April 1st 2005
After Kokilamedu and the Nadukuppam Fishing Village, it is now Venpurusham village where repaired boats have been re- launched back into the sea by Mr Hemang Badani,popular Cricket Hero amidst much fanfare ,excitement and enthusiastic volunteers/staff of Acts of Mercy.

24th March,2005
Boats Launched at Nadukuppam, Marina by Mr. Balaiah, renowned TV serial and Film Star.
'Junior Balaiah' flagged off 10 repaired Boats/Motors back into the sea enabling the fishermen restart their lives. Showing his solidarity to this event was the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mylapore, Mr. Shanmugam, the staff and volunteers of AOM. An event that confirmed that there is always a silver lining over every dark cloud.

Feb,16th 2005
10 boats launched at Kokilamedu Fishing village by Cricketers L Balaji and Tinu Yohanan.

As part of our Tsunami rehabilitation program, 10 boats were repaired by Acts of Mercy and flagged off on the D DAY, 16th February by Cricketers L Balaji and Tinu Yohanan.To add more color to the happy occasion, playback singer Rehana enthralled the audience with her hit Tamil numbers. Community lunch was served and to show their solidarity to the event, the volunteers and staff joined the fishermen for a rendezvous with the sea

MEDICAL CAMP
40 residents from the fishing community from Kokilamedu treated for cataract operation at Kanchipuram hospital

A medical camp done earlier brought to light, the need for cataract operations for fishermen as most of them suffer from eye ailment. The patients were taken to Kanchipuram, where they underwent cataract surgery and were provided with glasses.

TSUNAMI RELIEF
On the 26th Dec we tried to reach the spot but the roads were closed. On the 27th morning we visited the villages from Neelankarai to Kalpakam (on the ECR), where about 70 people died. We visited each fishing village, talked to the village head and took a realistic damage survey. While we were taking the damage survey the Scope International contacted and expressed their willingness to pay for 1000 packets of food and 1500 packets of water. On 27th night itself we provided hot meals and drinking water for about 10 villages. We want to say a big thank you to Scope International and we hope that many others will come and help us in this time of need.