Dear Gerda,

Let me share with you some of our experiences in the villages badly
hit by Tsunami waves on the west coast of India.

The situation in these villages is very bad and the atmosphere is very
gloomy. As we saw in the east coast, many people are still under shock and
fear. It is so visible on their faces. In these fishermen villages, people
lived hardly ten or twelve metres away from the sea in huts and semi-permanent houses. But after Tsunami these areas are mostly plane. In six villages, where altogether eight hundred people were killed, many died because the waves swept them and put them in a canal which is about two hundred meters away from the sea coast. (weiterlesen)

We need to get the support of other organizations in Europe so that we will be able to implement various projects that will ensure an integrated development of our families. For example in the coming years we need to implement more projects in areas like Income Generation activities, awareness building sessions among women, youth, fisherfolk and cocos workers, vocational training programmes for women and youth, programmes to help physically and mentally disabled/retarded, a home for old people as most of them suffer a lot due to loneliness, necessary food, medicine etc, a centre where gifted children from poor families can stay and study etc etc. (weiterlesen)

Dear friends of Samhathi-Europe,
Greetings of love and joy from Samhathi-India !!

Right at the outset let me express my heartfelt gratitude in the name of Samhathi-India for all the valuable help and support you gave to me during my last trip to Europe from 17 March ‘05 to 1 May ‘05. I am very glad to inform you that this has been a very successful trip in every sense. Let me share with you what was done during this period and what has been achieved. (weiterlesen)