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Tsunami
Relief
Supported the C P Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation to provide relief material
to 170 tsunami-affected coastal families of Anumanthaikuppam in Tamil
Nadu. Household materials like utensils, stoves, mats, blankets, buckets
and lanterns were provided to the affected families. Students were given
books and stationery.
Children
for Tsunami Relief: Exhibition
Organised an exhibition of paintings on jute panels by children of Great
Eastern staff and the Akanksha Foundation to raise funds for a children's
park in Anumanthaikuppam in Tamil Nadu. The target of Rs. 2,00,000/-
was achieved and the park developed by the C P Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation.
Flood
relief for Sidi families in Gujarat
Provided assistance to the Siddi Goma Al-Mubrik Charitable Trust to
rebuild homes for Sidi families affected by the devastating floods in
Surat 2006. Sidis, a community originally from Africa settled in India
over 300 years ago, are an important part of Indian maritime history.
Mumbai
Flood Relief: Bombay Community Public Trust (BCPT) and Women's India
Trust's (WIT)
Supported the Bombay Community Public Trust (BCPT) to purchase uniforms
and schools bags for 400 children from flood-affected fishing villages
of Versova and Madh Island during the floods in Mumbai, July 2005. Helped
rebuild the Women's India Trust's (WIT) Panvel centre where the Foundation
had donated teaching aids.
Girls' Hostel, Kelshi Education Society (Dhapoli, Maharashtra)
Built a girls' hostel in Kelshi Education Society to enable full school
attendance and arranged free computers gifted by the Lala Arjundas Seth
Charitable Trust.
Toy
Libraries
Established toy Libraries in coastal schools at Kovalam in Kerala, and
Vesawa, Marve and Worli in Mumbai through the Children's Toy Foundation.
Also supported a mobile toy van, which travels to ten construction sites
to entertain children of the workers in Mumbai. Toy libraries were also
established at Kelshi Education Society in Dhapoli and at the Women's
India Trust Centre at Panvel.
Non-formal education, Vimla Vikas Kendra, Bombay
Supported Vimla Vikas Kendra in 2004-05, dedicated to the welfare and
education of street children working at the Mazagaon Docks, Mumbai.
The project supports 150 children between 8 and 14 years and provides
books and stationery.
Development Project for Koli Children and Youth, Pragati Kendra
Trust, Bombay
Supported Pragati Kendra Trust to initiate and implement a developmental
project for the children and youth in Koli dominated areas of Worli,
Mumbai from 2002 to 2004. The project includes special classes for weaker
students and school drop-outs, balwadi (pre-school) programmes, holiday
camps and cultural programmes.
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