The following is an update by The World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust (WZOT) as on September 24, 2018 on the Kerala Floods Relief project and funds received:

 

Till date Rs. 30,00,000 (Three Million Indian Rupees) have been spent on relief and recovery in the area.  WZO Trust has been working closely with Diana Bharucha of Kinder Trust who has been on the ground there with her team of volunteers. She has relocated her volunteering activities to Coorg with Colonel Muthanna, President, Wildlife Association, who has requested for provisions and on a most immediate need, solar power, which can provide light and charge cell phones for people living in the wilderness, to keep them safe and help them reach out for further assistance as they begin rebuilding their homes and lives.

 

200 Solar lights, each costing Rs. 1,840 with a 2 year warranty, are required for this area. The total cost for the lights is Rs. 3,68,000 (Rupees Three Lakh, Sixty Eight Thousand). WZOT has approved the purchase of all 200 solar lights. WZOT and Kinder Trust is providing necessities which are not provided by others, including Clothing, Assorted Cleaning Brushes, Bleaching Powder, Concentrated Phenyle, Vessels, Doxycycline tablets, Mattresses, Roof Sheets, Construction Supplies. Volunteers are closely monitoring the collection and distribution of all supplies and medication. Relief is also being sent to Pullangady, Lower Kuttanadu and the Alappuzha District.

The Kerala Floods Relief appeal was first released by us on August 19, 2018. Since then we have received, as on September 24, 2018, donations amounting to Rs.30,59,893 from 192 donors. The WZO Trust extends sincere gratitude to donors who have assisted towards this gargantuan exercise to alleviate human suffering. 

However, much more needs to be done and funds continue to be required. We request Zoroastrians from all parts of the world to join us in our efforts to provide verified and trusted help to Kerala.

 

Donations by way of cheques made out in the name of The World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust may be sent to our office at:

Hermes House, 3^rd floor, Mama Parmanand Marg, Opera House, Mumbai 400 004.

Direct remittances can also be made into our bank account:

Name of Bank: Deutsche Bank 

Branch: Hazarimal Somani Marg, Fort, Mumbai 

Branch Address: D.B. House, H.S. Marg, Fort, Mumbai 400 001

Account Title: The World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust 

Account Type: Savings

IFSC Code: DEUT0784PBC

For donations within India: Account Number:400004259620019

For donations from overseas: Account Number:400004284180028

Donors making direct remittances are requested to let us have their addresses to enable us to send them our receipts. Donors from within India are requested to mention their PAN details.

Donations from within Indian citizens are subject to exemption under section 80G(5)(vi) of the Income Tax Act. Overseas Donors may note that The World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust is FCRA (Foreign Contributions Regulation Act) compliant and authorised to receive funds from overseas.

 

Dinshaw K Tamboly,

Chairman.