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 Introduction
INDIA TODAY has been reporting India's
society, its triumphs and its despair, over the past 25 years.
It was during the Kargil conflict of 1999 that simple reporting
wasn't enough. Whenever stories of disasters were published,
offers for help from readers came flooding in, but there was
never an opportunity to properly tap this wellspring of goodwill.
So on August 1999, the INDIA TODAY group set up
CARE TODAY, a registered society. It's mandate is simple:
use financial
contributions from readers of INDIA TODAY to address
problems, and report back on the progress made through the pages
of the magazine, and now through this web site. Encouraged by
the overwhelming response for the Kargil project, CARE TODAY
then launched the Hope for Orissa fund after a supercyclone
devastated that state. Contributions for both funds topped Rs
one crore and are now closed, though rehabilitation work continues
apace.
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The
Day The Earth Moved
CARE TODAY has worked on tragedies like
the Kargil War, the Orissa cyclone and
the drought. Now another big tragedy has hit the country.
As the people of
Gujarat struggle to cope with the ravages of the devastating
earthquake,
CARE TODAY offers readers an opportunity to lend a hand.
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 Hope
For Survivors
As the people of Gujarat struggle
to cope with the destruction caused by
the devastating earth quake, CARE TODAY offers readers a chance
to lend
them a hand.
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 New
Foundations
CARE TODAY sponsored
a medical team that provided succour in the smaller villages
in Kutch. Readers can help thousands of others cruelly robbed
of home and livelihood by the earthquake. |
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 Mending
lives
They performed surgeries in tents, catered
to 300-400 patients a day and tackled a multitude of ailments.
But more than anything, the CARE TODAY-sponsored
medical team injected hope. |
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 Strategic
Partners
With the emphasis
in Gujarat shifting from relief to rehabilitation, CARE TODAY
zeroes in on local NGOs which will help it channelise aid
to the worst-hit victims of the earthquake.
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Progress
Report
The
generous response of our readers enabled CARE TODAY to collect
Rs 2,72,04,009 by March 19, 2001 for those affected by the
earthquake in Gujarat. The "CARE TODAY Fund A/c Rebuilding
Gujarat Fund" now stands closed. Please do not send any more
contributions.
Plus: CARE
TODAY lists the contributions of Rs 5,000 and above to the
different funds received up to March 19, 2001.
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 Looking
To A New Tomorrow
CARE
TODAY plans to build low-cost model villages, provide funds
for building social infrastructure as well as extend support
to individuals whose lives were shattered by the January 26
earthquake. Plus
some of the contributions of Rs 5,000 and above received till
February 22, 2001.
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 Reconstructing
Lives
As
part of an effort to rebuild the spirits of the worst-hit individuals,
care today gave widowed Ratiben Govindbhai, a mother of five,
an initial grant of Rs 5,000 and set up a fixed deposit of Rs
75,000 for a three-year period that will ensure her a monthly
income of Rs 600 for nutritional expenses. Five others have
also been given grants of Rs 5,000 and Rs 75,000 each will be
deposited in their names. CARE TODAY has set aside Rs 16 lakh
to support a total of 20 such cases. The society is partnering
the Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan in building 450 houses for
Rs 2.16 crore. The construction of the first 150 houses will
begin in August. The building of a school at Aadariyana, for
which care today contributed Rs 5 lakh to the Eklavya Education
Society, is under way and students will begin their classes
this term in a completed section. Also, with the return of a
large number of paraplegics to their villages after treatment
in Mumbai, Pune and other places, there is a need to offer them
long-term rehabilitation packages. We are discussing the possibility
of such a project with Abhiyan.
Rebuilding Gujarat - 2001
Care Today thanks all the donors for their contributions.
This project is closed and we are not seeking donations for this project.
Using total donations of Rs. 3.5 crore we supported the following projects
Deployment of Medical. Teams
Construction of 520 houses
Construction of libraries in two schools
Maintenance support to 30 families.
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