Life for many of the survivors has become a nightmare. They have lost their homes and all their possessions. Well over a third of a million people are homeless. Even if they had homes to go to many people are so traumatized by the quake and continuing tremors that they do not want to sleep in a building. They fear the roof will collapse on them.
Thousands are also jobless.
Their places of employment lie in ruins. Some businesses that were not destroyed can't find workers. They are busy trying to put their own lives back together, search for relatives, are recuperating from injuries or they have left the area for safer regions of India. The people of Gujarat need our help. The people of Gujarat have already been given help.