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Relief Camp For COVID 19

 organized by Eastern India Philatelists' Association

Eastern India Philatelists's Association  is the first philatelic organisation in India which has raised funds and  distributed relief packets during COVID-19 lockdown in Orissa at two different parts.

The Eastern India Philatelists' Association, one of the premier Philatelic organization of India has done a commendable noble work during the lockdown period of COVID-19. It has conducted an online special charity auction for relief work amongst the members of the organization on 1st May.2020. The members had spared their rare and important philatelic materials for the auction. A sum of more than Rs.50,000/- was collected from the auction along with personal contribution of some individual members. 

The first COVID-19 Relief Camp was organised by EIPSA at Bolangir on 10 May.2020 where Philatelists of Bolangir and Bhubaneswar Mr. Kamal Chakraborty, Gangadhar Tripathy, Pranay Agrawal, Hardik Bhammar, Anup Kumar Raut, etc. distributed about 40 relief packets to the poor and needy people of the Jhopad Patti near Central School, Bolangir.

A second COVID-19 relief camp was organised by EIPA on 17 May2020 at Bhusandpur, Khurda. The philatelists of EIPA Mr. Anil Dhir, Shanti Swarup Rath, Anup Kumar Raut, Dr, Bibhu Mishra, Kasinath Sahoo, Chitta Ranjan Das, Shashak Sukla, Prashant Das, Manas Das, K. Chandrasekhar, etc. attended the camp and distributed about 60 relief packets to the poor , disabled, tribal snake charmers and needy people.

It has proposed to organize another COVID-19 relief Camp at Bhubaneswar.  In the Past EIPA has also contributed to the Army relief fund during Kargil war.