Ananta Kishore Swain

Immediately after cyclone FANI, a Rapid Assessment was undertaken in 48 villages covering 5 Blocks of Puri district and 3 slums of Capital City Bhubaneswar to assess the damage and need of the community. Based on the assessment, the following works were initiated by CYSD:

 

  • Volunteer Mobilization: 103 volunteers (Male 81 & 22 Female) from different organizations including Antarang, National Youth Project (NYP), National Service Scheme (NSS) and Indore School of Social Work (NSSW) joined their hands with CYSD and facilitated drone-based damage assessment at Arakhakuda in Puri district and engaged in relief and restoration activities.
  • Cyclone Response Hubs:  One Hub each in Brahmagiri- Satyabadi, Nimapada and Delang blocks of Puri district; and one in Bhubaneswar Urban Slum were set-up to facilitate services to the cyclone victims.
  • Supply of Drinking Water: 32268 ltr. of drinking water supplied to 2150 affected households in Bhubaneswar urban slums. Water purification system installed in collaboration with Tata Trusts.
  • Health and Hygiene Camps were organised in the affected areas mobilizing volunteers, doctors and medicine from different quarters.  24 health camps organized where 2527 people have visited the health camps, got treatment and provided with medicines free of cost. Hygiene camps organized in 51 villages/ urban slums in the affected areas of Bramhagiri, Satyabadi, Nimapada & Delang blocks of Puri district; Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC); and urban slums under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Balianta block of Khurda district. In this process road clearing, village cleaning and decontamination of water bodies were undertaken mobilizing the volunteers and the community people.
  • Material Distribution: Materials including Dry Ration Kit (4442), Dignity Kit (3344), Survival Kit (487), Education Kit for children (300) and tarpaulin covers (1290) distributed to the affected households. In this process, CYSD has reached out to 18941 households in the districts of Puri, Khurda and Cuttack.
  • Civil Society Coordination: CYSD became part of the “Civil Society Responds to FANI” set-up for collective humanitarian action in the most difficult situation in coordination with the Government and the District Administration and facilitated its meetings and logistics support.
  • Documentation and Communication: A regular Bulletin capturing stories from the ground with photographs, initiatives taken by the CSOs and Government, and media highlights shared all across.
  • Sharing of Recommendations: The recommendations of the Forum “Civil Society Responds to FANI” shared with different Media Houses for policy influencing and advocacy.

The cyclone response works have been undertaken in collaboration with Humanitarian Aid International (HAI) and support from different organizations including Plan India, Tata Trusts, Odisha Forum, Americares India Foundation, Vaishnabi Centre for Enlightenment, Goonj, NIINE, Samaja Relief Committee, Procter & Gamble, Himalaya, Marwari Yuva Manch and individual supporters.

CYSD is really thankful to all collaborators, donors and individual supporters for their valuable support and cooperation at this difficult hour.