The floods in South India have a left a trail of death and devastation. Over 200 people have died, and a million have been rendered homeless.Our teams on the ground are already providing medical care, food and clothing. As time progresses, the emphasis will shift to long-term rehabilitation. If funds allow, initial investments would be designed to dovetail into initiatives related to education, training and micro-finance.
HOPE foundation has identified a village, Chikkasugur, needing long term work. Along with other NGOs and companies such as SAP, we are trying to help India's flood victims to rebuild.
According to one SAP volunteer working in Chikkasugur,
"Our goal was to assess the damages first-hand and decide how SAP could be involved in the rehabilitation efforts along with our field partner HOPE foundation. What I saw there was overwhelming and beyond my imagination. With houses reduced to rubble, the villagers are living in makeshift accommodation, or in remaining parts of the houses. All the crops were damaged, leaving farmers penniless."
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