Photos of First Tsunami Relief
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PHOTOS OF TSUNAMI RELIEF ACTIVITIES BY INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE TOS
The local Chennai TOS medical team
First distribution of clothing - in Mylapore, a district of Chennai
Some of the many bundles of clothes dropped by wellwishers at the main gates of the TS at Adyar
Sorting the clothes
A group of Olcott School children: the girl on the left is one of over a hundred children who lost their books and uniforms in the tsunami. All their equipment has since been replaced.
American TOS members (including Betty and David Bland and Hutsy and Dinshaw Contractor) visiting the Social Welfare Centre. All three of the Indians in the photo donate considerable amounts of their time to the TOS's year round work.
A family at the Mylapore clothing distribution who had lost everything. The TOS checked at the girls' school and received confirmation that their books had been replaced.
Another shot of the Mylapore clothing distribution: one can make out C.V.K. Maithreya (a key player in the local Chennai TOS) in the centre of the photo : in white shirt.