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Organisation for Eelam Refugees Rehabilitation OfERR Kanchipuram Charity Profile
The Organization for Eelam Refugees Rehabilitation (OfERR) was founded in 1984 with the main objective of assisting and rendering relief to Tamil refugees from Ceylon who had taken refugee in India. There are presently more than a hundred thousand such refugees in the State of Tamil Nadu and 78,500 of them are sheltered in the 119 Refugee camps run by the government spread throughout the state. New arrivals since 2006 numbering more than 19,080 have been accommodated in existing camps as well as new camps set up for the purpose.
OfERR is a non-profit making, non-political, service oriented organization. The Committee of Management of the OfEER consists of Indian and Ceylonese professionals, educationists and social workers.
Organisation for Eelam Refugees Rehabilitation OfERR Kanchipuram Donation Information
Your contribution helps us refugees to continue to empower ourselves in our journey to live with dignity, while we wait in hope of peace, to return to our homeland as a resource and not a burden. We came with nothing, but we will return with the wealth of education, empowerment and a commitment to peace. Help us in our journey from refugees to resource persons.
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