This is the mail from my friend Srinivas who is trying to help Forest Watchers in Nagarahole National Park. I request everyone to please contribute whatever you can afford to protect our forest.
Dear All,
We are planning to contribute uniforms and caps to 60 of the forest department watchers of the Antharasanthe and DB Kuppe range of Nagarhole national Park for the upcomming Fire Season work. Also, they require water cans for porting potable water to their camps for daily use during the fire season work, which lasts till the start of the rainy season.
The following is required:-
Uniform Cloth – 210 Mts (Around 250 Rs per person for Both Shirt and Pant)
30 Jerry cans of 10 lts capacity each @ 75 per can
75 Caps @ Rs 75 each
which means we need to raise around – Rs 22,875/-. The act of contribution is purely to boost the morale of the staff – these guys slog it out for daily wages of Rs.108 and work without any insurance or medical cover and more often than not, receive salaries once in 6 months. These are simple ways to support them and let them know that their work of patrolling an protecting our forests is appreciated.
Persons who are interested in making a contribution, pls let me know , so that we can plan the purchase and procurement.
We will then travel to Nagarhole and handover the stuff to the range officer and ensure that it reaches the people. We plan to do similar contributions to other ranges too and are finding ways to really make a difference. If any of you have any suggestions , lets discuss about it.
This will be sustained a effort , so please spread the word among like minded people…..
Thank you all in advance and hope that you will be generous with the donations.
A/C Details to send your donations to is:-
Bank: HDFC
A/C Holder: Srinivas GV
A/C number: 00411140000645
Branch: Malleshwaram, Bangalore
If you are making an online transfer, please mention the transfer description as Donation for Nagarhole. Also, please send an email to [MailID: srinivas.gv AT gmail DOTcom] along with your name and address and amount contributed. We will be creating an online spreadsheet and showing the details of donations and expnses there for all to see so that everything is maintained in a transperent way.
For any clarification mail at srinivas.gv AT gmail DOT com
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