Tsunami
Relief Operations
As soon as the Company received news of the
catastrophic impact of the ocean quake resulting in the Tsunami
waves on December 26, 2004, it immediately requested its local offices
to ascertain what kind of aid was required and where, in order to
provide people with appropriate, effective relief.
Bayer's staff in India spontaneously donated one
day's salary to the relief effort, with the Company contributing
an equal amount. Donations of medicines, water purification tablets
and milk powder were also sent to the victims in India as well as
in Sri Lanka. In addition to money and medicines, employees also
collected clothes for affected families. The donations were handed
over to various relief agencies such as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s
Fund.
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German companies in India have also set up a fund to continue to support
the victims of this tragedy. Recently, a Medical and Social Centre
built with assistance from this fund, opened in the village of Thenampattinam
in southern India. The Centre has the capacity to treat 70-100 per
day. In addition to the Medical Centre, a social facility for more
than 100 people has now been added. |
The staff at the Centre administer
first aid help and provide trauma care facilities to people
who have been affected by this disaster. Social workers and
nurses are also on hand to give advice to flood victims. There
is a program aimed at helping women achieve financial independence.
Three more centres of this
type are to be established in other parts of Southern India
that were also hard hit by the tsunami. Each of the facilities
will aim to look after a village of some 1,500 families and
can each handle approximately 100 patients a day
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