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Praying for my home town Chennai. Heavy rains has caused severe flooding in the \u202a\u200e<\/span>Indian\u202c<\/span><\/span><\/a> city of Chennai and surrounding areas. The rain is expected to continue causing more damage .. Several areas have 6+ feet of water, roads inaccessible and food and supplies limited!\u00a0Please\u00a0try\u00a0a Google search for the images of several areas, roads, bridges\u00a0underwater and people marooned.\u00a0Praying that\u00a0the rain stops and help arrives for those in need!\u00a0 Being a thousand miles away all you can do is pray, feel helpless and hope that\u00a0friends and family are safe.\u00a0\u00a0But just praying is not enough… here are some avenues\u00a0we can donate (that I trust)…\u00a0 We cannot change the course of natural calamities but together we change the aftermath and help the\u00a0recovery.\u00a0 There is no doubt the water logged\u00a0Chennai will rise again, but needs our help!<\/p>\n

Materials Needed for Chennai:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clean drinking water(bottled)
\nBlankets
\nShoes
\nKids clothes, Used \/ New clothes
\nNon perishable foods (canned food)
\nbut the immediate need is monetary donations that will get there faster.<\/strong><\/p>\n

San Francisco Bay Area Tamil Manram (www.sfbatm.org) is 501-c(3) non-profit tax exempt organization, organizing the “Chennai Flood Relief” campaign to gather fund and materials for the impacted people in Chennai and Cuddalore area. Please spread the news around and increase visibility and awareness to aid. Bay Area Tamil Manram will work with TNF (Tamilnadu Foundation), Red Cross, Uthavum Karangal and any other non-profit organization to make sure our efforts are delivered without delay and wastage. We are still working on the logistics involved in delivering the effort. Also, there are group of doctors and NOPs providing medical aids in Cuddalore and Chennai area who need more financial help. We will identify such groups and transfer fund to those NPOs as well. To donate for this effort, you can go to http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/huxwkgz<\/a><\/p>\n

Donate at www.STFNonProfit.org<\/a>, a Dallas Fortworth\u00a0based not-for-profit organization if you would like to join the efforts by STF. <\/span><\/p>\n

Organizations such as Udavum Karangal is in need of Cots, Hospital Rexin beds, pillows, bed sheets, furniture, kitchen utensils etc. that were washed away\/damaged during the earlier floods in November.\u00a0 This is an organization that I have worked with during my days there and trust that the funds will go to the right hands.
\nVisit http:\/\/www.udavumkarangal.org\/index.php?com=29&mtype=1&sec=7<\/a> and donate.<\/p>\n

Tamil Nadu Foundation is a nonprofit foundation created in 1974 by a group of Americans of Tamil origin who wanted to help people from their native province of Tamil Nadu in India. TNF is focused on medium to long-term needs of the flood victims in selected communities where they already have a strong network of paid employees and trusted partners. http:\/\/tnfusa.org\/donate\/<\/a><\/p>\n

You can contribute to Chennai micro fund\u00a0managed by\u00a0RJBalaji\u00a0and Siddarth<\/span> #\u200eChennaiMicroFund\u202c<\/span><\/u>\u00a0who are on the ground helping organize volunteers and help
\nA\/C DETAILS : V Trust,
\nA\/C NO: 533102010503421, BANK: UNION BANK OF INDIA, IFSC CODE: UBIN0553310
\nAdd – Union Bank of India,
\nTSS PLAZA, OLD NO.83 , …<\/span>
\nNEW No.14 , arcot road, vadapalani, ch-26, TN, India.
\nswift code – UBININBBICN
\nMICR-600026033.
\nMail ID – rbalajiofficial@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Other Suggested links for Contributions, Chennai needs your help, Take ACTION!!<\/p>\n

Isha foundation raising funds<\/span>. http:\/\/www.ishafoundation.org\/Donate<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.sewausa.org\/donate<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/2vddskfg<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.generosity.com\/emergencies-fundraising\/msts-tamilnadu-flood-relief<\/a><\/p>\n

Please share in your social media channels, Looks like Chennai situation is not covered by media that much and without the awareness people won’t get the need help to get their lives back to normal.\u00a0 Also comment below if you know of trusted<\/strong> organizations that are needing help or donations.<\/p>\n

Emergency numbers and a quick guide to being better prepared for the Tamil Nadu rains – See more at: http:\/\/www.thenewsminute.com\/article\/emergency-numbers-and-quick-guide-being-better-prepared-tamil-nadu-rains-36464<\/a><\/p>\n

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