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The 26 December, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, spread throughout the Indian Ocean, killing a large number of people and devastating coastal communities in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and elsewhere.
The catastrophe was one of the deadliest disasters in modern history. There were about 229,866 affected, with figures estimating about 186,983 dead and 42,883 missing. In the Indian context, the Human Toll as per the figures provided by the Government of India showed 12,405 casualties, 5,640 missing and 647,599 displaced. About 75% of the fatalities were women and children; 787 women lost husbands, livelihood and 480 children lost parents & homes. An estimated 1,089 villages were affected in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry & Andaman and Nicobar Islands. An estimated 235,377 houses got destroyed; 730,000 became homeless; 39,035 hectares of cropped area got damaged, 31,755 livestock got destroyed & 83,788 boats got totally damaged/destroyed. NASSCOM responded to the Tsunami emergency by mandating NASSCOM Foundation to work on medium and long term rehabilitation initiatives in Tamil Nadu with alliance partners. Based on this decision, Chairman, NF and President, NASSCOM initiated a fund-raising drive from member companies. A corpus was established through donations from NASSCOM & member companies to support Rehabilitation initiatives in tsunami-affected communities/areas of Tamil Nadu. NF decided on an integrated programme approach, linking ecological restoration, livelihoods and community initiatives with emphasis on training and life-skill capacity building. It initiated services to be provided to communities through Village Knowledge Centres (VKCs).
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