Cyclone Aila Relief work
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.
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.
If 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.
