By Janet G Preethy | Project Leader
As you likely remember, GlobalGiving has been negotiating with the Indian government for over a year now, trying to find a way to disburse funds to Indian banks. But although they are making some progress, a solution is not yet in sight.
But happily, Health & Education 4 All International, a charity based in the United States, has kindly agreed to act as our fiscal sponsor, meaning GlobalGiving can disburse your past donations to them and they will transmit the funds to us. We're eager to get started.
As a result of India's nationwide lockdown, the tree farmers of Tamil Nadu who were still struggling to reclaim the tree plantations that were destroyed by Cyclone Gaja have now seen the elimination of the day jobs that allowed them to eke out a living while waiting for the plantations to bear fruit again. Already living on the edge, COVID-19 is now threatening them with starvation. But thanks to our new partnership, we will soon be able to get to work distributing emergency food and supplies and cash grants to those most in need. These beleaguered tree farmers will be high on our list.
If you are able to further support our efforts, you can now donate to this project or to the new project we have launched to provide emergency COVID-19 relief, with the confidence that it will be put to good use immediately.
As always, thanks for your past support and for any future help you can offer.
Stay well -- stay safe -- stay home --
Janet Preethi
Links:
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
