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Monday 3 January, 2005

Volunteers Wanted in Chennai

Volunteers needed in Chennai to help pack the relief supplies and other tasks. Please ccontact AID India, Chennai, on how you can help.

College student/office workers can help out even after college/office hours on weekdays and full time at weekends.

Aid India Contact Info:
survivors.aidindia.org
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Tsunami_Help/Aid_Agencies/India#Chennai

Update:

If you are volunteering in Chennai, then we have the following teams set in place for the immediate relief work:

1. Collection and Information Team: This team will handle calls, receive donations of money, clothes, medicines, blankets and vessels and send receipts, give information on the current status of relief work. This team will also give out press releases, send out email reports and call for further donations based on the needs. This is the team that people from outside must contact.

2. Allocation and Distribution: This team will get the needs from various field locations, sort the materials collected, divide it up for different locations based on the need and send it to the field coordinators for distribution.

3. Field Team: In each area we have a team of volunteers who will be coordinating the relief efforts and distribution of materials. Please figure out where you fit best, and give us a call. We urgently need all the volunteers we can get. ( College Students / Office workers can Volunteer after college/office hours on WeekDays and full time on WeekEnds )

AID India , 20/34 , Rathinam Street , off Avvai
Shanmugam road (near Besant Street) , Gopalapuram ,
Chennai

Contact : Bharati/Manohar/Hari (AID office) - 28350403, 55665629, 55615629. Contact AID Office before sending Supplies.
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Anonymous Anonymous said :

Hi my name is Sheila Krishn, and I am 21 year old college student in the US. My family is from Chennai and I have some time in January and would like to come help. I can speak Tamil and English. My email is krishnas@mit.edu. Please email me if I can help. I will also try to call this evening.

Tue Jan 04, 01:17:00 am IST  
Anonymous Anonymous said :

My name is David, i am i fit and healty 23 year old living in Sydney, Australia. I have a certificate in Social Work and i am willing to do whatever is required, wherever it is needed to help the victims of this tradegy. contact me on
david.barry@optus.com.au

Tue Jan 04, 10:06:00 am IST  
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