BAPS Charities HELPS
HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS

09.08.2005 Houston, TX, USA
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From relief centers in Houston and Dallas TX, Atlanta, GA, Jackson, Biloxi and Hattiesburg, MS, BAPS Charities has dispatched volunteer teams to provide aid in the Mississippi towns of Gulfport, Waveland and Bay Saint Louise. Volunteers have also been sent to the Louisiana towns of Kenner and Baton Rouge. At the George R. Brown convention center, The Houston Food Bank and other relief centers in Houston and Sugar Land, BAPS Care volunteers are actively providing relief assistance and medical services. In addition to providing hot food and shelter to the victims of the disaster, BAPS Charities is also addressing the lack of basic everyday necessities by distributing emergency supplies of toiletries, medicines, cooking utensils, disposable kitchenware items (plates, knives and spatulas), and over 15 grocery items including milk, biscuits, sugar, salt and cooking oil. With depression and despair rampant, the requirements extend beyond material needs. BAPS Care volunteers along with BAPS Saints are also comforting families and individuals. With the huge numbers of people that have been displaced, shortage of adequate shelter continues to be a serious problem. To meet some of this demand, BAPS Charities has arranged to provide the Red Cross with over 140 rooms at various motels. Many students have been forced to relocate to different cities and to ease their financial burden BAPS Charities has provided free accommodations in hotels and apartments.

In the town of Kenner LA, which is still much very much underwater, impressed by the relief efforts of BAPS Charities, the Mayor of Kenner issued a special permit so volunteers could start providing immediate relief. BAPS Charities has set up a relief kitchen to provide a variety of cooked meals like macaroni cheese, spaghetti, rice, curries, and pasta for up to two thousand people, in addition to distributing basic household items, bottled drinking water and food packets.

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Current Relief Efforts

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Past Relief Efforts

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