VIBHA US based NGO supports and raise funds to Chennai Flood Victims Indian Celebrities helped in creating awareness

by Shrutee K/DNS

Mumbai December 17^th, 2015: In the most devastating floods since the last 100 years that hit the state of Tamilnadu, there was massive flooding that paralyzed the state. VIBHA, a US- based NGO (with a presence in India) for the education of children has gone beyond their parameters and extended their hands to support the relief of  victims of Tamilnadu floods by not just funding programs, but also ensuring the activities for their relief.

VIBHA has so far disbursed over $38,000 (Rs. 25 lacs) in funds till date. These efforts will support over 400 families covering 8 villages in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu and provide them with food, water, medicine and other basic amenities. VIBHA’s rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts for those affected by the devastating floods in Tamilnadu are in full momentum. VIBHA has made loud appeals to support their efforts and even the iconic people in India like Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, Dr. Subhash Chandra, and Ronnie Screwvala helped to spread awareness of their efforts only to get more support for the victims. Their tweets made a lot of difference.

VIBHA is getting requests from their partner projects on the ground for help and they are evaluating them to extend the maximum support. VIBHA is open to joining hands with anybody in helping the people in need for immediate relief followed by rehabilitation. People can donate or setup a pledge drive to raise funds to support the flood-hit people in need.

VIBHA, (www.vibha.org) founded in 1991 is a volunteer driven organization of 2200 volunteers spread across 18 Action Centers in US and India. Till date, they have raised and funded $13 million to support 250 projects and reached out to 300,000 children. 89.2% of the donations go towards Programs for Child development, 1.8% for fund-raising, and 9% for Management and admin costs.

VIBHA’s primary focus is supporting child-related projects. However, they have mobilized fundraising efforts towards unforeseen calamities like Gujarat Earthquake and Tsunami of 2010.