Love and Help with Mattresses and Bedding

Thanks to our supporters, emergency funds have been used to purchase bedding, blankets and tarps for makeshift housing.

Love and Help - Pop up Medical Clinic

Thanks to funds received from our supporters we were able to purchase basic pharmaceutical supplies including paracetamol, antibiotics, disinfectants and sanitary items for girls and women.

Love & Help - Clothes Distribution

Our Team collected emergency supplies - mostly from their own personal belongings at home.

Flood and Rain water damage in the Jungle Villages

Many of the mud huts have been damaged to the extent that they are no longer able to be lived in. People are fearing for their safety - especially from ongoing rain, dangerous animals, poor sanitation and the loss of their immediate daily income.

There is currently complete isolation from any form of help and assistance.

Can you Help Us Please

Members of the Project help India team visiting the slums, talking with people impacted and assessing the level of need.

Flood Damage

Starting on the 9th of August a series of monsoon storms caused flooding in Kotdwara city and the surrounding areas, including the jungle villages where Project Help works. The riverside slums have been most impacted with storm after storm washing away makeshift dwellings and houses. For a number of nights the storms persisted causing the banks of the river to crumble and give way, and subsequently more and more houses were washed away.

In the photo top left, stands our Director Amit Samuel with two lepers Kavi Raj and his friend. Their entire housing compound was completely washed away one night. These men and their families have nowhere to live and are relying on any help that we give.

Emergency Response - an update

Our team has been working around the clock to rescue and care for a large number of families who this week, have been impacted by heavy rains and flash flooding.

Families are building makeshift shelters on the sides of main roads, and we are assisting with clothing bedding, counselling and guidance. Amit, our Director is working with local police and officials, who once again are turning to 'Project Help' for help. The local government has no resources to assist the dalit slum dwellers. The rest of the city has been impacted as well and the situation is was initially very chaotic.

Our first response was to assist the police to help locate and rescue people, providing safe drinking water, bread and fruit to 300 hungry adults and children, and help relocate them to safety. Over the first days we have put together 500 basic ration packs costing approximately $3800AUD.

We have also set up an emergency medical camp, providing assistance to the elderly and to those who remain isolated and unable to access medical help, disinfectant, guidance and moral support.

We are thankful to the many people who generously donated to help these poor and vulnerable people whose resilience and optimism (despite loosing so much) is inspiring.

The local media and some nation news agencies have reported on this flooding disaster and highlighted and praised the response of Project Help India.

We need more funds and so, are reaching out to you for your support.

Despite the devastation - where there is love, there is hope

This week, the city of Kotdwara was impacted by torrential rain and flash flooding. The dalit slum dwellers who live alongside the river and many lost everything. We are thankful that everyone is safe and the children who we work with are accounted for.

Project Help India responded swiftly.

Where there is love, there is hope and we know that love always prevails.

This week our team worked hard, visiting slums, assessing damage, providing emotional support and responding with the physical help of emergency supplies, ration packs and bedding.