Appeal to the Face book group

The following is an appeal sent to all the members of the Cyclone Aila Support Group on the facebook.

Hello everyone!
Cyclone Aila stuck Sunderbans on the 25th of May, its going to be three weeks and as Madhu Reddy recently updated us from the field that in many places "there lies nothing in between the water and people – not even a single tree. It is impossible to believe or imagine that there ever existed a dike that ran few kilometers before the Cyclone hit!".

(More on her updates here )

The media has moved on to many other things and people have almost forgotten that something like Aila had affected lives of millions of people!
However those affected are still in Sunderbans and there are many reports of people moving to cities in search of livelihood and support!!

Can we get your attention for a minute?

We are about 500 people who are members of this group. Through the campaign we have raised close to 8000 USD from Denmark, Norway, India, USA and Austria. This mostly came from 8 travel companies contributing approximately about 1000 USD each. Some individual donations are on its way it seems.

Can't we (individual members of this group) donate small amounts and help the people in Sunderbans to have clean drinking water, repair their embankments, get them necessary medicines, food and a roof about their head. Imagine 10 USD / Euro / GBP or 500-700 Indian Rupees from 500 of us!! That's about 5000 USD and can be so useful for so many people! We are in the ground and we can ensure that this money is used sensibly, in a transparent and accountable way.

We are appealing to all of you once again to financially support this initiative. Donation details can be found here.

People of Sunderbans need this support. Can't you help us to reach out to them when in need?

Looking forward to seeing your support. Thank you!

On behalf of Cyclone Aila Support Group