Organizations and Volunteer groups that can be donated towards:
1. Bhumi
http://bhumi.org.in/chennai-floods/
Bhumi is an organization that has been the forefront of many educational initiatives in Chennai and is comprised of youth volunteers who are familiar with every aspect of Chennai. Sankalp at Iowa State University has also worked with Bhumi in the past, using funds from their patrons to help fund many of Bhumi’s innovative initiatives.
2. RJ Balaji and actor Siddharth who have been at the forefront of all relief efforts from DAY 1… In the absence of an appropriate government response they have been inspiring thousands of youth volunteers to carry out the unprecedented in relief efforts. Funds will now be used for REHABILITATION as the city tries to recover from the devastation from scratch. They have also reached out to other flood affected areas such as Cuddalore.
Donations to ChennaiMicroFund can be made via facilities such as xoom.com or if your bank has an international money transfer mechanism.
RJ Balaji’s twitter feed for constant updates:
Further information on the same regarding their extensive volunteer network:
3. Shruthi Ravikumar, a close friend of Guru Prasad, an alumni of ISU and a member of Sankalp has started a Milaap campaign. They initially began as a campaign to provide relief in terms of food. But are in touch with NGOs that are carrying out rehabilitation. Updates are provided on the campaign page regularly.
https://milaap.org/campaigns/Chennaifloods
4. Cuddalore Flood Relief – A coastal town near Chennai that has also been affected badly
https://www.youcaring.com/cuddalore-flood-relief-fund-481666
The above is a YouCaring campaign run by a few people here in the US who’ve specifically raised the funds for Cuddalore.
We will update this if we believe even more organizations can be verified for the flood relief measures.
