HelpingRoots For Flood Relief Fund

I am Mahendiran Periyasamy from Cockeysville, MD. We, a group of volunteers have been working together to support the recent Flood Relief Efforts in South India (An Asian country). 

The 2015 South Indian floods have resulted from heavy rainfall during the annual northeast monsoon in November–December 2015. This has especially impacted the day to day lives of people around Chennai, Cuddalore, Pondicherry and Chidambaram. 

More than 300 people have died and over 18 lakh (1.8 million) people have been displaced as a result, with damages and losses estimated to be more than ₹20000 crore (US$3 billion).

We act as the bridge between the 'resource seekers' (the one who needs rescue, or food or other time- critical service) and 'resource providers' (Volunteers who can rescue, who can supply food etc.).  We have  200+ volunteers who work round the clock from different part of the world using the technology and social media.

Through this minimal effort of fund raising, we would like to support the needy by donating food,  essential materials etc. We are carefully analyzing and doing the background verification to make sure that the right service and support go to the right beneficiary. To bring more transparency, the details will be shared here.

We are working closely with an Associate Professor of Annamalai University, Dr.Thirugnana Sambandam,  in South India. He has a huge volunteering team of 11,000 students and teachers that are distributing food and relief materials with high focus on remote villages. They are also working to re-establish the houses of the farmers that were destroyed in this flood. All the funds that were collected through www.gofundme.com are transferred to Dr.Thirugnana Sambandam for this flood relief work.  The contributors, for any further clarification/verifications, can contact Dr.Thirugnana Sambandam and I can provide their contact details 

A brief description of Annamalai University:

Annamalai University is one of Asia's largest public residential universities located in Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. This University was founded in 1929. 

Address: Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu 608002, India

Website: http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/

HelpingRoots Foundation Core team:

Mahendiran Periyasamy - Maryland

Deenadhayalan Srinivasan - Maryland

Andrewsugan Lawrence  - New Jersey

Arulprakash Kannan - New York

Shankar Durairaj - Maryland

Shankar Sundarakumar - Colarado

Duraikkannan Sundarackannan - Deleware

Shyamala Lakshmanan - Illinois

Other Details:

Our HelpingRoot Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/HelpingRoot

https://www.facebook.com/groups/HelpingRoot/

News coverage about the flood:

http://goo.gl/JSLeia

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/chennai-rains-crisis-may-worsen-as-more-

heavy-showers-predicted/1/536708.html

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/heavy-rain-torments-

coastal-tnbrings-life-to-a-halt-in-chennai/article7938270.ece

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE2MHz2Rkvw

Chennai's resilience and display of humanity: 

http://thelogicalindian.com/news/watch-how-a-group-of-chennaites-formed-a-

human-chain-to-save-man-from-drowning/

http://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/namma-

chennai?utm_term=.ufqpx5lpR#.kv2M9RzM8

Thanks,

Mahendiran Periyasamy