RCM Emergency Relief Fund Drive
A voluntary fund drive at the August 23, 2018 luncheon meeting raised Php 37,800 for the typhoon victims of India’s Kerala State.
Flooding in Southern Indian state kills more than 350, displaces 800,000
About 800,000 people have been displaced and more than 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India’s Kerala state, according to officials.
Key points: · 800,000 people are sheltered in some 4,000 relief camps across Kerala · Floods have caused landslides and homes and bridges have collapsed · About 10,000 kilometres of roads have been damaged
Downpours that started on August 8 have triggered floods and landslides and caused homes and bridges to collapse across Kerala, a picturesque state known for its quiet tropical backwaters and beautiful beaches.
Authorities are rushing to bring drinking water to the most affected areas. At least two trains carrying about 1.5 million litres of water were moving to the flooded areas from the neighbouring states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, Indian railway official Milind Deouskar said, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.
The Rotary Club of Manila during its luncheon meeting last August 23, 2018, at the New World Makati Hotel, initiated a voluntary fund-raising drive among its members, which raised a total amount of Php 37,800 for the typhoon victims of India’s Kerala State, which will be turned-over to the Embassy of India, through its member, Rotarian Johnny N. Chotrani.
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