New Delhi, Dec 31, 2004
Help is coming from far and near for victims of the Tsunami disaster,
with NRI businessman Lord Swraj Paul joining the club of those approaching
President A P J Abdul Kalam with offers of contribution to the relief
measures.
"I am getting a large number of calls from noble hearted persons
volunteering to provide all possible support to the affected persons
in this critical time," Kalam said here today.
The President said he had received a call from Lord Paul that he would
like to take care of all the needs of a hundred children who are orphaned
due to the tsunami devastation.
Kalam, who was delivering the Prof D S Kothari Memorial Lecture 2004
at the Delhi University, said only today he got an e-mail from an IT
professional working with Amazon.Com Rajlakshmi Subramaniam informing
him about a website she has lauched to collect money for the tsunami-hit
people.
"Launched just two days back, through the website, she has already
collected five million dollars for tsunami relief," Kalam said.
The President has been receiving messages of sympathy and support from
across the globe, including from heads of state such as South Korean
President Roh Moo-hyun, Slovenian Presdient Janez Drnovsek, Turkish
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf.
Winner of Presidential elections in Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko and the
Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church in Damascus Ignatius
Zakka I have also sent their messages. PTI