Update
1 –
11/18/2007
As many of you are aware, Bangladesh
was hit by a Category IV cyclone on the evening of
November 15, 2007. Reports
are still coming in, but Red Crescent estimates that up to 10,000 people are
dead and millions are now homeless and hungry.
You can go to the Daily Star (the leading daily from Bangladesh
) website to get latest news on cyclone sidr relief
efforts:
http://www.thedailystar.net/
CNN has also posted multiple videos of the pain and suffering:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/bangladesh.cyclone/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
Agami (a
US
-based
IRS
501(c)(3) organization, tax ID 73-1683721) has
launched an emergency fundraising campaign to try to help alleviate the
suffering in
Bangladesh
. We are in discussions with multiple relief organizations in
Bangladesh
. We will focus our relief efforts on community rebuilding with emphasis on
reconstruction of education institutions. Agami’s
relief effort will last to
December 31, 2007
.
Here
is a report on the extent of damage of the educational institutions:
http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=12964
Thank
you very much for your generosity.
Bangladesh
needs your help now!
Sincerely,
The
Agami Board
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The object of education
is to give man the unity of truth Rabindranath
Tagore