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By Dhanya Parthasarathy
CHENNAI, JAN. 4 . How about a network where children orphaned by the tsunami can be adopted by parents who have lost a son or daughter in the calamity: just one of the suggestions that came up at a brainstorming session on Monday by Sustain, a non-governmental organisation based in the city. The Citizens' Alliance for Sustainable Living (Sustain) is networking with leading NGOs to act as an umbrella group to co-ordinate relief work. At the end of the session, M.G. Devasahayam, Managing Trustee of Sustain, said it would build an interactive website to provide information on relief work in Tamil Nadu. "The website, updated daily, will provide details about the damage and the rehabilitation work in various parts of the State. More importantly, it will give details about what services are needed," he said. Sustain and its associate NGOs will also work on providing transit camps with toilets, he said. It will also concentrate on infection control and vaccinate survivors for typhoid, tetanus and malaria. Sustain has planned to liaise with the Don Bosco group of institutions for putting children back to school and providing skill-oriented counselling to older people, said Mr. Devasahayam. Participants in the discussion included former collector D. Sundaresan, management consultant D.S. Hanumantha Rao, J.S. Rajkumar of Rigid Hospitals and representatives from World Vision, Rotary Club and South Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The participants felt the need for understanding the needs of the fisherfolk before rushing to help them. Director of Sands Utility Services, L.R. Rajagopal, highlighted the need for re-building destroyed villages in a planned and scientific manner. The members pointed the need to take a leaf out of successful rehabilitation stories from earthquake-hit Bhuj. Local NGOs could also enumerate the details of the dead, said one member. Another stated his fear that the public interest in providing relief to the displaced would wane once the TV cameras moved away. (Sustain will organise the next meeting of NGOs on January 12 at 11 a.m. Venue: UN- Habitat Centre, CMDA Tower I, Egmore. For more information, contact: 28411302/28555834/52171186)
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