Disaster Relief
Unfortunately due to its location on the south eastern coast of India, Tamil Nadu is subject to various weather and environmental hazards including cyclones, floods and droughts, and was greatly impacted by the deadly Tsunami in 2004. Since then, funded by our partners, we have provided disaster relief to the communities we serve.
Fengal Cyclone
The Fengal Cyclone caused widespread destruction across parts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. In response to the humanitarian needs arising from the disaster, we implemented a focused relief intervention.
The relief intervention was designed to address immediate needs related to shelter, food security, health, and education.
Affected families were provided with tarpaulins to support temporary shelter, dry ration kits to ensure access to essential food supplies, and blankets to protect them during the post-cyclone period.
Education and stationery kits were distributed to school-going children to help them continue their learning without prolonged disruption.
Special attention was given to the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers through the distribution of nutrition supplements, supporting their health and wellbeing during the recovery phase.
The Fengal Cyclone response benefited over 800 families, reaching more than 2,000 individuals. The intervention helped to stabilise affected households and protect vulnerable populations.
Covid-19
We continued to operate throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, providing support to individuals, families and communities.
Boxing Day Tsunami
The catastrophic tsunami on Boxing Day 2004 had a devasting impact on communities in Tamil Nadu. We were able to provide relief intervention in response to the humanitarian disaster that arose.
2004-2009 Tsunami relief and rehabilitation activities.
- 25 Child Care Centres established
- 7000 children supported with nutritional support, education materials and care
- 378 houses constructed for the Tsunami victims
- 5000 Eco-San toilets constructed as an appropriate technology for the coastal areas
- 178 boats were given with nets to the fishermen communities to restart their livelihood activities
- 300 acres of land rejuvenated for farming with traditional inputs and knowledge
- 2000 young people were trained for 14 different trades to become self sufficient
- 400 Self Help Groups promoted and assisted to get revolving funds, direct linkage to start their income generating activities
- Mobilization of 400 bicycle fish vendors as a federation in order to obtain micro-credit support, bicycles, shelter for their meetings, insurance and pushed to improve their income and social dignity
- School dropouts were organized and motivated to continue their school education in the Open School which became the Children Home in 2007 in order to fully take care of these children coming from poor families and take them to school every day
- 800+ families supported through livestock promotion to increase their income and improve their self-respect through an empowering process by a wonderful training tool of “Corner Stone” (Heifer project)