Almost three months have gone by since the terrible flood catastrophe in Orissa (India), and only now the authorities have the situation in those areas under control. Thanks to the combined efforts of non-governmental organisations such as the Prajnana Mission and Hand in Hand, the further spreading of epidemics can be avoided. Unfortunately the danger is still present and we continue to give the Prajnana Mission our support in organizing Health Camps in the devastated areas. Wells and water springs are polluted and therefore the Health Camps distribute, besides medicines, chlorine tablets and water disinfectants for free.

The following actions are planned and should be implemented over the coming weeks by the Prajnana Mission, in those villages destroyed by the floods in the District of Kendrapara:

• financial support of the reconstruction of schools and other buildings
• supply of seeds, saplings, fertilizers, as well as the necessary agricultural tools for the farmers who have lost everything to the floods

We are able to provide this type of costly help only to a limited number of cases, because the running of the Health Centers and of the Mobile Medical and Dental Unit (MMDU) also needs to be sustained and supported.
We kindly ask you to continue supporting us so that we are able to carry on providing adequate help towards the flood catastrophe, and the Health Projects!

The Balashram Residential School we are sponsoring is situated in the disaster area, however none of the 200 children was harmed by the floods, nor any campus building was damaged. The fact that the school is not situated near water saved it.