NGO: Swami Vivekananda Rural Development Society (SVRDS)
IDRF partner since: 1996
- Focus Area: Rural Development Society
- Location: Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu
- Project Title: Distribution of relief kits to victims, Reconstruction of damaged houses
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Details: SVRDS focused on distributing relief kits to those villages around Chennai that did not receive Government aid in time. The relief kits were distributed to about 2000 families and consisted of a steel container filled with kitchen utensils, towel, clothing (saris and dhotis) for the whole family, mats, and groceries (like rice, oil, wheat, sooji, pulses), washing powder & medicine kits, etc. With IDRF’s support, reconstruction of severely damaged houses of very poor families was done, in order to bring about normalcy in flood victims’ lives. Seven houses with built-up areas of 270 square feet were constructed to resettle the families whose houses were damaged beyond repair.
Distribution of Relief Kits to Flood Victims
Houses repaired/reconstructed for the flood victims in Tamil Nadu
NGO: Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS)
Partner Since: 2002
IDRF funds to Yogoda Satsanga Society helped 8,075 families in five districts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Many of the families that were helped were very poor and socially deprived and had not received any form of help from other relief agencies. YSS devotees and members distributed relief kits to these people that comprised of solar re-chargeable LED lamps, bedsheets, and mats.
Relief Kits being distributed to Flood Victims
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