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| TANA Launch Safety Guidelines For Indian College Students In US |
05/26/2010
Over the past few years, we have become increasingly aware of several catastrophic events among the Telugu people in USA. There have been many incidents in which young Telugu people lost their lives or suffered other hardships causing immense grief to their families and friends. To aid Telugus in distress, Telugu Association of North America (TANA) has established the TANA Emergency Assistance and Management Team (TEAM Square) in October 2008.
TEAM Square now has more than 200 volunteers across USA and Canada who are ready to extend their helping hand to fellow Telugus in need. Generous members and supporters of TANA ensured that TEAM Square has the necessary resources to serve the Telugu community. TEAM Square has quickly become the sole resource for Telugus in distress.
In the short span of 18 months since its inception, TEAM Square volunteers extended their helping hand in almost 50 separate incidents and spent more than $120,000 in aid to the victims and their families. During this time, there have been more than 30 deaths among Telugu people including 14 deaths in eight separate automobile accidents (two in the last 10 days), five murders (three of them apparently by a family member), two suicides, two train accidents, and the rest due to other causes. Other incidents that TANA TEAM Square intervened included a fire accident that destroyed the possessions of 17 students, two attacks on Telugu persons and some immigration related detention/deportation situations.
The large number of deaths raised many concerns, particularly in India, regarding safety in US. An analysis of the incidents that TEAM Square was involved in demonstrates some commonalities in these events. Adherence to safe practices could have helped avoid some of these mishaps.
Today, TANA is launching a safety awareness campaign to prevent future incidents. A TANA Team is planning to visit various cities and universities in the USA and Canada to conduct safety seminars for the NRI’s especially for the students and the youth.
TEAM Square volunteers have prepared brochures in Telugu and English with guidelines for safety. The brochures are being released today by Jayaram Komati, President of TANA.
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cureâ€, said Jayaram Komati. “TANA will prominently promote the safety related information in our web site and through the media. We plan to distribute thousands of these brochures both in print and electronic mediums and make them widely available in US and India.†TANA will make these brochures available at the consulates, travel agencies, Telugu associations and Indian Student Associations at all universities. TANA also plans to conduct safety awareness seminars at all universities and collaborate with the Indian government in promoting safety.
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Guidelines-English-051710.docx
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Guidelines-Telugu-051710.pdf
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