Thank you for making a difference to victims of the Nepal Earthquake

Update on 05/05/2015:

Receipt from RedCross attached here.

We will keep this short.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

You, the members of the Cambrian Indian Community, helped raise over $850 for the victims of the Nepal Earthquake which has claimed over 5000 lives and counting. 

To put this in perspective, when Sonal originally proposed the idea to CIC, she had modest expectations. She suggested that we request a dollar per person for whoever chose to donate. Since this was our first time, we were not sure what to expect. But blow away our expectations, you did (it is May 4th, Star Wars Day after all :)).

And here is the best part- many of you have contributed not just through Cambrian Cares but also through your employer for a donation match and/or tax reasons. Your generosity makes us proud.

We will donate the amount to RedCross in the coming days and share the receipt in the comments section of this post.

Thank you once again. You have demonstrated what it takes to make and build a community.  

Announcing "Cambrian Cares" for the victims of the Nepal Earthquake

As all of you are aware of, the country of Nepal and parts of India were rocked by a significant earthquake on the 25th of April, 2015. The earthquake and its aftershocks have devastated the country of Nepal and taken the lives of 2500 people and counting. As Nepal's neighbor, India has responded swiftly with support. As Indians living in the Cambrian community, we believe we can do more. And that is what led us to launching "Cambrian Cares". For more on Cambrian Cares, please read the FAQs at the bottom of this article. 

Cambrian Cares for Nepal Earthquake Relief Efforts

We would like to request you to contribute as little as $1 or to your hearts fill. Send the money to our Paypal account set up for this purpose -  cambriancares@gmail.com. If you want your name acknowledged in this website, let us know in the message portion of the Paypal "Send Money" portion or you can choose to stay anonymous.

Every dollar contributed will be passed on to the following charity which has been identified by Charity Navigator as one of the better ones in terms of their donation to administration ratio. 

RedCross

Details on RedCross efforts to help the Nepal Earthquake

RedCross rating on CharityNavigator 

Please try to send in your contributions by Sunday, May 2nd and we will immediately make the collected contribution to the Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund from RedCross.

If you have any additional questions please reach out to us via email or talk to one of your CIC Board members and we will be happy to answer any and all questions. 

Thanks in advance for your generosity.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Cambrian Cares

1. What is Cambrian Cares?

Cambrian Cares is a means for members of the community to offer support for humanitarian disasters across the world. 

2. How does Cambrian Cares work?

When there is a large scale humanitarian disaster, members of the community can request the CIC to run a campaign (like this one) to collect funds for the charity. We only request some advance notice to vet the organization where the funds are being funneled to.

3. Can I contribute on my own for tax purposes?

Very much so. The CIC does not get any tangible benefit in running Cambrian Cares. We do it simply because the collective power of all of us is better than one. That said, if you have a large donation amount in mind and would like to make use of tax deductions for the amount, by all means, please do. If more people benefit from your generosity, why not?

4. What it is in it for CIC?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing. This is our community working for the global community. No more. No less.

5. How do I know if my contribution reaches the right place?

We do our best to pick charities with low overhead and a good reputation. We try our best to keep out of religious charities (in some scenarios, it might be unavoidable). We will be transparent with amount collected and share the confirmation email with the group so everyone is comfortable with the process.

6. Is Cambrian Cares, its own entity?

Nope. Cambrian Cares is the name for the effort from our community to support disaster relief efforts across the world. This is similar to Cambrian Seva, our outreach and volunteer effort to help local communities. For logistics reasons, we are keeping Cambrian Cares and Cambrian Seva as separate efforts for different purposes.

If you have any additional questions please reach out to us via email or talk to one of your CIC Board members and we will be happy to answer any and all questions.