Total Target

$200,000

Anugriha

$33450.00

Rejuvenate India Movement (RIM)

$13,000.00

Suyam Charitable Trust

$12,000.00

Anugriha Charitable Trust

The Anugriha Charitable Trust was established in 1993 by Mrs. and Mr. M.R. Raghavan as a public charitable and a tax-exempt educational trust with the intention of evolving and demonstrating alternative educational methods in India . Mr. Raghavan, a chartered accountant and computer consultant, established and operated a consulting firm in Bombay before leaving the city to start a rural school in Tamil Nadu. Aruna Raghavan is an M.Phil in English, a former sub-editor of a reputed English magazine and a former schoolteacher. The Raghavans have spent the last decade exploring and experimenting with new methods of early childhood education. In 1991 they established the Primrose Institute in Bombay where they conducted courses for parents on how to utilize alternative educational methods to foster a love of learning in their children.

Summary of Anugriha's Tsunami Relief Efforts

Anugriha has been working hard in Vellapallam village (in Nagapattinam district) to get the people up and going, and has organized substantial immediate aid.

Why Vellapallam?

• 27 people died in the village due to the tsunami (20 km from Nagapattinam)
• This was the first village Raghavan and Aruna (Anugriha) found where there were no cars standing or relief workers present. Larger villages had a glut of aid.
• Only 10 out of 200 houses still stood after the tsunami. The village was completely destroyed.
• The village was once prosperous (with over 85 boats). All have been damaged/destroyed.
• Long term they were not greedy and asked only as much as they thought correct for us and fair to each other.
• Fisher folk do not trust banks – they keep their earnings at home in small boxes that got washed off along with their homes. They are now left with none.

Anugriha and Asha-Seattle are in the process of also working with a nearby village similarly devastated.

Project Breakdown

Total budget required for the rehabilitation efforts in Vellapallam : $33450.00

• Household Needs – Rs 1600000+(TBD) (Approximately $5000)
• Livelihood support -- Rs 10,00000 (Approximately $25000)
• Children’s activity Center – Rs 50000 to Rs 80,000 (Approximately $1950)
• Water Needs – Rough estimate is Rs 5000 per bore * 10 bore wells (Approximately $1500)

For a detailed project proposal from Anugriha, click here