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Bethany Fellowship Trust is one of the organisation that have undertaken relief work at Nagapattinam. Bethany Fellowship witnessed the fury of the tsunami, which consumed many small villages and inflicted untold miseries to human, property and cattle. Nagapattinam district consists of many villages. Bethany Fellowship observed that many houses and buildings of the villagers, which were constructed within the two kilometers from the sea were brought to the ground, beyond 2 kilometers the buildings were found with cracks. Rev, Dr. Samuel Innocent and Rev. Jenson Jebaraj from Bethany Fellowship Erode have been busy with relief operations for more than 30 days in partnership with lighthouse international ministries (UK). Tharangam Padi This village lies very close to the sea in Nagapattinam. It is one of the fishing ground. The fishermen catch fish and hand it over to their wives who take them to the market to sell. The children of these parents remain uneducated because their parents do not encourage them to study, instead of studying they teach them the fishing techniques. On the tsunami day the loss to human lives, houses and cattles were colossal. The waves played havoc with the back water and harbour. Number of people were missing from this village. Out of 2,000 people reported missing from this village, nearly 500 were killed. Rev.Dr. Samuel Innocent and Rev. Jenson Jebaraj visited the village and spoke to the affected people. The local pastor John Manicham helped us in identifying the families. Three times Bethany Fellowship visited this villages and distributed stoves, bed sheets, bags & groceries etc. Among these affected people by the tsunami some were Bethany Fellowship believers. They groaned that their Houses, clothes, money and most of the belongings were lost in the deluge. Bethany Fellowship has helped them to receive most of these things. Akkoor This is another village in Nagapattinam which was hit by the giant waves. Here many more people were missing. Many people, children, cattle, houses and crops were destroyed. The total population of, this village is close to 1,000. All of them are fishermen. Bethany Fellowship witnessed the poor condition of the people and provided such as rice, sugi and kerosene stoves were given to 5,000 families. Rev. Dr. Samuel Innocent consoled the people. Kadaloor Agriculture is the main occupation of 1950 people who lives here. It is just one kilometer from the sea. More than 100 people and 25 children have lost their life. Many shops and buildings were guttered.   Meenavar Colony Mostly fishermen stays in this village. It has a population of 750. The whole village was submerged in the sea water.   Top   © 2005, bethanyindia.org