Crowdfunding Campaign For Assam Floods - An Appeal এটি গোহাৰি

19/10/2020

Our Campaign in action.
We are delighted to share the progress report. We had collected INR 5,01, 383/ and with this money so far we have been able to help 700 households directly!

Phase 1 Location
Area : Dhing, Nagaon District.
Date : 04/10/2020
A total of 350 households were distributed with a kit each by volunteers of Rapid Response

Phase 2 Location
Village- Guhali
District- (Morigaon)
Area- Mayong
Date : 11/10/2020
Once again another 350 families received a kit each.

ITEMS IN THE KIT
1. Rice - 5 Kgs
2. Masur Dal OR Toor Dal (Pulses) - 1 Kg
3. Tata Salt - 1 Kg
4. Sugar - 1 Kg
5. Mustard Oil 500 ML - 1
6. Soap - 3
7. Sanitary Napkins Packet - 1
8. Face Mask - 2
Your care, love and support has so far helped 700 households and currently Phase 3 is underway to provide similar kits to another 300 needy households.

This year has been troubling and uncertain and nobody except the poor and the needy experienced it more. Your timely help and assistance has brought smiles to the lives of many and helped in a small way to enable a mother and a father to put food in front of their children and for themselves.
We thank you, on behalf of our team of four once again for your tremendous generosity.

02/09/2020

Our for has ended and the last 45 days have taught us life lessons which we can never forget.
166 people helped us reach a sizeable amount of funds by coming together and contributing to take our final to a total of INR 5,01,383/ which is 10 times our starting goal of INR 50,000/
The way our family, close friends and acquaintances helped us is in itself a great feat and our sincerest gratitude and appreciation to each and everyone who made this happen also by sharing on their profiles and pages🙏🙏
This campaign was completely done via whatsapp, instagram and facebook , the and is immense and that we realized first hand when it is put to good use.
Our thanks to The Assam Tribune, our state's leading English Daily for featuring our campaign and we hope that this will motivate more and more people to come forward and take the next step.
Sometimes, all it takes is the one step and then you find there are many people who appreciate, motivate and help you all along the way.
Many friends and acquaintances who we had not been in touch with for ages came forward to help us and I personally cannot thank you enough for your good wishes towards us and the cause.

From our team at , we remain indebted to you always.
We hope this small effort will go a long way in providing the much needed support and best wishes to Rapid Response for their continued ground efforts.

26/08/2020

Thank you! Thank you and thank you!
Delighted to share that we have achieved our dream target and raised INR 5,00,000/ + solely through a in support of with 6 days to spare!!
This has only been possible because of the massive outpouring of love, care and support for our cause from family, friends, colleagues and many individuals who wish to remain anonymous.

What started off with an initial Goal of Rs. 50,000/ to be achieved in 45 days during these trying times has now been achieved 10 TIMES over!!!

This entire contribution, minus the payment gateway charges will go to Rapid Response to help support the relief and rehabilitation work that is currently under way in some of 's worst affected areas.

This year the floods in Assam have affected close to 57 lakh (5.7 million) people, taken 113 human lives directly due to floods, 26 human lives due to landslides. 30 districts out of 33 in Assam comprising of 5, 378 villages and a total of 2,65,601.60 hectares of crop area were affected directly as a result of this deluge. (SOURCE: Cumulative Floods Report, 25.08.2020)
The current greatly reduced the number of organizations and volunteers on the ground and therefore this idea was born to ensure people and organizations working on the ground feel supported with funds.
Our best wishes to Rapid Response and to the flood affected and we hope this small effort from our side will help and assist human lives.
Thank you tIndiatimes , G Plus , Red FM and My Malishka for featuring our campaign and talking about it. A big thank you to G.A.P for their collaboration and contributing their ticket sales from . Massive thanks to all the friends, family and acquaintances who shared our on their social media handles and pages. We are deeply grateful.
Thanks to Ketto for their superbly user friendly portal and dashboards which helped us immensely, not to mention your dedicated on call support.

P.S. Campaign is still open for next 6 days

16/08/2020

The flood devastation continues in parts of Assam with 'severe flood alert' still on in Upper Assam.
Please continue to support, donate and spread the word for the Campaign. The work is far from over on the ground.

13/08/2020

Our Campaign Appeal in Assamese is posted in the screenshot below.

It’s time to stop sulking at the government or the media regarding the Assam floods and its time to act ... We the people can achieve much more when there is a will! Let us as people of Assam stand together and unite🙏🏼

You have seen what a united community of people can do to help when the floods happened in Kerala...they mobilized themselves and gathered crores of funding to help people affected on the ground. We have the power too. Our beloved Motherland is bleeding now...her people need help!!
Situation is still critical now!

Please support our by donating and spreading the word🙏🏼🙏🏼 Every single bit counts.
In less than 72 hours from the start of this campaign people from all over the world have helped us raise ₹2,00,000/ without any media or celebrity endorsements. You have the power to make a change. All contributions are tax exempt and will go directly to a Disaster Management NGO working at the grassroots level in some of the worst affected areas.

For more details and to help support our crowdfunded campaign please click on the campaign link provided in this page.

12/08/2020

You have helped us achieve our Goal 5!!
We have been able to collect INR 4,51,664/ today evening and reach our 5th Goal of 4.5 lakhs all thanks to your generous contributions, care and support!!

Our Final Dream Goal is to collect 5 Lakhs which will mean relief items, dry rations and hygiene products for 2000 people for a period of 2 weeks.
For this we have our Campaign running for 20 days and we hope you will continue to spread the word and help our CAUSE. 🙏🙏

12/08/2020

If Art and Design inspire and disrupt you, here is an amazing opportunity to connect with your like minded tribe!

Presenting ‘A Three Day Virtual Design Festival by The Gauhati Art Project’!
G.A.P. Talks 2020: Digital Dialogues | 14, 15 and 16 August, 2020

All proceeds from ticket sale will benefit our crowdfundingcampaignforassamfloods2020.

Join us Tonight at 7 PM as we join G.A.P on Insta Live to discuss our Crowdfunding Campaign

Link to Registration for the 3 Day Design Festival is below:

A 3 day virtual design festival organized by Gauhati Art Project.

11/08/2020

The devastation and the threat is not yet over in parts of Assam. Today morning, The Brahmaputra again rose in upper Assam.

Despite these floods being an annual occurrence, this year the situation has further worsened due to the ongoing pandemic. In situations such as this, the ground level nodal agencies and humanitarian organizations need funding to ensure relief and rehabilitation along with basis necessities do not fall short.

An RTI by Commodore Batra has highlighted that since 2013, Assam has not received any funds from NDRF for flood relief, writes Sanjoy Hazarika in an article published in The Assam Tribune.
Excerpts from the main article's salient points and script of the full article.

10/08/2020

Attached is the screen shot of Daily Cumulative Flood Report in Assam as per ASDMA as on 9th August, 2020 evening.
The flood situation has improved in the State and now the relief and rehabilitation work starts to help assist the affected communities in over 30 districts.
Funding is essential to ensure relief and rehabilitation work continues without any pause. Please continue to support and we encourage everyone to spread the word and continue with funding efforts.

05/08/2020

An enriching article backed by voices from the ground and researchers on the crisis.
Despite having a system in place for more than 11 years, the loss of life, destruction of property continues to grow and affect communities.
As pointed out by a Northeast Environment Researcher during our earlier Insta Live https://www.facebook.com/Crowdfundingforassamfloods2020/posts/111667027303962 , The Brahmaputra river is one of the least researched water bodies. There has been consistent lack of funding and resources for research work over the years. Band aid arrangements without studying the problem and consulting the local communities has resulted in this devastation becoming colossal in nature with the state loosing land yearly as big as the size of Goa to river erosion!
Millions of people, communities and most importantly livelihoods are affected and this continues. Knowledge is key to understanding and solving issues. More research work, involvement of local community and traditional knowledge systems, transparency in data sharing is key as is highlighted in this article. All salient points are highlighted in the attached slides and you will understand why, unless and until we act on the issues mentioned herewith, floods will continue to create havoc and ruin lives. (SOURCE: Times of India)
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/why-assams-flood-warning-system-does-little-to-prevent-loss-of-lives/articleshow/77120166.cms?
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04/08/2020

In the last few weeks, Rapid Response has been engaged in extensive relief operations in various areas of the state. Here are few pictures of ongoing Relief operations, community kitchens, distribution of dry ration and surveys done in Jaharbari ME School on August 1, 2020; Nadiapara Relief Camp; Surveys in No. 2 Saraphet Gaon and Malipara Relief Camps.

03/08/2020

On the 31st of July our Campaign was featured in Red FM 93.5 Mumbai for the acclaimed Morning No. 1 with RJ Malishka show as they celebrated 15 years for being on air!
Our deepest gratitude to Red FM and Malishka for their coverage and we hope more people reach out and contribute to the Campaign.