1. Uttarakhand 2013 ……
July 18, 2013
•3800 families have food supply lasting
them for barely 15 days
•Funds running out – no funds for relief
work beyond July 25.
•After which: no support, no food….not
even a matchbox to light their homes
Help them NOW!!
Before the light dies out
Just over a month and already a
forgotten story……

2. HelpAge Relief Route: On the morning of Saturday, July 20th
A convoy of 30 trucks will leave Dehradun with 84 tonnes of food packages
•Covering 99 villages in Chamoli, Uttarkashi
& Rudraprayag
•Reaching remote and inaccessible
villages on foot & mule back
•3000 families will receive relief packages –
to last them only 15 days
•Each package (weighing 28 kgs) consists of:
10 kg Wheat flour
10 kg Rice
3 kg Arhar dal
2 kg Sugar
1 kg Salt
0.3 kg Spices (Chilli powder, Coriander powder
and Turmeric powder, each 300 kg.)
1 ltr Mustard oil
0.5 kg Soya chunks
Washing soap
Detergent Soap
10 match boxes

3. The Story till now……………
HelpAge working in the 3 worst affected districts highlighted below:

4. IMPACT OF FLASH FLOODS
•More than 178 villages affected in the
districts of Rudraprayag, Chamoli,
Uttarkashi, Tehri, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar,
Almora and Pauri.
•Thousands left homeless with no food,
shelter, medical care and even livelihood.
•Landslides have damaged roads and
bridges cutting off means to reach relief
material to victims.
HELPAGE IS PROVIDING RELIEF TO
ALL AFFECTED PERSONS
Reach: Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag &
Chamoli Districts.
Relief operations started on June 21, 2013.
35 villages already covered.
Focus: Emergency Food rations,
medicines, blankets, tarpaulin.

5. •So far 800 family food packages, 500
Blankets, 400 Tarpaulin have already been
distributed.
•3000 more family packages being
distributed - starting July 20.
•Beneficiaries identified through local
partners:
- Shri Bhuvaneshwari Mahila Ashram (Uttarkashi)
working there for the last 30 years.
- Appropriate Technology India – a group
working on livelihood in Rudraprayag and
Chamoli Districts since 1999.
•3 Mobile Medicare Units are continuing to
provide emergency health services at
Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag & Chamoli Districts.
•Relief teams are reaching on-foot, setting up
roadside make-do camps where access is
cut off.
•Many young volunteers are working with the
HelpAge relief teams.
Continuing RELIEF operations

6. IMMEDIATE NEED
•No funds available to continue relief
work after July 25.
•3800 families across 99 villages will
be left without support.
•Weather will Worsen - Urgent help
needed for the remaining monsoon
onslaught.
•Immediate Donations required for
the following emergency relief
material:
•Food packets
•Blankets
•Tarpaulin
•Solar Lights
•Medical care

7. HelpAge started immediate relief operations on June 21, 2013 and is
committed to continue through the Monsoons.
We Need YOUR support NOW!
Please donate & Spread the word…..every penny counts
Please support us by donating whatever you can to put in place our large scale relief &
rehabilitation efforts for the community.
Send us your Cheque / Demand Draft in favor of “HelpAge India.” (Do mention on the reverse of
the cheque, for “HelpAge India Uttarakhand Relief & Rehabilitation Initiative”)
OR
Cash Donations will be accepted at the HelpAge India offices across India.
All donations are eligible for Income Tax Relief under sec 80(G) of the Income tax Act.
Head Office Address: HelpAge India, C – 14, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110016.
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