“Tsunami means disaster and destroys”

“Tsunami means disaster and destroys”
C.Pudupettai: “Tsunami means disaster and destroy” this is what the children in C.Pudupettai and other villages affected by the tsunami know. An 11year old boy Ajit Alagendram who can not talk properly after the tsunami is now struggling to get out of the trauma he is and is trying to speak after a year’s time after the tsunami. This 11 year boy is just one of the kids at C.Pudupettai who are now the beneficiaries of the constructed houses given to them at a function organized at C.Pudupettai, Cuddalore by SOS India, Shri Surjit Singh Barnala, Hon’ble, Governor, Tamil Nadu and President of SOS Kinderdorf International (KDI), Mr Helmut Kutin performed the symbolic handing over of the newly constructed house to the beneficiaries. Also present at the occasion were Cuddalore, Collector and Shri Siddhartha Kaul, Dy. Sec. Gen. SOS KDI – Asia.

Ajit has lost his voice when he first was the tsunami hit his village. He is 11 years now and is studying in the 3rd STD. in the village school. Ajit’s father is a fisher man by profession he has been doing fish catching business since the past 7 years. But after tsunami hit the village they lost their home, all their belongings and were left with nothing. For months they did not go to the sea. They lived on the mercy of the NGO’s and other relive funds given by the private organizations and the government. They don’t have a fixed income yet and go fishing on irregular occasions. The C.Pudupettai village has Muslim dominated population. The other hindu’s in the village have now especially after the tsunami started believing in ‘Nagur kadavul’ (Muslim God’s name) they worship the Muslim god before they go to the sea. Now they live in the village build by the SOS Children’s village of India with the help of the government of Tamil Nadu. This project as told by Cuddalore, Collector and Shri Siddhartha Kaul is “a joint partnership between the government and the public. The government buys the land and the public and the private NGO’s like SOS take the responsibility of building the houses and doing the allotments.”

Tsunami left its dreadful footprints on the region, making it difficult for the people to cope up with the aftermath. SOS India answered the call for rebuilding lives post-tsunami with series of extensive rehabilitation programmes for many affected families and children in several villages. As a part of the programme SOS India constructed temporary shelters for affected families in four villages. Family start-up kits were provided to more than 1300 families, which included kitchen utensils, dry ration, and financial support.
Besides this SOS India has supported over 1000 families in the self-help groups in Tamil Nadu and Pondichery. A group of 3 to 5 families were provided with motorized boats, fishing nets and other necessary material fishing. Additional 57 single boats were provided to 57 families in Chinnavaikal and Kannaginagar, Tamil Nadu. This programme has been successfully completed on its scheduled time.
SOS India is reconstructing 800 houses for affected families in villages allotted by the governments of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. SOS India is also constructing social centers & community buildings, which will enable recreational and vocational facilities for the community.

this was only about one of the parts affected by tsunami but the rest of south India and other places need our help so lets pray for them and extend a helping hand to the needy. as the day of tsunami comes near and the fear of the disaster creeps in the minds of the victims and create an other tsunami in their minds. lets come together and pray to god for them and the world to help us life in peace.