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Nov 10, 2026
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Relief-Activities
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗶, 𝟮,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀. 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝟲𝟴𝟬 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.
Few days earlier, Cyclone Arnab had passed just 40 km from this small coastal town of Puducherry UT. Then we set ourselves one goal: 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗶. On 𝟳 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, 𝟮,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗸𝗶𝘁𝘀, and on 𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟲𝟴𝟬 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 were reached. Each kit carried 16 essentials, including rice, dal, oil, jaggery, upma and idly ravva, a mosquito net, ORS, soaps, candles and matchboxes, enough to cook, stay healthy and keep a light burning at home.
Our teams went colony by colony through 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶 𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗿, 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗮, 𝗚𝘂𝗿𝘂 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗮𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗺, 𝗔𝘆𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗿, 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗮, 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘆𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗮, 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱, 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘂𝗹 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺 𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗿, 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗸𝘂𝗿𝘂, 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗮, 𝗨𝗞𝗩 𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗿, 𝗕𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗿, 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗮, 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗸𝗮𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗿, 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺, 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗺, 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗮, handing every kit to a verified family.
This could not have been done so smoothly without 𝗛𝗼𝗻'𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗿𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗮 𝗥𝗮𝗼 𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘂, 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝘂𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆, who graced the occasion as chief guest and 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Elected six times by the people of Yanam, he knows every colony and every family's need, and his leadership ensured the right families were reached in an orderly, dignified way. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗺, from its old age home and orphanage to its blood and eye banks, is an inspiration to all of us in seva.
Our deepest gratitude goes to Infosys Foundation.
Families in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema District are next on our route.
