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RELEASED on 4 Jan 2005 Prayers on 9 Jan 05Asian Tsunami DisasterDear Members, Best wishes to you & your family for 2005. Trust you all had nice and peaceful holidays. Unfortunately, during this time we all witnessed the Asian Tsunami Disaster. Every day death tolls are going up by thousands and any relief efforts and funds are not sufficient to sustain the relief operations. Southern part of India is one of the worst affected areas particularly Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which has reported 818 deaths so far, has the largest number of missing persons with 5,681 inhabitants still not accounted for, millions are affected especially children’s as per figures issued by the Home Ministry, Govt. of India yesterday. IAAC along with Hindu Temple and Cultural Centre (HTCC) and Association for India’s Development (AID)* are jointly holding prayers and pooja for the victims and their family on 9th January at Florey Temple from 11am onwards till 2pm. During this period donations (in cash & cheques only) can be made to the representatives of AID, who will issue a receipt of the donations on the spot. Your donations will make a much-needed relief to those who urgently needed. Please donate generously. Bhog (prasadam) will be followed by of Pooja and speeches. IAAC is sponsoring the Bhog. As a community, we have opportunity to show our generosity and solidarity towards the victims and people affected by the Tsunami Disaster. As one community we all should encourage our selves and others to mobilise the support for such cause and be part of this event by participating in large numbers as a mark of respect for the victims and their families affected by this natural catastrophe. Your support in spreading this message will also be much appreciated. NOTE: As a mark of respect for the Tsunami victims, IAAC’s planned cultural program at Indian High Commission on 26th January and outdoor sporting activities events are now being cancelled. IAAC Committee 4 January 2005. * Association for India’s Development (AID) is now an approved organisation, the Fund (AIDA Fund) has been declared an eligible fund for the purposes of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. You can find out more information about AID Australia and AID from www.aidindia.org/sydney and www.aidindia.org. Any donation above $2 is tax-deductible. AID-India and TNSF (Tamil Nadu Science Forum) along with a few other organizations are co-ordinating relief and rehab work from chennai. We will send continuous updates as and when possible. And also more details with pictures soon. To help AID India coordinate the Relief & Rehabilitation Activities, AID Australia Inc., and its chapters in Australia are requesting you all to contribute to this great effort and to assist people in devastated areas in their time of need. You can donate for the above cause in the following ways: · Direct Transfers can be made into the following "AIDA Fund" as follows: Name of the Account: "AIDA FUND" BSB: 012361 Account Number: 110027052 Please send your Name and Address details by email to: Seema Arora at Seema42@mail.com or Vinni Dang at vinnidang@hotmail.com and once the funds are received/verified, we will post you the tax deductible donation receipt to the address provided in the email. · You can also send us a cheque payable to "AIDA Fund" to the following address: AID Australia Inc. 27/22 Macpherson Street, Please write your name, address and phone number at the back of the cheque. Once the cheque is received, we will post you the tax deductible donation receipt to the address provided at the back of the cheque. One of AID India's main coordinator - Balaji Sampath has sent us an update from Chennai. My sincere apologies for not attaching the original email, but a gist of the email is as follows: "Reporting from Chennai about the Relief efforts on
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