Cyclone Phailin: Here’s how you can help

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Cyclonic storm Phailin, the strongest to hit India in more than a decade and classified as ‘very severe’, made landfall at Gopalpur in Odisha at wind speeds of 200 km per hour.

The storm, likely to affect around 1.2 crore people, triggered mass exodus in at least seven districts of the two states with more than seven lakh people evacuated in Odisha.

People who want to help those affected by the cyclone can drop-off relief materials at:

Uday Foundation
113A/1, Adhchini (Near Govardhan Resturant), Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110017
Phone: 011-26561333/445
Email: [email protected]

OR

NDTV Office
Archana Complex
Greater Kailash Part-1
New Delhi – 110048

Here is a list of items you can donate:

Urgent relief material
Infant food/feeding bottles
Matches & candles
Umbrellas & raincoats
Blankets & sleeping bags
Tarpaulins & thick plastic sheets
Used or new clothes (packed in newspaper with gents/ladies/children mentioned on it)
Sanitary napkins

LIST OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINE REQUIRED:

Non-prescription
Oral rehydration salts
Zinc sulfate
Paracetamol
lbuprofen

WOUND CARE:

First-aid kit
Betadine
Hydrogen peroxide

VITAMINS:

Vitamin C
Iron Sulfate (FeSo4)
Zinc
Multivitamins

PRESCRIPTION:

Amoxicilin
Doxycline
Ciprofloxacin
Norflox TZ
Anti-tetanus lg
Permethrin Cream 5%
Lindane lotion 1%
Salbutamol
Nebules + Nebulizer