OneWorld.net (U.S.)

Indian NGO Charkha Development Communication Network has planned a relief programme for 137 worst-affected families in five villages - Dargad, Kamhama, Makama, Palpura and Badran - in the north Indian state of Kashmir. The survivors have lost all their possessions and have nothing to fall back on and the situation is likely to get worse as it has begun snowing in the upper reaches of the region.

There are 137 worst-affected families in five villages - Dargad, Kamhama, Makama, Palpura and Badran - in the two districts of Kupwara and Badgam in Kashmir, where the survivors have lost all their possessions and have nothing to fall back on. It has begun snowing in the upper reaches of the region and so it is absolutely imperative that relief reaches them NOW, as any delay will mean that the bad weather will not permit relief from reaching in time.

In keeping with its tradition of reaching out to people in distress and responding to a crisis, Charkha Development Communication Network has planned a relief programme for the quake-hit families of these five villages in the districts of Kupwara and Badgam, and for this purpose, we have entrusted our local Coordinator, Mr.Hamraz.

Mr Hamraz, a resident of Kashmir who intimately knows the area, its people, their culture and language will be executing the programme by personally distributing relief material to each of the 137 families in these five villages.