Quake relief for Nepal

"I am happy to inform you that we have just dispatched a truck load of relief material for Nepal,” wrote Shiraz Gimi, president of the Nagpur Parsi Gymkhana (NPG) in an email to Parsiana on May 13, 2015. Many organizations from India have sent aid to the Himalayan nation which was devastated by an earthquake and its aftershocks, and this initiative by the NPG, in coordination with Goonj, a Delhi based NGO (nongovernmental organization) will bring succor to the affected people there.

Core team of NPG with truck load of relief material for Nepal

So far the NPG has sent to Nepal 200 bags of rice, 200 kg of dal, 550 kg of Dinshaw’s milk powder, 200 saris, woolens, t-shirts, shawls, sheets, 101 pressure cookers, 50 solar lamps, torches, large chatties, old mobile phones and even 14 wrist watches.
The core group for this humanitarian effort comprises Cyrus Major, an information technology consultant, Khushroo Poacha, founder of indianblooddonors.com, Dhanush and Shezad Doongaji, among others. "The volunteers of Goonj are presently in the interiors of Nepal. They are guiding us about what to collect as per the present day requirement,” Major informed the local Press.