South Asia Catastrophe Update 3: Reports from India
Wednesday, December 29, 2004 – The latest update from The Salvation Army’s Central Indian headquarters reports that Salvation Army rescue workers are meeting the needs of 2,000 residents of two relief camps, who lost everything when the disaster struck their homes in Nagapatnam and Tanjavoor. Nearly 5,000 people died and 60,000 were left homeless.
The Salvation Army expects to continue feeding and clothing the residents of the camp for at least 10 days before providing them with materials to resettle in new homes.
In Chennai, Salvation Army teams are distributing food and blankets to 1,000 homeless fishermen and their families, whose homes in the Marina beach area were completely destroyed.
In Machilipatnam and Nellore, also, The Salvation Army is concentrating its aid efforts on the survivors – mostly fishermen – who lost all the means of their livelihood, as well as their homes and possessions.