Delhi, October 31 (MExN): Responding to the call made by the Nagas of Myanmar for help in the recent measles epidemic, the Naga Forum Delhi (NFD) delivered massive relief materials for the people who were affected by the epidemic. The disease that spread across the township of Lahe and Nanyun in Myanmar had killed more than 85 children, according to a press release from Publicity Wing, Naga Forum Delhi.
The project, ‘Transcending borders breaking barriers’, under the aegis of the Naga Forum Delhi was completed on October 28 at Longwa in Mon district of Nagaland. The relief materials consisting rice, sugar, dal, tea leaf, milk powder and medicine were handed over to the Nagas of Myanmar by the president of the Naga Forum Delhi, Neiphiu Rio (Lok Sabha MP) on behalf of the Nagas in Delhi and various cities and towns.
Speaking at the gathering, Rio said that the initiative was made successful because of the overwhelming response of the public, churches across India and various students’ bodies. “Today we have broken many barriers, barriers of distance, border and differences within us have been triumph over by the spirit of oneness and love,” Rio stated.
The Naga Forum Delhi had sought help from various churches and students’ bodies, public leaders and individuals for the project. After the send-off programme held on October 15 at Nagaland House, New Delhi, a team consisting of six volunteers including the president, headed for various destinations. The team for the Khonsa-Laju, Arunachal Pradesh was led by Wanghring Anal. In Laju, more than 300 Nagas came to receive the relief materials. The team for Pangsha- Moklale, Nagaland was led by Anthony Kaje and Karinpam, where 55 Nagas from Myanmar came to receive the materials. The final and the biggest consignment were delivered at Longwa, Mon, where more than 100 people from 22 villages from Myanmar came to receive the materials.
The initiative was executed under the advice and logistic support of the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organization (ENPO), Eastern Nagaland Students’ Federation (ENSF). Logistic support for Pangsha was extended by Khiamniungan Tribal Council and Khiamniungan Baptist Council of Noklak, while logistic support for Laju-Arunachal was guided by the Eastern Naga Students’ Association, a student body of the Nagas from Myanmar in India and the Ollo Baptist Church. The Konyak Union and the Konyak Baptist Church Association took up the responsibility of logistic support and mobilization along with EMSA executive at Longwa, Mon.
