Summary
Teams are working in the hardest hit southern provinces of Pang Nga, Krabi, Ranong, Phuket and Trang to assist the victims medicines first aid kits and other essential items.
What is the issue, problem, or challenge?
Basic needs for immediate survival is the focus. Thousands are dead and many more have been left homeless.
How will this project solve this problem?
CARE is providing basic medicines and equipment to health care workers; and distributing first aid kits, oral rehydration salts, water, clothing, candles and bedding directly to disaster victims.
Potential Long Term Impact
These activities will prevent starvation and the worst of water-borne disease; provide temporary shelter.
Project Message
Most of our aid workers have dealt with crises before. Experience helps. So does a heart of gold and a spine of steel.
- Peter Bell, President and CEO
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,852
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding.
Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as
indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the
"Project Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,852
.
The original project funding goal was $10,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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