[Dialogue] Hiraman Kokane

[ICA Taiwan]

Dear Jack and Judy,

Thank you for the update.  I'm happy to hear you are safe if not dry 
and comfortable.  And sad about Kokene and Suman and others who lost 
so much.  I heard also from Marguerite and the papers and TV have 
daily updates on Mumbai and the surrounding area.

Dick has gone to the US and I leave in a couple of days to meet him 
in Florida to visit Calvin and Shelley and grandson Owen.  Dick will 
stay and do a little work and I will come back through (more family) 
and Seattle.

Take care.

Gail


>Dear Colleagues,
>
>Judy and I arrived back in Mumbai early Monday morning and were able 
>to get to Sankli Street without difficulty.  But the city has really 
>been hit badly with these rains.  Everyone has a horror story about 
>last week's unprecedented rains.  Of course, it is the poor who bear 
>most of the pain of these  types of disasters.
>
>Many of you have either worked with or know Hiraman and Suman 
>Kokane, long-time ICA staff from the days of Nava Gram Pryas who now 
>lives in Panvel, just outside Mumbai.  I just talked to Hiraman who 
>is stuck in Kolaphur, about 200 miles south of Mumbai and hasn't 
>been able to get home for days now.  His wife and kids had to escape 
>their house as it filled up with water from the floods, taking all 
>their possessions.  All they got were the clothes on their back. 
>The water filled up the whole house and Hiraman says all they have 
>left are the four walls.  Judy and I intend to do all we can to help 
>them replace their clothes and possessions and we thought some of 
>you might want to help.  You can contact us at <icabombay at igc.org> 
>directly and let us know what you would like to do.
>
>For your informaton, Hiraman is working on facilitation with many 
>companies and does marvelous work with workers and supervisors. 
>His kids all graduated at the top of their class and are doing well 
>in college.
>
>G&P,
>
>Jack Gilles
>
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