India Association of San Antonio

India Association of San Antonio & San Antonio Tamil Sangam is promoting “Kuruchi Lake Rejuvenation Project” in Ambalapattu village, Tanjore District

Tanjore, which is known as the granary of South India is slowly becoming a land scarce of water. The land that produced three yields a year is now struggling to produce one. Reduced flow in Cauvery water and inconsistent rainfall has driven farmers away from agriculture. Of those who remain in farming, a significant portion have moved into coconut farming. While this brought a level of stability to the region, Cyclone Gaja in 2018 changed it all.

Ambalapattu, which is a village in the lower delta region of Tanjore was one of the villages that was hit real hard. Most farmers, who were dependent on coconut trees for their income lost their livelihood overnight. The village with about 2,500 families is slowly rebuilding. In an effort to help restore a level of normalcy and to make the village water sufficient, volunteers from the village are rejuvenating a 8 acre lake. We would like to invite you to join hands in this noble effort.

Your little contribution will go a long way in changing farmers livelihood

Cyclone Fani, one of the strongest storms to batter the Indian subcontinent in decades, made landfall near Puri, India, on Friday morning, lashing the coast with winds gusting at more than 120 miles per hour. The powerful cyclone, strongest to hit India in 20 years, made landfall at around 8 AM in India's eastern state of Odisha, killing at least eight people.

Lakhs of people have been affected, and the State government has launched massive rescue and restoration operations. Life remained paralyzed on Saturday, a day after ‘extremely severe’ cyclonic storm Fani, ripped through eight districts of Odisha.

IASA (India Association of San Antonio) is leading a fund raiser to help the people of Odisha and will donate the money to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.

Let’s help our brothers and sisters at this need of the hour. Let’s show how we all stand behind them.

Please donate generously.

Thanks

IASA (India Association of San Antonio)
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https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2018/08/19/kerala-floods-centre-to-open-naval-airstrip-for-commercial-aircraft-sms-data-free.html The southern Indian state of Kerala is reeling under the worst natural calamity it has faced in nearly a century.

Unusually heavy monsoon rains have left the state devastated, with landslides and flash floods killing nearly 108 people over the last one month. Thousands more across the state have been displaced.

Nearly 20,000 houses, and 10,000 kilometers of state roads are damaged, while the state government has estimated the financial cost of the disaster is at over Rs.8,000 crore (over $1.2 billion)


Let us stand by our countrymen. We request you to be generous in donating whatever you can towards the relief of this devastation.

India Association of San Antonio (IASA) is closely collaborating with San Antonio United Malayalee Association (SUMA) and all regional associations to garner support and funds from the community. Everything we collect will go to the Chief Minister of Kerala’s Disaster Relief Fund.


If you have any questions you may reach
Vinod Menon [phone redacted]
Gowdham Rajan [phone redacted]
Mohan Menon [phone redacted]

Thank you well in advance for your generosity.