How young Indian expat girls in UAE made a difference to the flood-hit back home

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A community campaign led by a few Indian expat girls in the UAE has helped send over 2.4 tonnes of relief materials to the flood-hit Konkan region of Maharashtra.  Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3CTiPwn  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #Dubai #India

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00:00A community campaign led by two Indian expat girls in the UAE has helped send over 2.4

00:08tons of relief material to the flood-hit Konkan regions of Maharashtra.

00:14Torrential rains in late July had caused massive floods and landslides in large parts of the

00:18western Indian state, claiming the lives of more than 210 and isolating several areas

00:24for days.

00:25More than 10,000 people in these areas were displaced with no access to clean water, food

00:30and clothing.

00:31While they are assisted by the governments and NGOs, Indian expats in the UAE have also

00:36been doing their bit in supporting their compatriots in distress.

00:41Deeply disturbed after seeing the images and videos of the flood-hit people, 11th grader

00:46Reva Tulpul, a student of GEMS Modern Academy in Dubai, decided to launch a community campaign

00:51to collect clothes and blankets for the flood victims.

00:55Reva and her friend Shruti Chorj put up a video appeal and shared it through the Facebook

01:00and Instagram handles of Reva's platform WeCareDXB, which she founded in 2017.

01:06As the message spread, they were joined by young, like-minded supporters Ayesha Sarguro,

01:11Maryam Sheikh and Reem Dalwai to make the five-day campaign that was launched on July

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