A week back the students swung into action and launched a donation drive on campus, collecting clothes, soaps, medicines, candles and match-boxes to be distributed in Orissa. Father Noel Sheth, principal, JDV, said the volunteers, who have already spent a packet on the railway tickets, and malaria tablets so far, have left without the crucial cholera vaccinations, since ``their attempts to procure the vaccine from various hospitals and medical stores did not produce any positive response.''

The volunteers between 20-28 years, including three sister nurses, headed by Father Lourdes Daniel, left for Orissa on November 8 by Konark Express.A second batch of volunteers is preparing to leave shortly, said Father Sheth.