Film Professor Signs On to Help Aid Fishing Villages in India Devastated by Tsunami

Assistant Professor Danto, filming in Burkina Faso in 2001. An article about her work in India can be found here.

Brooklyn College filmmaker Annette Danto has been designated by the U.S. Educational Foundation in India as the U.S. contact person for the Fulbright Tsunami Relief Effort Committee. The committee is engaged in the following:

•Media and e-mail communication to maintain awareness of the situation

•An outreach to alumni and current and future Fulbright scholars to perform on-site such service work as reconstruction projects and support for counseling.

•Fundraising events in the United States.

•Curriculum development on such relevant subjects as disaster management, trauma counseling, environmental assessment, and public health.

If you are interested in sharing ideas, serving on the committee, or volunteering for projects, please contact Associate Professor Danto, president, Friends of Fulbright to India Inc., anndanto@hotmail.com. For information on tsunami relief efforts in southern India, please visit this Web site set up by one of the fishing associations from southern India.