TO HELP WITH YOUR EFFORTS, HERES A START FOR YOU ALL TO LOBBY/FUNDRAISE - WE ARE TRYING TO CONFIRM WHAT IS BEST LOCAL ORGANISATION TO DONATE TO BUT HERE IS ROUGH TEMPLATE FOR NOW. AMEND FOR YOUR OWN PURPOSES: CURRENT SITUATION IN INDIAN-ADMINISTER KASHMIR The situation on the ground in Kashmir is very bleak. Communication is still an issue so the full extent of the flooding and damage has yet to be fully revealed. We are still struggling to reach a lot of relatives and family in the region. Reports to date highlight how in the main city of Srinagar river levels remain so high that residents have been forced to go to roof tops, and the situation in villages, where help is less at hand , is also very serious with hundreds of deaths already being reported and nearly 600,000 people still being stranded and waiting for help. The scale of the operation needed is quite terrifying and one thing that is certain is that the local authorities have been overwhelmed and unprepared for this flooding. Since international aid agencies (e.g. DEC) are also not permitted by the government to work in the region of Kashmir, aside from local authorities, a lot of the relief work is also being coordinated by volunteers. WHO WE ARE We are all volunteers who are wanting to help support relief efforts. I myself am a British-born Kashmiri whose parents happened to be visiting Srinagar when the disaster struck and whose family was in one of the worst effected areas of the city. We are working with JK Flood Relief (jkfloodrelief.org) which is a recently set up independent apolitcal initiative started by volunteers both locally and internationally who are working on supporting relief efforts in the region. JK Flood relief already has had support from IndiGo Airlines for shipping all over India, as well as several voluntary organizations, Goonj, Sajid Iqbal Foundation, Uday foundation, Twitter India, Kno.e.sis Center, Google India, Cipla, DeVil On Wheels, Biocon, and Emami. We are expanding to support local on-ground efforts in Kashmir more effectively – to include more organizations in the valley itself such as JK Yateem foundation, Chinar Trust, Kashmir Caring foundation etc.) The priority right now is ensuring essential supplies and medicine reach the region. WHAT WE NEED A list of items – both medical and essential supplies – has been compiled below. We would be grateful to know whether your organization can contribute anything that would be of value – in-kind assistance of items is preferable, although funding to procure items is also an option. We have volunteers in Delhi who can help organize the collection and local distribution of all aid. Please let me us know whether you can help - time is of the essence and we are keen to ensure relief reaches the people as soon as possible. ASSISTANCE NEEDED Essentials Water purification tablets/chlorine tablets Soaps Sanitary napkins Baby nappies Baby milk powder Hand sanitizers Blankets (mylar blankets) Sleeping bags Waterproof Bags backpacks,small bags for personal items Food /Food packets / Dry food (e.g. granola bars) Buckets and mugs Clothes – salwar kameez, trousers, shirts, children’s clothes, undergarments, thick socks Boots/wellies Torch/batteries, candles and matchboxes, solar lamps Candles/match boxes Tooth brush and toothpaste Rain coats Umbrellas Tents, tarpaulins, mats Cotton wool Fresh water bottles Towels Disinfectants/Bleach Powder Bleach Powder Rafts to help rescue victims Rafts, boats Ropes, Rubber boots Power extension Power banks/ electrical extensions and socket hubs Delivery Kits Plastic Sheets Old working Mobile Phone and chargers imp. for enabling communication Mosquito repellant (*NO ELECTRIC ONES PLEASE* due to Power outage) Medicine Antipyretics: Tab Paracetomol 500 and 650 (Any brand like Dolo, Crocin, Calpol) in large numbers Syp Paracetomol 120 and 250 mg (Crocin, Calpol) in large quantity Antiallergics: Tab Cetrizine Levocetrizine Anti Diarrheal: Redotril, Lopramide, Darolac, Syp Vizylac, Ciplox tz or Norflox Tx Anti Emetics: Tab Emset 4 and 8mgs, Syp Emset Pain killers: Any diclofenac like voveron, combiflam , brufen, Syp Ibugesic for children Antibiotics: Any cefixime, Levofloxacin, Azithromycin, Amoxycillin, Augmentin For Kids Syp Cefixime, Syp Augmentin Antispasmodics: Tab Buscopan, Syp Colic aid, Meftal Spas Rehydration: ORS, Glucose Electrol Ointments: Betadiene, T Bact, Permethrin ointment, Anti Cold: Sinurest or any Combination with Pheylephrine, Paracetomol Levocetrizinen etc. Viatmins: Bcomplex, Becasules, Polybion , Vit C like Limcee Succee Pain Abdomen: Pantop Aciloc Syp Digene Syp Aciloc First Aid: Dettol, Savlon, Betadiene, hydrogen peroxide, Bandages,Scissors, Sterile Syringes, IV cannulas all sizes, Iv sets Gloves sterile and non sterile Tetanus Injections, Cotton Swabs, Sprit swabs , disinfectant Asthmatics: Caps and Syp of Asthalin, Levolin, Tab Deriphylline, Nebulisers, Ampoules of Doulin, Levolin and Asthalin for nebulisers Cough Syp Like Ambrodil S, Ambrodil, Ambrodil D, Injections: Tetanus, Ceftriaxone, Augmentin, Ciprofloaxin, Metrogyl, IV fluids like RL, NS, DNS, Inj Pan, Emset, Inj Buscopan 2. MESSAGE TRACK FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDIA / LOCAL MPs etc. * Communication is still an issue so the full extent of the flooding and damage has yet to be fully revealed. We are struggling to reach a lot of our relatives and family in the region. * Hundreds of death already reported - the number rising every day and more expected to come with the after effects of the flooding. 600,000 people still awaiting rescue. * Damage to infrastructure has been enormous – houses, roads, bridges all submerged. * Local authorities have been overwhelmed and completely unprepared for the flooding * Government of India doesn’t allow external international aid agencies to help in Kashmir (e.g. Disaster Emergency committee etc) so a lot of reliance on overwhelmed local authorities and volunteers at the moment. * Most reports we have heard from family members is that a lot of rescue efforts have been carried out via volunteers with insufficient support from local authorities or army (Army rescuing VIPs, international and indian tourists and not doing enough for the poor and vulnerable) * We want government to exert more pressure on India to help British Kashmiris and allow international aid organizations to enter Kashmir.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 22:16:31 +0000
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