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A brief report on charity show for kerala

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The Government of Kerala started a donation website for flood victims.[43] As of 30th August 2018, ₹1,206.7 crore (US$170 million) was collected from the public including organisations, corporate firms and famous personalities.



The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi announced a sum of ₹500 crore (US$70 million) as interim relief for Kerala on 18 August 2018. This is in addition to ₹562.45 crore (US$78 million) already made available in SDRF of the State and ₹100 crore (US$14 million) announced on 12 August 2018 by the Home Minister.[45][46] The central government also said in its press release that this ₹600 crore (US$84 million) is only the advance assistance and that additional funds will be released by the NDRF when an inter-ministerial team visits again and assesses the damage.[19][47]. The central government, in one of the largest rescue operations, deployed 40 helicopters, 31 aircraft, 500 boats, 182 rescue teams and 18 medical teams of defence forces, 58 teams of NDRF and 7 companies of Central Armed Police Forces. Together they saved over 60,000 human lives. [48]
European Union announced an assistance of ₹1.53 crore (US$210,000) in aid [49][50] funding to the Indian Red Cross Society for providing relief to flood-affected people in Kerala.




People's Foundation, an NGO based in Calicut, had served with 37,000 volunteers for rescue and hygiene operations. Their volunteers had cleaned 11,139 houses and conducted 494 relief camps for flood victims. They also committed to build 500 houses which having the cost of ₹30 crore (US$4.2 million) [56]
A fundraising campaign started on Facebook by charitable organisations Knanaya Catholic Yuvajanavedhi of Chicago and Care and Share along with a person named Arun Simon Nellamattom and others raised and donated US$1.6 million to Kerala Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund.










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