To facilitate easy access the much needed information at door step for the people and make them aware of the sources of relief measures Information centres (IC) were set up at various villages. These ICs act as resource centre for supply and procurement of information and function as an entry point at micro-level for abridging the people with the ongoing institutional service providers. The ICs also coordinate our social reconstruction works and serve as counseling venue for sharing gender-specific health information.
In Silladi, the Information Centre is dedicated exclusively for the needs of the affected women

20 tents – 10 each at Nagapattinam and Parangipettai blocks were set up as Information Centres. Every Information Centre has the records of village population, number of people affected, the details of damages, the details of the people who lost their lives and the wounded, the details of damaged fishing gears, the details of the persons, etc. A muster roll is kept in the ICs which are signed by the Government officials when they come for visits to the respective villages.

Information relating to Government and Relief and Rehabilitation like GOs of State Government, Government Polices, Schemes of Central Government, Schemes of Fisheries Department, Schemes of Social Welfare Department, and Schemes of Adi-Dravidar Welfare Department are made available for ready reference in these ICs.

The staff finds out the requirements of the people around the place. The people are informed before hand the arrival of the various officials to the villages through the centre. The petitions of the people are given to the concerned officials through the centre especially petitions relating to the assistance for elders, destitute and others. People come to know about the various news through the newspapers kept at the centre.

When the municipality workers come to clean the camps, they first sign in the register kept at the centre and then start their work. People inform the centre about problems relating to water supply, power, sanitation and sewage. Our staff approaches the concerned departments to take appropriate remedial action.

Moreover, the staff at the centre, tells the people about the forthcoming medical camp and prepare the list and register in a book kept at ICs. Based on the criticality, the list for consultation is prepared and the people are called for the medical camp. Children are being treated for psychological development through the centre. The centre conducts rally and awareness camp to bring back the people to normalcy. There are handbills, posters, various brochures, etc., at the centre. People get various information from them.

Other organizations too ask for information from the centre. To allot permanent houses to the inmates of the temporary shelter, the officials have approached the centre for necessary information about the people affected. The centre also has the list of organizations that supported the affected people with the information on the benefits received.
The Information centres work as Multi-purpose centres. The information centres are receiving petitions of various natures from the public and forward them to the respective authorities. Each centre provides newspapers and magazines for the people to update themselves with the current developments as far as Tsunami relief and rehabilitation works of the Government and other organizations are concerned.
Mageshwari, aged 21 is a widow. She had given a petition for a job. Our staff had helped her to get a job as a cook in Annai Theresa Teachers’ Training Institute at Nagapattinam. Our centre in association with Tamil Nadu Legal Services Authority, Madurai division had helped her to secure the job.