Field report

The field report below, dated September 6th, by a team including Ms. Medha Patkar, finds that rescue operations are ongoing and thousands of people are still stranded:

UPDATE ON THE FLOOD SITUATION IN BIHAR

ACTIONS THAT CAN HAPPEN

• Write articles on the issues and letters to the Editors of various newspapers and magazines.
• Keep collecting and contributing resources, dry foods, milk
• powder, plastic sheets, torches, clothes, blankets, children's wear, woollen wear etc.
• Volunteers who can come to Bihar are most necessary to assist at the rescue points and resettlement camps. A couple of teams from Mumbai, Delhi and volunteers from Bhopal, Bangalore etc are arriving shortly. The health activists from Indore have already arrived. Many volunteers are already at brisk work. Kindly do contact if you can support and get involved in kind or cash

Medha Patkar Vijay Bhai Pervin Jehangir
09423965153 09431068555 09820636335
Lal Babu, Atik Ahmed, Braj Kisjhore Chaurasia, Babulal,
Sanjay, Lokendra, Rajkumar Sinha, Rajaram