GUJARAT UPDATE
(Where the Salesians have mobilized a well-coordinated relief team)
Dispatch #06
LETTER OF THE PROVINCIAL OF MUMBAI - 3
Dear Confreres and friends,
As per information from Fr. Savio Silveira, 'today a batch of sixteen volunteers from the salesian family ( Salesian Sisters, Salesian Father and Brothers, and lay people) have left for the area near Bachau and Anjar, 30 km from Bhuj.'
The objective of this team is two-fold:
1. To network with the Rajkot Diocesan Social Service Cell and other NGOs for the distribution of the relief goods that have been coming in abundantly.
2. To assess the situation from the point of view of the youth and to propose rehabilitation projects for shelter and education particularly for youth who are orphaned and homeless.
Today too, a truck load of utensils and blankets have been dispatched. The group that left from Don Bosco Makarpura (Baroda) have yet to contact us.
Here in Mumbai, Shelter Don Bosco Wadala, and Balprafulta (Childline-Andheri) have already placed personal at some strategic railway stations to contact youngsters and render them some assistance.
We have accepted the request of AGNI (Action for good governance and networking in India), a civic organization in Mumbai, to channel some of the relief goods in the areas where we are engaged in relief services.
Let us continue supporting Gujarat with our prayers, sacrifices and social service.
Yours sincerely,
Fr. Tony D'Souza sdb
Provincial of Mumbai
