13 October 2013

All children safe from cyclone Phailin

At 6pm on Sunday Victor confirmed that all Brighter Future children and staff are well and not affected by cyclone Phailin which hit Southern Odisha. Our Pastor's brother lives in a colony near Behrampur in the cyclone path, so he will take a team of our staff with him to help out at the colony. They will take food, cooking oil, matches and drinking water packets.
The surge in sea level meant that many fishermen in the Srikakalum District lost their nets and mud huts - their livlihood.
 Round thatched huts and dried fish in a Srikakulam village Victor and I surveyed in 2006.