Relief Work

Over 450 passengers of the Vadodara Express were stuck in the floods at Nalasopara station since 3.40 a.m on Tuesday.

Turning into a beacon of hope, volunteers of well-known NGO, Khalsa Aid, travelled to Lebanon and Iraq to make Ramadan meaningful and special for the 5,000 Syrian refugees by giving them food packets during iftar every day.

By introducing such measures, Facebook is using its platform to generate awareness, so that timely help is provided to the people in need.

The ministry assured the relief material will be delivered in multiple consignments. Items include rice, pulses, sugar, salt, cooking oil, tea, ready to eat noodles, biscuits, mosquito nets etc.

Volunteers from the UK-based International humanitarian relief Sikh organisation, Khalsa Aid, made it to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border to provide relief to lakhs of Rohingyas.

In this face of disaster, the Indian Army, Air Force, and National Disaster Response Forces (NDRF) in association with NGOs and civilians are trying to restore balance in the flood-hit state.

The army roped in three columns for rescue and relief operations in Sanchore, Ahor and Jalore, situated at the south bank of Jawai.

Manu and volunteers are trying their very best to give permanent homes to people of Nepal by constructing them.

India has carried tonnes of fresh water to Maldives during its acute water crisis. Know more about other such inspiring initiatives by India to help neighbours. From helping Afghanistan to improve the infrastructure to reaching out to Philipines when a bad typhoon hit the country, India has always extended help on humanitarian grounds.

The flash flood disaster that struck Uttarakhand on 16 Jun 2013 had jolted the entire nation. It had emotionally touched many a heart at far off places across the country, and motivated many people to come up with help and positive actions, as we have shared before on our Uttarakhand Diaries series. This is the story of a group of doctors and volunteers from different parts of the country who came together for a noble cause of helping the disaster affected in the Himalayan State of Uttarakhand.