Mostly Pointless » Aila cyclone http://www.themattefinish.com/blog Mumble mumble by Kokonad Sinha. This is The Matte Finish Blog Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:29:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Aila cyclone relief widget http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/2009/06/aila-cyclone-relief-widget/ http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/2009/06/aila-cyclone-relief-widget/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:10:58 +0000 Kokonad http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/?p=607 Aila Cyclone Relief Widget

I have programmed the Aila Cyclone Relief Widget (see above image or sidebar on the right) to be added to your blogspot blog or self hosted website (wordpress or other). Due to javascript security restrictions, free wordpress blogs have a compromise that the widget is not so cool looking.
Click this button to add to your Blogspot blog

In order to spread the word thru other media and blog hosts, please add this widget (see how to) so more and more people donate! Encourage your friends to put it up in their blogs! All help will be greatly appreciated! A little thing as this can go a long way. :) We at AID will greatly appreciate you forwarding this link:

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]]> http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/2009/06/aila-cyclone-relief-widget/feed/ 7 Cyclone Aila Relief work http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/2009/05/cyclone-aila-relief-work/ http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/2009/05/cyclone-aila-relief-work/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 05:47:53 +0000 Kokonad http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/?p=558 I work for the Penn State Chapter of Association for India’s Development (AID) and we are accepting donations for any kind of help for the hundreds of thousands of victims of the Aila cyclone that struck West Bengal earlier this week.

Bangladesh Cyclone

AP Photo by Pavel Rehman

Cyclone Aila struck the coasts of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India killing more than 200 people and destroying 180,000 homes. Over 3 million people have been displaced as per the estimates.

The govt help is as always not adequate. Association for India’s Development (AID) is partnering with local NGO partners to provide food, water and shelter. AID has already disbursed $21,000 to one of the partner NGO Baikanthapur Tarun Sangha (BTS) for this work.

pleasedonateIf you would like to help the relief work please donate to AID All India Relief Fund.

Click here if you would like to follow the regular updates (from people working right in the middle of it and not from seasoned journalists)

Cyclone Aila in the press : BBC | The Daily Star | CNN | ToI | The Hindu

Also awaiting Ankur’s photos from the cyclone affected areas.

Update:
Please visit this link – Cyclone Aila Updates – for the latest updates on the cyclone relief work, by Amit Arora, the new president of AID Penn State chapter.

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