Appeal

India

Post-Tsunami Rehabilitation of Excluded Dalit Households: ASIN73

Appeal Target: US$ 10,507,088

Geneva, 27 November 2007

Please find herewith a new 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami-related appeal for a fourteen month programme (November 2007 to December 2008) to construct disaster-resistant housing for 1,380 tsunami-affected dalit households which have been previously neglected or excluded from assistance, implemented by ACT member Churches Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA), India.

Please note that this appeal is being issued alongside the on-going implementation of ACT Appeal ASRE51, closing by 31 December 2007, from which a balance of CASA allocated funds will be requested by the ACT Coordinating Office for transfer to this new appeal. Please refer to the fourth revision of CASA's programme within the ASRE51 appeal for further details.

In addition, please note that ACT members Lutheran World Service (LWS), India, have provided an indication that they may also request a revision of ASIN 73 at a later date to include further projects with the same overall goal as for the CASA programme.

Project Completion Date: 31 December 2008

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FOR THE FULL TEXT OF THE APPEAL (PDF FILE), KINDLY VISIT THE ACT SITE. THANK YOU. _________________________________________________________________________________

Please kindly send your contributions to either of the following ACT bank accounts:

US dollar

Account Number - 240-432629.60A

IBAN No: CH46 0024 0240 4326 2960A

Euro

Euro Bank Account Number - 240-432629.50Z

IBAN No: CH84 0024 0240 4326 2950Z

Account Name: ACT - Action by Churches Together

UBS AG

8, rue du Rhône

P.O. Box 2600

1211 Geneva 4, SWITZERLAND

Swift address: UBSWCHZ80A

Please also inform the Finance Officer Jessie Kgoroeadira (jkg@act-intl.org) and the Programme Officer Michelle Yonetani (myo@act-intl.org) of all pledges/contributions and transfers, including funds sent direct to the implementers, now that the Pledge Form is no longer attached to the Appeal.

We would appreciate being informed of any intent to submit applications for EU, USAID and/or other back donor funding and the subsequent results. We thank you in advance for your kind cooperation.

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