In December 2015, Chennai had an unprecedented flood. At the time, I was a Teach for India fellow teaching third graders in Pulianthope, one of the city’s worst-hit areas.Government relief had yet to arrive. So I did what I could: I used Facebook to raise relief supplies like food, medicine, and clothing from donors in Bengaluru, coordinated volunteers, and arranged for vehicles.What I couldn’t do right away was make any of it reach where it mat…
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