Help Bihar flood victims

Tree planting and oath at Banmankhi camp

2008-10-24T11:29:00.002+06:00

narpatganj panchayat YLTP started-khaira chanda and posdha panchayat.

2008-10-24T10:42:00.002+06:00

plantation in narpatganj kaira panchayat

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work till date

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An estimated 3.5 million people were affected
by the flood caused when the
monsoon-driven Kosi River changed its
course, following a breach in a dam upstream
in Nepal. Around 1,600 villages were marooned,
resulting in enormous loss to life and
property. Some of these villages are still submerged
in waters two months after the flood.
Inspired by its founder His Holiness Sri Sri
Ravi Shankar's call to deliver relief to the
affected people, the Art of Living swung
into action within hours, working with the
Army in rescue, providing emergency relief supplies and trauma care in the worst affected
areas in Purnia, Saharsa, Forbesganj, Supaul and Araria.
The volunteers of the Art of Living have been reaching out to the people in need despites
the odds. In many places, they had to make extraordinary efforts to reach to remote areas.
The relief camp at Narpatganj was located 10 km inside, with no motorable roads and volunteer
had to carry food and rations on waterlogged
roads.
HANDS ON, ON THE GROUND
As soon as the flood devastated the state, the Art
of Living helped the Army in the rescue operations.
It shipped 1,000 life-jackets from Dubai.
Even as its volunteer networks around the world
launch collection drives for relief material, the Art
of Living took charge of tending to 5,000 people
housed at the government-run JVC Nahar camp,
A Holistic Rehabilitation
A view of a submerged village in Purnia. The
Art of Living is working in several remote
village like this one to bring relief to the victims.
Using life boats, the Art of Living volunteers
did rescue and relief operations
in remote areas.
The Art of Living, through its sister organisations Vyakti Vikas
Kendra India and International Association of Human Values
(IAHV), is engaged in a multi-pronged relief and rehabilitation
operation in the flood-affected Bihar.

yltp - volunteers taking session on hygiene and Satsang

2008-10-10T19:23:00.003+06:00

Charkha training - Dainik Bazaar, Prabhat Khabar -click to view

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Dignity of productive manual labour

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Here at the camps where thousands of people are living daily, having lost their all, it is imperative to bring back to them a lost dignity.Besides traning in Charkha, AOL shall also be giving traning in tailoring for whichheavy duty jute machines have been brought; agarbathi rolling, paper bag making, bamboo cots etc. Working in collaboration with the govt, the Art of Living is helping flood victims regain health, find solace from trauma and provide traning which will bring much needed economic sustenance.
AOL hope to start hand looms to use the thread that shall be made on the Charkhas.We sincerely appreciate the Gram Nirman Mandal Sokhodevara ( made by JP Narain) for making available these Charkhas and Sri JN Sahay of Bihar Vidyapeeth.
The AOl has also started its youth leadership traning program with 25 youth.
Simulateously efforst are on at Trivenigang – Malamnva camp where navchetna shivirs and satsangs are on.
Within a week we shall be moving with more volunteers and relief material to areas where roads are opening.
Next YLTP shall begin from 15th of oct at Triveniganj, JVC Nahar Camp and Chanda

paper clippings of guruji's visit-click to view

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Guruji's visit to the fllood effected areas

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Watch Guruji addressing bihar flood victims.

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Guruji's visit to the flood affected areas of purnea

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Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, on September 25, visited different relief camps in the flood-affected areas of Purnia and Madhepura in Bihar to bring solace to the survivors and take stock of the relief operations undertaken by the Art of Living.
Sri Sri walked in knee-deep water for 3 km from Jankinagar in the Purnia district to Murliganj in the Madhepura district to interact with the victims. Sri Sri, who arrived in Purnia in the morning, counselled the victims taking shelter in the Jankinagar Phulwari camp, where the Art of Living is taking care of nearly 5,000 people.
Later addressing a large gathering of 10,000 people from nearly 50 surrounding villages, Sri Sri advised them to maintain a positive outlook towards life despite the devastation. "Under these trying circumstances, make the best use of your stay in the camps. As it’s going to take some more time for the waters to recede and the rehabilitation process to materialise, utilise the time here to learn new skills," he said. He announced that the Art of Living would provide vocational training to women in the camps. It has already started training in tailoring skills at the Jankinagar camp. Sri Sri also said the Art of Living would start a campaign to teach reading and writing to illiterate people staying in the camps.
He extracted a commitment from the people not to practice female foeticide and to stop harassment of women. He announced that the youth of the area would be trained under the Art of Living’s Youth Leadership Training Programme so that they can shoulder the responsibility of rehabilitation in the area. Urging the people not to lose heart, Sri Sri cited the example of Nagapattinam, which was completely devastated by the tsunami in 2004, and now has been completely rebuilt. "See this devastation as the foundation of a new rebuilding," he said.
Many of the victims shared that they were feeling relieved after attending the trauma relief sessions offered by the Art of Living. Sri Sri also lauded the good work done by the Art of Living volunteers, particularly the doctors, who have come from different parts of India and abroad. Earlier in the morning, the District Magistrate of Purnia, C Sridhar received Sri Sri on his arrival.
The Art of Living has been carrying out a multi-pronged relief operation in the flood-affected areas of Bihar on a war footing. The Bangalore-headquartered NGO has already mobilised and dispatched relief materials worth more than Rs 100 million (US$2.2 million) to Bihar. It proposes to raise another Rs 400 million (US$8.7 million) for the rehabilitation of the victims.

AOL news prabhat kabhar-23.09.08-click to ciew

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AOL teacher Priyajit and Nitin distributing relief

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Relief distribution by AOL volunteers

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Beautiful articles in Prabhat Kahbar about AOL relief work-click to view

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Latest updates

2008-09-21T16:00:00.006+06:00

Another camp has been started at Madhepura district at Rampur lahi nehar. One thousand family has taken shelter here and AOL is taking shelter of 500 families. We are providing food, clothes,polytheen sheets , medicines and other utility items.
Aol starts its trauma relief program at Malhanma village ,Trevenigunj blokck,Suppol. Its a mega camp where 12000 people are living . The camp is being manged by government . AOl volunteers have been invited to run a trauma relief program in this camp.
In our Banmankhi camp also 1200-1500 people are attending Navchetna shibirs and satsang.A very possitive change can be seen .

Latest pics of Chattapur Block ,District Suppol

2008-09-21T15:33:00.000+06:00

Great mail-The way Aol is working for flood relief

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I got this mail from Sangeeta Sinha's(YLTP co-ordinator Bihar ) sister (Seema sinha) who lives in America. Sangeeta Sinha was in Purnea for flood relief, when Mr Anil of GFDR (America ) visited AOL relief camp Purnea.He want back to America and send a mail to everyone praising Aol and Sangeeta Sinha. Following is the actual mail send by Mr Anil to Seema.The pictures were also clicked by Mr Anil.

From: anilsinha.k@gfdr.orgTo: rana0601@hotmail.comCC: anilsinha.k@gmail.com; amitaa.sinha@gmail.com; ssinha75@hotmail.comSubject: RE: Chunni Di -- Salud !!Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:16:10 +0530
Wow, Ranaji, I did talk to her and if I remember right her name is Sangeeta Sinha...totally committed and fully involved...absolutely and without any doubt.
The world is really small ...what better example. And I am happy my photos have served some purpose.
I was indeed highly impressed by her Art of Living camp.
I do not know her personally and will be most happy to get introduced. It will be great if they and GFDR can explore mutual synergies in this hour of crisis, and work together.
And I can very appreciate your commitments, but trust you will do your bit anyways...which surely will go a long way.
More later and all the best,
Anil

From: Ranjit Varma [mailto:rana0601@hotmail.com] Sent: 18 September 2008 18:37To: anilsinha.k@gfdr.orgCc: anilsinha.k@gmail.com; amitaa.sinha@gmail.com; ssinha75@hotmail.comSubject: Chunni Di -- Salud !!
Namaskar Anil Bhai,The lady in blue sari is my niece Sangeeta, daughter of late Sushil Bhai Saab (Regent Cinema of Patna). If you all know her on a personal basis, then OK. But if not, and if she can be of any help in any way in co-ordinating any relief work, I can introduce you to her. Please let me know!! Sangeeta's younger sister Seema lives here -- very close to our home. By the way, two people from my team at work have left, and thus the load at work has increased. I am trying my best to squeeze out time to pay attention and do something fruitful for the calamity in Bihar -- frankly, haven't been able to do much yet!! The time is NOW, and I am just being unable to actually show some effective results -- talk doesn't help, actions do!! The image of Bihar here is another hurdle -- but "I am gonna keep pushing" ..................... Hope Bihar overcomes this calamity without too many bruises !!

All the Best, %%%%%% Ranjit Varma 9316 Kite Street, Burke, VA - 22015-3341, USA. Phones : 703-323-6059 (home) ============================

AOL relief work

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AOL relief work

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AOL volunteers helping army in relief work

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Beautiful article on Aol relief camp in Prabhat kahbhar-click to view

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Blood donation camp at the relief camp

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Latest updates

2008-09-18T19:05:00.012+06:00

Today a camp has started at Suppol district,Treveni ganj block at Jadiabazar. The local MLA of this area Vishwa Mohan Bharti is supporting us in the relief as in the 40km of the camp there is only water and our volunteers have to travel 2 hours by boat to reach the camp.No relief from anybody has yet reached this place. Here people are not living in the camp, they are living in their houses but they don't have anything either to eat or any of the utility item. So here we will be providing them grains, and othere utility items. As per priyajit's information we will make a base camp there and from here will cater all the close by areas. The detail will follow by the evening.

Flood relief being done by volunteers

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AOL VOLUNTEERS WORKING WITH ARMY

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The Trauma relief camp

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AOL volunteer taking care of flood victim children

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Water purifier installed at the relief camp giving 1000 lits of pure water per hour. Machine does not require electricity and works manually.

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Medical camp

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Deputy CM Bihar at AOL Camp

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Satsang at the camp

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Satsang at Purnea camp

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Rishi ji on a boat-on his way to flood affected areas

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Rishividyadhar ji with army personnel discussing flood conditions.

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Medical camp -at Purnea

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View of aol relief camp

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Truck full of relief materials left Patna yesterday

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Rishividyadhar ji at the relief camp-addressing people and distribuiting relief material

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Art of living volunteers at Purnea base camp

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ART of living medical camp (9th sep)

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AOL volunteers at relief work (9th sep)

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Aol volunteers at relief work (9th Sep)

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AOL teachers Dhananjay, Nitin, Dr Achutamba and voluteers distribuiting relief material(9th sep)

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Art of living volunteers on army boats (9th sep)

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AOL volunteers and Dr Achutamba on army boat , going for relief distribution and medical check up.

Bangalore volunteers packing material for Bihar relief

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Guruji's appeal video for Bihar flood relief

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Please curtail the expenses during festivals and celebrations and support in contributing in cash and kind to wipe the tears of the people in Bihar, they are part of of our own family.

AOL new interventions

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Block Narpatganj Udhampur panchayat Hariharpur,Ramayu Shivsand,Rampur,Patyahi,Mohanpur,Madhavpur, Saharva & Pithaira .These villages come under Araria and Supaul district. 738 families were provided food , clothes , medicines.

Kumarkhand Madhepura district Aol volunteers reached Rehta , Lakshminagar, Bhavanipur ,Jorgaon and more than 500 families were provided food material,candles,clothes. 500 patients were treated by Dr. Lalita Raman.

At Banmankhi camp more than 400 tents were installed & baby food , torch , bedsheets were provided.

Rishividyadhar ji at relief camps

2008-09-09T17:58:00.000+06:00

As part of its trauma relief programmes, Rishi Vidhyadharji, a senior disciple of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is in Purnia to conduct trauma relief sessions and interact with the victims in the relief camps. Thousands of people attended his session when he visited the Phulwari camp today. They reported tremendous relief after attending the sessions, which included pranayama, breathing techniques and satsangs. The volunteers are also conducting trauma relief sessions in other affected areas.

Paper clippings of AOL work in 09/09/08 Click to view

2008-09-09T16:48:00.000+06:00

Truck full of relief material from Kolkata left for Purnea

2008-09-09T15:13:00.000+06:00

One truck with 1000 kg milk powder,550 pieces plastic tarpolins, 5000 pieces new blouse n sayas,food grains,bisscuits,medicenes and clothes with 5 yuvacharya left Kolkata today.

Dr Lalita Raman treating patient at AOL relief camp

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Art of living camop at Banmankhi,Purnea

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Hats off to the yuvacharyas of Bihar

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Hats off to the yuvacharyas of Bihar . They have been in the field for last one week working day and night,rescuing people,distributing relief materials and making the victims comfortable at various relief camps.

Todays highlights

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AOL volunteers and teachers Nitin, Dhananjay, Ranjan Pathak and others via Banmankhi,Kumarkhand reached Batani village in Madhepura under the guidance of COL Shahbaz of Madras Battalion.They reached 2000 people and distributed relief material.They said large number of people are still to be rescued.People are on the roof tops, trees and on temple roof and are not ready to leave their house.
Dr Achuttamba who has come from West Bengal treated 750 patients yesterday. Today she also joined Col Shahbaz and reached Batani village with them and provided much needed medical aid and treated 600 patients.
Yet another intervention of Aol volunteers was at Meerganj camp ,were 2000 people have taken shelter. There are 24 pregnant ladies and 250 children in this camp.The volunteers provided baby food , cloth and dry food in this camp.
Aol volunteers and teachers Sanjeev Sharma , Susheel Singh with local organizers of Fabesganj reached Chatapur , Farbesganj with the army and distributed relief materials to more than 2000 people.

Doctor came from London for the flood relief

2008-09-07T17:01:00.001+06:00

Dr Lalita Raman flew in to Patna from London last night and thereafter proceeded to the Art of Living Relief Camp at Purnea. Dr Raman is a General Practitioner at London since 18 years and today aided flood victims with treatment and medicines at AOL Relief Camp at Banmankhi, Purnea.

Dr. Achyutamba is another lady doctor who has come from West Bengal and yesterday she treated 700 patients at the AOL Relief camps. Today she and other volunteers of AOL moved with Col. Shahbaz of Madras Battalion in the Kumarkhand area and rescued people from their rooftops and provided much required medical aid.

AOL teacher Sanjeev Sharma ,Susheel Singh ,and local volunteers Anup ji and Gopal ji are at Sursar, Forbesganj where AOL volunteers along with Major Ritesh, visited Bheempur area and distributed Food, Clothes and Medicines to nearly 2000 flood victims. AOL also distributed relief at Chhatapur where about 2000 people were in need of food, clothing and medicines.

Jharkhand volunteers under the leadership of AOL Teacher Praveenjireached Purnea relief camp with a truck load of materials

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Water purifier being installed at one of Our relief camps and volunteers wearing life jackets getting ready for rescue operation

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Art of Living volunteers helping army in medical camp

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Art of living volunteers distribuiting food material

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ART of Living volunteers distributing relief material with the army.

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ART of Living volunteers distributing relief material with the army.

PRIYAJIT JI And Other AOL Volunteers helping army in relief distribution

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ART OF LIVING volunteers helping army in flood relief

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Art of living volunteers with army started the flood relief operation in Narpatganj. They distributed relief materials, rescued people,helped in medical camp and installed a manually operated water purifier which can purify 1000 lt of water per hour.Priyajit ji (in yellow t-shirt) state relief coordinator with the INDIAN ARMY.

Tonight despatch and update

2008-09-05T22:04:00.000+06:00

TONIGHT SCORPIO AND A TRUCK LEFT FROM PATNA FOR RELIEF CAMP WITH RELIEF MATERIALS . CHITRANJAN JI (AOL TEACHER WITH 5 YUCHARYA LEFT AT (9.08 a. m) with the following relief materials.
1. Bedsheet-1012
2.Gamcha/ north Indian towel-2000 (it is also used for covering body)
3.Saare-175
4.Biscuits-4 cartons -300 packets.
5.Plastic sheets-450 pieces (each piece is 10x16m)
6. Medicine-4 cartons
7. Baby food-450 box
8. Torches-1000
9. Imergency light-2.

Apart from this Praveen ji(Aol teacher from Ranchi-Jharkhand) reached camp with truck full of relief material (3 ton chura,Rice2 ton , Match box , clothes , medicine,jaggery 2 ton).

Sushil ji also reached the camp from Durgapur(WEST BENGAL) with relief materials(1 ton chura,1 ton puffed rice,medicines and lot of clothes)

Latest

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ART OF LIVING VOLUNTEERS ARE CATERING THEIR SERVICES TO THE FLOOD VICTIMS.THEY HAVE REACHED FROM NARAPATGANG(ARARIA) ON AN ARMY BOAT TO BHEEMPUR VILLAGR SUPPOUL WITH ARMY MEN WEARING LIFE JACKETS. THEY SAY THERE IS WATER ALL AROUND AND PEOPLE ARE STUCK ON THEIR ROOF TOPS AND ON TREE.

ART OF LIVING volunteers at relief camp

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Food being prepared and being served at camp by art of linving volunteers

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Relief camp of ART OF LIVING At BANMANKHI,PURNIA

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Pics from the relief camp-the current situation

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THESE ARE PICTURES FROM MURALIGANJ---- PEOPLE SOME HOW HAVE MANAGED TO WALK THROUGH THE WATER AND REACH OUR RELIEF CAMPS, WHERE THEY ARE BEING TAKEN CARE BY VOLUNTEERS.

Latest from relief camp

2008-09-03T22:59:00.000+06:00

ART OF LIVING VOLUNTEERS ARE GOING TO START A NEW CAMP AT BANMANKHI (JAANKI KHOONT) AT JBC PHOOLWAARI(POORNIA DISTRICT).THE CAMP IS SPREAD OVER AN AREA OF 150 ACRE .THE GOVERNMENT WITH THE HELP OF LOCAL MUKHIA WAS RUNNING THIS CAMP,BUT FROM TOMORROW ART OF LIVING VOLUNTEERS ARE GOING TO TAKE UP THIS CAMP.THERE ARE 12000 PEOPLE IN THIS CAMP.THE CAMP URGENTLY REQUIRES MORE DOCTOR, BABY FOOD , LADIES CLOTHES, PLASTIC SHEETS, RICE, PULSES,GENSETS,MILK POWDER FOR INFANTS.

ZEE NEWS REPORT

2008-09-03T21:56:00.000+06:00

Ravi Shankar appeals to people for contribution for Bihar flood victims

'Art of Living' Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji on Monday appealed to people to contribute for relief operations in flood-affected areas of Bihar.

"At the time of such a national calamity, it is our duty to help the people of Bihar and exhibit the innate human values of love, compassion and service," he said.

The Bangalore-headquartered group has already mobilized relief materials worth Rs 10 crore for rehabilitation of the of the flood victims, a press release from 'Art of Living' said.

It will also raise another Rs 40 crore for the rehabilitation of the flood victims, it said.
SOURCE ZEE NEWS.com september3.

Kids out on door for flood relief

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Today Art Excel students went out collecting relief material with two YES students, and they collected lot of things in a day.
Just ten kids collected in 4 hours
Match box- 2 Bundle (approx-50 pcs)
Biscuits -100 pcs.
Sattu -15 Kg.
Candle- 2 pkt.
Salt -5 kg
Chura- 112 kg.
Cloths
Gents- 3 Bundle
Ladies- 3 Bundle
Kids- 3 Bundle .
WELL DONE KIDS

Donation

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All funds generated through BRAHM NAAD will go for ART OF LIVING BIHAR FLOOD RELIEF FUND.

Volunteers coming from all parts of India.

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150 VOLUNTEERS ARE COMING FROM HYDERABAD.
20 FROM VISHAKHAPATNAM.
VOLUNTEERS FROM BANARAS ARE GETTING READY.
VOLUNTEERS FROM RANCHI TO REACH AT RELIEF CAMPS ON THURSDAY WITH TRUCK LOADED MATERIAL.
JHARKHAND YUVACHARYAS TO REACH ON SUNDAY.
VOLUNTEERS FROM DURGAPUR ARE REACHING WITH AMBULANCE AND RELIEF MATERIALS.

The relief material truck left at 3

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THE RELIEF TRUCK LEFT AT 3 IN THE AFTERNOON WITH VARIOUS RELIEF MATERIALS. MEMBERS OF BIHAR APEX GIRISH JI AND VANITAJI ALONG WITH OTHER VOLUNTEERS AND TEACHERS WERE THERE TO MOTIVATE VOLUNTEERS WHO LEFT WITH THE TRUCK UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRIYAJIT JEE.

Another truck ready for despatch

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A truck is leaving for the relief camps . Priyajeet ji with 15 YUVACHARYAS will leave in an hour with following relief materials.

Following Relief materials are being dispatched.
Clothes
SHIRT N PANT (pairs)-740
SAREES N SUITS-350
KIDS(sets)-682
Bed sheets-200
PLASTIC SHEETS ROLL -8 x40 METERS EACH
CHURRA ,JAGGERY,MATCH BOX and BISCUITS PACKETS-670
CHURRA LOOSE IN KGS-250kgs
JAGGERY-150kg
BISUITS-71
SATTU-425kg
POYHENE BAGS FOR PACKING-10000
CANDLE-19 packets
ROPE-35 kg
SALT-5 0kg
PUFF Rice-605 kg
MATCHBOX-100 boxes
SKIMMED MILK-600pouches
SOAP-1000 pieces
Hammer-6
KNIFE-10
Emergency light-4
TORCHES-10
BLADES-10

Volunteers raising fund and collecting relief materials

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Volunteers moved around Patna city and collected funds.

Relief maerial as required on31-08-2008

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Sl. No.	District	Requirement
01	ARARIA ART OF LIVING PRESENT	(1) Tents. (2) Supplementary Nutrition for Children. (3) Supplementary Nutrition for Adults. (4)Polythene Sheets. (5)Medical Doctors, who can adopt camps. At the moment 45 camps with more than 30,000 people are running catering to parts of Araria and parts Supaul districts. The Headquarter for relief efforts is FORBWGANJ. It is accessible by road and also by rail.
02	SUPAUL	(1) Supplementary nutrition for children and adults. (2)Clothing. Polythene Sheets. (3)Medical doctors (4) Mosquito Nets. Supaul is The Headquarter of the district. It is accessible by road and rail via Saharsa. At the moment 38 camps are in place with around 55,000 people.
03	MADHEPURA	(1) Drinking water. (2)Dry Food packets. (3) Petrol/ Diesel in drums and Jerry Cans. At the moment 45 camps with about 35,000 people are running, but water is rising and it is not clear which dry areas will remain in the next one or two weeks. There is acute shortage of Petrol and Diesel even to run Generator and Motor Boats and Electricity is totally cut-off. Madhepura town is under water, but relief and rescue operations are being coordinated from the town. It is accessible till about half K.M before the town, where there is a College and relief material can be taken till this College, from where the administration will transfer them to the required places by boats.
04	SAHARSA ART OF LIVING IS PRESENT	(1)Volunteers for working in camps. (2) Supplementary nutrition for children and adults. (3) Medical teams. (4) Clothing. (5) Bedding. (6)Medicines for Children and Adults. At the moment they are running 44 camps with about 40,000 people. Saharsa is accessible by road and rail.
05	PURNEA ART OF LIVING IS PRESENT	(1)Clothing material. (2)Mosquito Nets. (3)Boxes for people to keep their belongings. (4)Medical doctors and medicines. (5)Supplementary nutrition for Children and adults. Purnea is the headquarter of the district as well ass headquarter of the division. At the moment they are running 21 camps with around 14,000 people, who have come from Madhepura district. Purnea is accessible by road and rail and it also has an Airport, which is controlled by the Indian Air Force.

Immediate requirment

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RELIEF WORKS REQUIRED AS ON 31-08-2008

Sl. No.	District	Requirement
01	ARARIA	(1) Tents. (2) Supplementary Nutrition for Children. (3) Supplementary Nutrition for Adults. (4) Polythene Sheets. (5) Medical Doctors, who can adopt camps. At the moment 45 camps with more than 30,000 people are running catering to parts of Araria and parts Supaul districts. The Headquarter for relief efforts is FORBWEGANJ. It is accessible by road and also by rail.
02	SUPAUL	(1) Supplementary nutrition for children and adults. (2) Clothing. Polythene Sheets. (3) Medical doctors (4) Mosquito Nets. Supaul is The Headquarter of the district. It is accessible by road and rail via Saharsa. At the moment 38 camps are in place with around 55,000 people.
03	MADHEPURA	(1) Drinking water. (2) Dry Food packets. (3) Petrol/ Diesel in drums and Jerry Cans. At the moment 45 camps with about 35,000 people are running, but water is rising and it is not clear which dry areas will remain in the next one or two weeks. There is acute shortage of Petrol and Diesel even to run Generator and Motor Boats and Electricity is totally cut-off. Madhepura town is under water, but relief and rescue operations are being coordinated from the town. It is accessible till about half K.M before the town, where there is a College and relief material can be taken till this College, from where the administration will transfer them to the required places by boats.
04	SAHARSA	(1) Volunteers for working in camps. (2) Supplementary nutrition for children and adults. (3) Medical teams. (4) Clothing. (5) Bedding. (6) Medicines for Children and Adults. At the moment they are running 44 camps with about 40,000 people. Saharsa is accessible by road and rail.

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Details of DELHI CENTER

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Details of DELHI CENTER

Centers listed below are: -

Area	Address	Contact number
South Delhi	C-9, Green Park Extn.(basement)	Ashok Ji- 26562606/26611097
North Delhi	Road no.-44, Community Center, pocket-24, Apra Plaza,Pritampura.	Naresh Agarwal- 9810111905
West Delhi	A-2/32, Rajouri Garden	Kirti Ved - 9818101370
	H.No-37, Road No-2, East punjabi bagh.	Ms.Raj Rathee - 28316423
East Delhi	12, Vigyan Lok, ND-92	Rashmi Gupta – 9810379194.
Central Delhi	H-344, !st Floor, New Rajender Nagar.	Dr. Neena Madan – 9810013177.
Noida	SSRVM School, B-65 Sec-51.	Sandeep Roy – 9310132484, 0120-3263718.
Gurgaon	C-36, Sushant Lok-I	Ruchi Rai - 9810722445
	C-1/45. Palam Vihar, Gurgaon.	Mohan Ji- 0124-2368100
Faridabad	Faridabad center	Dr.D.P.Sharma- 9911101830
Ghaziabad	Ghaziabad Center	Sandeep Rajwanshiji - 9210877771

Timing of depositing goods in the centers is– 11am to 4pm.

We urgently require: - Anybody who wants to

Come forward to work and take flood relief seva

as a volunteer can give three names to us.

Area coordinators are specially requested to collect

things at their end and send it to their respective

centers as per list above. This has been arranged for their convenience.

Area coordinators are specially requested to collect things at their end and send it to their respective centers as per list above. This has been arranged for their convenience.

(Sangeeta Anand Ji

Mob. no.- 09811335074. (aolbiharrelief@gmail.com)

& Indu Sinha Mob.no-09818702578. (induaol@gmail.com) = In charge of "Bihar Flood Relief"

About ART of living

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About ART of living

The Art of Living is a multi-faceted NGO with one of the largest volunteer bases and a presence in over 144 countries. We offer a stress-free, peaceful mind and healthy body through yoga, meditation and simple breathing techniques. Our service programs aim to strengthen society at the grassroots by strengthening the individual.
Inspired by His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Our vision is a stress-free, violence-free world where individuals have the opportunity to maximize their potential for personal and spiritual growth and contribute towards creating a One-World Family. We are committed to making life a celebration.

visit us at

www.artofliving.org www.iahv.org

Contact us

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CONTACT US

FOR ANY QUERY CALL US AT THE FOLLOWING24*7 HELPLINE NO.
09431021046,09431022020,09934358831.
09308243183.
YOU CAN MAIL US At mannigandhi@yahoo.co.in.

PLEASE CONTACT.

THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO RENDER SEVA AT LEAST FOR 7 DAYS.
ANJU -09334782622.RAJENDRA-09934358831

SUPPLY OF MATERIALS

Akhilesh Parmanu,
09204117060,09235554704,9934358831,.

DOCTORS WILLING FOR SEVA
RAJENDRA GANDHI-09934358831

PURCHASE TEAM
RAJENDRA-09934358831, BALAJI 09334050666,GUNANAND-09340132531.

LOCAL VOLUNTEER.
RITESH -09835052740,09304036714

MEDIA TEAM
SWAYAM PRAKASH 09006547065,VINAY ANAND-9431456629

PLEASE CONTACT for

Delhi contact-sangeeta anand
sangeeta.g.anand@gmail.com
09811335074

Goa - Mr. Vedantham Gurugovind
gurug.vedantham@gmail.com,+919422394962

Gujrat
Rita Katlawala
09374727116

Haryana-Mr. Avinash Sardana

avinashsardana@yahoo.com,

9812040070,01664-257148

Jharkhand - Anil Poddar
mre_ranchi@yahoo.co.in, 94311 01313

Dhanbaad
Mukul Thakkar
09431316906

Jamshedpur
Navin Kr CHourasia
09431340030

Ranchi-Indira
09934504213
Karnataka
Rajesh Sharma
09343834040,08026645106

Kerala - Jayan
jgdjayan@gmail.com, 99954 36339

Maharashtra.
NAUSHAD Thariani
naushad108@gmail.com,
09892144252

Madhya Pradesh - Sujata Bansal
sujatabansal@hotmail.com
09329609946, 0731-4088081

Rajasthan - Darshak Hathi, ,
darshakhathi@yahoo.com
9929656798

Tamilnadu - N Shriram
shreegraphics@gmail.com
98840 88788

West Bengal - Abhijeet Halder
09433360029
abhijit.halder@vvki.net

Road map of Bihar flood relief camp

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ROAD MAP OF THE FLOOD RELIEF CAMP.

1.RELIEF CAMPS HAVE BEEN SET UP AT THREE PLACES.
PURNIA, FORBESGANJ, and SAHERSA.
2.THERE ARE TWO CAMP IN CHARGE AT EACH CAMP MANAGING AND LOOKING INTO THE RELIEF AND TRAUMA WORK.
3.IN EACH OF THESE CAMPS THERE ARE SEPARATE IN CHARGE LOOKING INTO-
-SUPPLY AND PURIFYING OF WATER
-SANITATION
-MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION(3 IN NUMBER).
-VOLUNTEERS(25 in NUMBER ).

A FOUR WHEELER(JEEP/PICK UP VAN) IS REQUIRED IN EACH CAMP URGENTLY

FOLLOWING THINGS WERE DISTRIBUTED
FOOD PACKETS
CLOTHES
DRINKING WATER(24 HOURS SUPPLY)

PRIYAJEET JI WILL BE OVER ALL INCHARGE OF ALL THESE THREE CAMPS.
DON'T CALL PRIYAJEET JI UNLESS ITS VERY IMPORTANT. DIRECTLY CALL THE CONCERNED PERSON.

For corporates

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FOR CORPORATES

All the Corporates who want to come forward to contribute as part of their CSR activities or Donations for Bihar Flood relief or Specific Purpose for Bihar Flood Relief can be Sent to "IAHV Disaster Relief Fund".

For any Queries Contact : Sangita Gujrati , Email : iahv.blr@gmail.com; Mobile: 9342540105

Contact Details

Ramesh Raman

Cell No : 098670 33000

Email id : ramesh.raman@apexprogram.org

International donors

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INTERNATIONAL DONORS CAN DEPOSIT THE AMOUNT IN

IAHV FCRA Account No. is – 00031000242604.

HDFC BANK LTD.

G – ¾, Surya Kiran Building ,

19 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi – 110001.

Please note that all the funds can come directly into this Account. We only need the donor to mail the following details to IAHV office –

1. Purpose for which it is sent (BIHAR FLOOD RELIEF).

2. Individual or societies or NGO'S name who are remitting this amount.

3. We can collect the donation by our IAHV Chapter's abroad like USA, UK, Germany etc and they can sent it to the above mentioned account number along with relevant information- donor's name, purpose and amount.

How can YOU contribute?

1. CREDIT CARD: Please go to our secure website http://www.iahv.org/donate.asp to make a donation.

2. CHECK/MONEY ORDER: Please make them payable to IAHV and mail to: IAHV, 12121 Quadrille Lane, Bowie, MD 20720.

3. If you would like to make in-kind contributions or volunteer in the affected areas, visit http://help-biharfloodvictims.blogspot.com/

FOR queries-

IAHV CONTACTS: for international consignments

PATNA- RASHMI JAIN 098350 26590 093220 47040 rashmijain1660@yahoo.co.in
DELHI- DILRAJ BEDI 09810263152 dilraj_bedi@hotmail.com

KOLKATA- RAJSREE DAS 098364 37162 r_dass@rediffmail.com

BOMBAY- JAYESH PANCHAL 09867038000 jayesh.panchal@vvki.net

Address for Intl Consignments

C/O Sri KN Jain, Senior Advocate, Bank Road, Patna 800001, Bihar

Phone 0612 6455658

Guruji's appeal video for Bihar flood relief

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Please curtail the expenses during festivals and celebrations and support in contributing in cash and kind to wipe the tears of the people in Bihar, they are part of of our own family.

Material required and the account number for cash

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Cash-you can send your contribution to THE ART OF LIVING -BIHAR FLOOD RELIEF FUND A/C-363010100055259 AXIS BANK R.T NAGAR BRANCH BANGALORE.SINCE IT HAS CORE BANKING YOU CAN DEPOSIT IN ANY AXIS BANK (saving a/c)FROM ANYWHERE IN INDIA.

IFSC Code is UTIB0000363

MICR Code is 560211013

NEFT Code : UTIB0000363

• 1.Please make sure that donors mail the following details -

Name, Address, Telephone Number & Email, PAN else 33% of the

donation will be deducted as income tax.

• The 80 G receipts will be issued to donors subject to their mailing of the

remittance challan and above details to VVKI, No. 19, 39th A Cross, 11th

Main, IV T Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore - 56004
MATERIALS REQUIRED

Polythene sheets

Clothes for kids and women

Bed sheets.

DARRIS/SPREAD

BLANKETS

Food packets-rice, pulses,vegetables,sugar, salt,candle,match box,biscuits,milk powder

Drinking water pouches./BOTTLES

TORCHES

ODOMOS

TENTS

CAMP COTTS

POLLUTION MASK

SLEEPING BAGS

MOSQUITO NETS

POLYTHEEN Sheets Size 9'12'

Baby Food

TOOTH PASTE

FOOD GRAINS-RICE, DAAL, WHEAT (PULSES),FLOUR

SUGAR n SALT.

PLATES N SPOON(PLASTIC).

Rubber footwear

TEAM REQUIRED
DOCTORS TEAM
COMPOUNDER
FIRST AID TEAM
VETENARY DOCTOR'S TEAM
NURSE MALE
VOLUNTEERS
80G certificate will be issued against all cash contribution. Donations are exempted u/s 80Gof Income tax.

helpline-twenty four hours for flood relief.
09934358831,09431022020,09835657607,09431021046,09234686962,09308243183.
land line-0612-3208175.

Email-
mannigandhi@yahoo.co.in
mannigandhi@gmail.com

Materials can be sent to the following address-
Akhilesh Parmanu,
C% Mr K. N Jain,(Sr Advocate)
Bank Road
PATNA-800001.
09204117060,09235554704,9934358831,.

Materials can also be sent to our Purniea base camp directly only by truck.
Neeraj
swaraj campus
swaraj agency
main jail road
near jail chowk.
Purniea.
9771738481,9431022020,9334116237,9934358831

Urgently required at relief camps

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We need lot of blankets , mosquito nets . More doctors are required urgently.

Please curtail the expenses during festivals and celebrations and support in contributing in cash and kind to wipe the tears of the people in Bihar.