief for victims of man-made calamities such as Kargil war and terrorist attacks, that are heinous crimes being perpetrated against India.

Focus

IDRF’s focus in relief operations is to quickly fund relief efforts, partner with other Indo-American organizations to raise funds for victims and finally plan for sustained Rehabilitation of victims.

Relief Operations

IDRF partners with NGOs that are directly involved in relief work. IDRF provides monetary assistance to NGOs to enable the following:

Run relief camps
Provide medical aid
Feed victims, provide rations
Provide essentials such as clothing, blankets
Provide blood donations for the injured

Achievements

IDRF has successfully risen to occasion and provided monetary assistance to various unfortunate disasters in India. Some relief activities in which IDRF provided assistance include (in descending chronological order):

Gujart earthquake
Orissa super cyclone
Kargil war
Latur earthquake

In responding to the needs of disaster victims, IDRF worked with various Indo-American organizations to raise funds in shortest timeframe. Many times, IDRF funded relief activities from its general pool of funds designated for development projects.

Published on: 2003-04-07 (14570 reads)

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