Extreme Tropical Cyclone Fani is the most powerful storm to hit India in five years. This fund will provide immediate relief to people impacted by the storm in addition to longer-term recovery assistance. All donations to this fund will exclusively support disaster relief and recovery efforts in the affected regions of India.
Cyclone Fani brought powerful Category 4 winds to Odisha, India. Catastrophic damage may have occurred in the region as a result. Several of GlobalGiving's local nonprofit partners are responding to survivors' immediate needs and have asked us to help fund their relief and recovery efforts.
All donations to this fund will support recovery and relief efforts for areas in eastern India affected by Cyclone Fani. Initially, the fund will help first responders meet immediate needs for food, fuel, clean water, hygiene products, and shelter. Once initial relief work is complete, this fund will transition to support longer-term recovery efforts run by local, vetted organizations responding to this disaster.
We believe that organizations that are deeply rooted in local communities are in the best position to provide long-term support for survivors of natural disasters like this eruption. By funding the relief efforts of local organizations, donations to this fund have the potential to build stronger response capacity so that these organizations are better equipped to face future challenges. GlobalGiving will post reports about how funds have been used and will email these reports to donors.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
