I am pleased to inform the readers of Oxom Probax that donations earmarked for Assam Flood Victims that were collected on behalf of UAONA, have been effectively disbursed to Rural Volunteers Center ( RVC) at Akajan, Dhemaji District, Assam. RVC is a highly acclaimed and successful NGO (non-governmental organization, an euphemism for a charitable organization) that has been serving the†perennially flood ravaged region of Dhemaji District in northeastern Assam.† Our net donation of $5,000.00 will be utilized by RVC to provide modest but permanent†housing for at least ten currently homeless and landless families who were uprooted from their land and homes by the China landslide dam burst in 2000, that released a 20 feet tall wall of water down the the Brahmaputra River, wiping out a number of†indigenous people’s villages and severely sand-casting their arable land. The houses will be partially completed with a tin roof, concrete columns, bamboo and mud plastered walls and a concrete floor slab. The interior partitions and other improvements will be installed by the owners with donated bamboo and other materials. Each home will also get a detached, enclosed, semi-sanitary outhouse (latrine) with a lined pit and fiberglass pan with a trap. The homestead parcel of ground will be obtained from the government and could be expected to be about one katha (approximately 40’X70') per family. Potable water will come from a community tube-well.
As you can see above, how even a little can go very far in helping some very unfortunate people. I want to thank you again for your generous donation to a worthy cause.
Donors for Assam Flood Victims
I undertook a fund drive after the devastating floods in July of 2004 put one third of Guwahati under water and left around one million people homeless in Assam. I want to thank those of you in the community who made generous contributions. Chandan Mahanta took this project seriously and worked hard including personally visiting affected areas of Assam on this account to make sure our contributions are properly disbursed. Of this amount $5,000 was disbursed a short while ago as mentioned above. The following is a list of people that helped fund this project.
AAPI Charitable Foundation …..$2000.00
AAPI Down State IL……...............$150.00
Chandan and Banti Mahanta…….$300.00
Rajnish and Melinda Bhuyan……$250.00
Sunil and Anjali Apte….............…$100.00
Luna and Jugma Borah…................$100.00
Mr and Mrs Rghunandan Dundo..$100.00
Raj and Monorama Mohapatra…...$100.00
Ajanta and Rajen Barua…..…...….$100.00
Susheela and Ramulo Samudrala....$100.00
Mr and Mrs Ravi Shitut …..............$100.00
Atindra and Manjulima Barua……$50.00
Rupaleem Bhuyan and Marc Clausen ..$50.00
M. Seckom and Anita Singha……..$50.00
Reeta and Charles Kastner ..............$50.00
Polly Saikia ........................................$50.00
Amulya Saikia……............................$50.00
Fred Fisher. .........................................$50.00
Patricia Wibbenmeyer ….............…$35.00
Patricia Kennedy …..........................$25.00
Jagdish and Vinod Suri …...............$25.00
Amy Yoder ..........................................$10.00
Pravu Partab …............................…..$10.00
Elly Barua Bhuyan …..................…$1350.00
Ashok Mallaya ............................…..$50.00
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Grand Total. .....................................$5255.00
My Personal Contributions:
The following is a list of my contributions to the community through UAONA. Heartfelt thanks to Arnab Mahanta , treasurer of UAONA for volunteering his time and helping me disburse the collected money.
Contributions For the year 2004:
Contributed to AAPI Charitable Foundation $1000.00
Logos School (Special Care school) ....$750.00
Mahatma Gandhi Center …........…$500.00
SEWERAA (South Asian
Womens Program against
domestic violence) ......................…$500.00
Heritage House ...............................$500.00
Nurses for new born ........…….…...$500.00
Children Advocacy Group ........…..$500.00
Contributions for year 2005:
SEWERAA …..............................….$1000.00
Mohatma Gandhi Center .................$1000.00
Heritage House ….............................$500.00
Promode Lal and Swarnalata
Barua Trust ….................................$16000.00
(This fund was collected in last 5 years)
By Elly Barua, (On behalf of UAONA),
St. Louis, MO
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