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"The death toll from last week's earthquake in south-west China has risen to 40,075, officials have said. Chinese aid workers are struggling to find shelter for millions who lost their homes. Foreign medical teams have started arriving in the area.
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In early February 2006, around 15 members of the TOS, TS and the partner company Grundfos visited some of the rehabilitation projects. The International Secretary of the TOS, Ms Diana Dunningham Chapotin, flew in specially from France and Mr B.L Bhattacharya, National Director of the TOS in India, also made the journey from Calcutta. Before heading down the coast, Ms Dunningham Chapotin inaugurated a reverse osmosis plant donated by the TOS to the Ramakrishna Mission Boys’ Home in Mylapore, Chennai. The home has begun housing tsunami orphans and hopes to take in more.  read more »

Dr. Sunita Maithreya Tastes The Purified Water  read more »

PHOTOS OF TSUNAMI RELIEF ACTIVITIES BY INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE TOS

The local Chennai TOS medical team  read more »

REPORT ON TSUNAMI RELIEF WORK – TOS, CHENNAI

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

    On December 26, 2004 a quake with an intensity of 9.0 on the Richter scale occurred in the ocean near the Indonesian town of Banda Aceh. The quake was felt in many countries across the region. The tsunami triggered by the quake destroyed coastal areas of Sumatra, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Southern India and the Maldives, besides other countries, including far off Somalia.  read more »

Following the tsunami on December 26, 2004, the Theosophical Order of Service has been involved in extensive relief and rehabilitation efforts along the coast of Tamilnadu. After the initial phase of emergency relief, the Chennai TOS has concentrated its efforts in two major areas: providing potable water and facilitating alternative employment for fisherfolk.  read more »