Tsunami Relief in Andhra Pradesh, India
HEAL quickly responded to the disaster in Southeast Asia thanks to generous donors and Meera Khader, HEAL’s manager in Hyderabad. Three days after the tsunami hit, Meera visited villages in the West Godawari and Krishna Districts of Andhra Pradesh with SAPID , her own non-profit organization, to assess the damages and identify urgent needs. She relayed a list to HEAL detailing the costs of helping approximately 480 families in twelve villages along the battered coastline. HEAL raised the money and sent it to Meera for the purchase of clothing, bedding and blankets, and materials for repairing homes. Most of the aid, however, was used to buy new nets and make boat repairs so that fishermen in the coastal villages could get back to work.

On behalf of the victims, HEAL gratefully acknowledges those who generously supported this effort to aid these families. For a comparatively small sacrifice, hundreds of lives were positively affected.

 

Tharakarama Nagar Waterline
At the beginning of March 2005 The HEAL Foundation, with the partnership of local villagers, laid a waterline to the small community of Tharakarama

Nandamuri Primary School
On February 10, 2005, The HEAL Foundation participated in the inauguration of a small school in the slum of Nandamuri Nagar,

HEAL Volunteers in India
HEAL Project Coordinators Jeffrey Sparenborg and Ty Turley visited India for three weeks in February 2005 to observe the social workers in Hyderabad and Bapatla.