Sharing experiences.(Presbyterian World Service & Development provides goods to remote fishing families in southern India)(Brief Article)

From: Presbyterian Record | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

With $60,000 in immediate relief funds from PWS&D, the women's associations of long-term PWS&D partner the Institute for Development Education (IFDE) distributed rice, oil, cooking utensils, kerosene lanterns, blankets, bed sheets, mats, clothing, soap, water containers and other basic goods to 1,250 families in remote fishing villages in southern India.

Anitha Mahendiran, Executive Director of IFDE, reports that the people from the fishing villages appreciated how the women visited them and assessed the needs of the community before distributing anything. Their discussions ...

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