- Reference No:
- U DMS/4/192
- Dates:
- 30 Dec 2004-5 Sep 2005
- Description:
- File containing correspondence, press release, notes for Council meeting, outline of proposed response, copy press cuttings, and report 'The Impact of Tsunami in Tuticorin and the Relief Work Done by the Mission' relating to the Mission to Seafarers' response to the tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean. Includes references to: IMO response; ISS capabilities; relief fund; the society having provided counselling, encouragement, help for seashore people, money for relief funds, donations of clothing and food; Tuticorin Seafarers Centre having collected and packed relief materials; provision of free phone cards; special Council meeting on the subject; collection of donations at Tuticorin, Mangalore and Colombo stations; decision that the society will commit upto £50,000 for chaplains and staff to use for short, medium and long term aid; appointment of a full time chaplain in Colombo, Sri Lanka to respond and expand ministry.
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
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Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)
