AID Chennai: Field Report from Karikattu Kuppam
...We,30+ AID volunteers and a bunch of Full-Timers,left for Karikattu Kuppam along the east coast road of chennai which was one among the villages hit by the now familiar tsunami, on saturday - a new year that hopefully shd bring hope and happiness to all.We left in 2 vans alongwith a truck of relief materails- clothes & blankets...
...The Tsunami had struck around 8.30PM local time when most of them were in their houses.In fact,we were told only a handful were in the sea at that time.They saw a huge wave of water rushing in at tremendous speed(could be abt 10mts high from what they told us) and within no time everyone was in neck-deep water.Since the men were also home,they swam took their kids & elders along wth to safety.One lady told us that they simply walked as fast as they could in neck-deep water to safety....
...What they need?Murugan & Vedha told us - "Sir,we are very grateful to the public for helping us in this critical juncture.However,we need to get back to our job - fishing.We have lost almost all the boats(100+),fishing nets which cost us around 1 lakh per family.We desperately need them so that we can take care of ourselves"...
Kartik at 1:38:00 pm |
From the staff at www.tugme.com we would like to say thanks for making a very informative blog!!! We have donated $3,500 so far and would like to encourage every visitor to donate to this aweful tragedy.
Christians should Pray for folks to come to know Jesus out of this. Pray for any missionaries out there spreading the Gosple of Jesus Christ.