Church in Kerala to raise funds to help U'khand victims

A Catholic archdiocese in Kerala has planned to launch a fund raising drive to help people affected by the devastating floods in Uttarakhand.
Archbishop of Latin Archdiocese here Soosai Pakiam issued an appeal to the church members to extend support to the flood victims in rebuilding their life.
As part of the mission, all churches under the archdiocese would conduct a fund collection drive amid the Sunday mass on July 21, he said in a written appeal issued yesterday.
Terming the tragedy as one of the largest natural disasters that India witnessed after the tsunami which hit the coastal areas of the country about a decade back, the archbishop said it was the duty of every believer to lend a helping hand to the flood victims.

He noted that the rescue camps in Uttarakhand were facing shortage of medicines, cloths and food and believers under the church could contribute as much they could for rehabilitation of the affected people, the archbishop added.