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Gita Devi is 25 years old and mother of four children. She and her husband live in a hamlet, next to the fields they cultivate. They do not own the land around their house, but 3/4 of the crops are theirs to keep. The landowner gets the rest.
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Since 2006, DanChurchAid (DCA) in India have had a total of 6.500 goats to distribute amongst vulnerable people. All those goats was a result of Danes choosing to 'Give a Goat' for Christmas and support the work of DCA.
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ACT International has launched a US $1.7 million appeal to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people displaced by the catastrophic flooding in the Indian province of Bihar. DanChurchAid is a member of ACT International.
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Getting a goat has been a life changing experience for Padma Ram, his wife Dani Devi and their five children. The family is healthier, their income is secure and the children are now in school, thanks to their five goats, a cow and a little help from local aid organisation SURE.
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At least 800 people have been killed in monsoon-related accidents during the heavy June-to-September rains across India, with impoverished Bihar accounting for 24 deaths since August 23, according to a government spokesperson.
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Heavy and incessant rainfall since June 16, 2008 has flooded many areas in the eastern states of Assam, Orissa and West Bengal leaving some 93 people dead and close to 2.7 million people affected.
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The enormity of human deprivation among the vulnerable and destitute in India is overwhelming. A newly published paper describes the experience of living with hunger as recounted by persons from intensely insecure social groups from eight villages in Orissa, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. The research study on hunger is written by Harsh Mander, convenor of Aman Biradari, a people’s campaign for secular democracy in India. The study is funded by DanChurchAid in India.
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“The memory is still very painful to me,” G. Raju recounts in a faltering vice. Yet, there was nothing he could do. The flood waves were six or seven meters high and he could not reach his house and his family. He still vividly remembers the horrible scenes of devastation the tsunami left in its wake three years ago as it swept through his coastal village in southern India.
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The monsoon rains have stopped in the states of West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa with the onset of winter. The last rain spell was in the first week of October 2007. The flood waters have receded (except in some pockets of very low-lying areas) and people have gone back to their villages. Some people are living under polythene sheets distributed by NGOs and the government where traditional mud homes were damaged and destroyed.
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Heavy and continuous rainfall over the past five days has caused widespread flooding and the deaths of at least 13 people in the state of Tamil Nadu. The rains, also affecting the state of Andhra Pradesh, were caused by a low pressure center over the south-eastern bay off Chennai along with the north-east monsoon.
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In West Bengal, Orissa and Bihar the monsoon rains continue. A depression that formed over the Bay of Bengal caused heavy rains from September 23 to 24, 2007 in several areas. The continuous downpour led to a rise in water level in all major river systems in the region. Calcutta was submerged under heavy waterlogging and received 44.0 cm (17.3 inches) of rain. The whole city was flooded with up to 1.5 metres (4.92 feet) of water in some areas.
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Some of the largest floods ever have hit parts of India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Across South Asia, DanChurchAid has been providing essential water equipment and temporary shelters for people who have lost their homes to flooding.
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RDRS Bangladesh has provided food relief worth over taka 18 million (equivalent to USD 261,500) to about 30,400 flood-affected people in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat Districts.
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The floods in South Asia have hit Bangladesh with enormous force, and there is an acute need for just about everything, such as food, seed grain and reconstruction, DanChurchAid representative reports from Dhaka.
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The situation in India and Bangladesh is still critical.
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Members of the global alliance, Action by Churches Together (ACT) International of which DanChurchAid is a member, continue to respond to multiple floods crises across vast regions of Asia. Reuters reports that 35 million people are affected by the crisis in India, Bangladesh and Nepal alone. China and Pakistan have also suffered torrential rains and floods in the past month.
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DanChurchAid has sent one million DKK to the relief work for the survivors of the floods in Asia, and more money is on its way.
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In India, people beneath the traditional caste system, the Dalits, are particularly badly affected by natural disasters. This summer’s monsoon flooding in India is no exception. But with disaster preparedness, disaster-proof housing and not least strong women self-help groups, things can improve.
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Contact information: DanChurchAid's regional office in India. Contact information: Asia desk at DanChurchAid headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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The monsoon season is hitting India hard. In the Indian state Orissa, DanChurchAid supports the relief work through the local partner LWSI with DKK 400000.
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Life is hard for Jyotsna Pradhan. When her husband deserted her she was left to care for her elderly mother and her 4-year-old daughter. Most people in her village are poor and regular work is very hard to find. This past fall, life became even more difficult when heavy flooding struck her village in Orissa, India.
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A string of recent dedications of newly constructed post-tsunami housing in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu was reason to celebrate. But it was also an opportunity to take stock and explore ways to respond to future disasters.
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A recently published report has documented how “caste blindness” in the Indian post-tsunami disaster recovery has exacerbated vulnerability and exclusion of the dalit communities. The study which was commissioned by the Dalit Network Netherlands (DNN) documents how international organisations, the Indian Government and local Indian organisation all contributed to the continuation of caste discrimination during the tsunami relief and recovery phase.
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On 1 February 2007, the EU Parliament approved a resolution asking the Indian government to stop violence against Dalits, the approx. 165 million Indians living at the bottom of the caste system.
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With support from DanChurchAid, Lutheran World Service/India (LWSI) has initiated a livelihood support and a community based disaster preparedness (CBDP) programme in 50 tsunami affected non-ocean fishing and dalit communities of Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts of Tamil Nadu state. As part of the project, women will receive special attention by way of getting vocational training for alternative livelihood options.
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DanChurchAid has made its best efforts to respond to the Asian tsunami, addressing immediate humanitarian needs of the survivors and is in the process of supporting rehabilitation and recovery efforts. The tsunami recovery programme will continue until the end of 2008.
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DanChurchAid in India is working to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life among the poorest and most marginalised groups, in particular Dalits. Dalits in India are subject to all sorts of discrimination, including untouchability. Dalit women face dual discrimination, i.e., discrimination due to both gender and caste.
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ACT members responding to floods in several Indian states have turned their attention to the flood situation in southern and southwestern districts of Rajasthan, which has worsened since the third week of August.
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India: Low pressure in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression, causing torrential rains in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh. In addition, the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra have suffered widespread flooding following rains over the last weeks.
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The international evaluation of the 2004 Asian tsunami response, published Friday 14 July 2006, emphasised that local people extended the most important relief to the tsunami victims. DanChurchAid agrees.
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Tuesday's bomb attacks on Mumbai's train network have killed more than 180 people. The first blast went off at about 18:30 local time (13:00 GMT) Tuesday 11 July, during the rush hour.
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The Dalit community was given the short shrift in the post tsunami scenario both by the government and the DCA partner the Lutheran World Service – India/ACT International included the 50 Dalit families of Thirumullaivasal village in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu state among its permanent housing beneficiaries.
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Case study in India after tsunami 2005 by DanChurchAid partner Lutheran World Service/India
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Velmurugam (36) was repairing his fishing nets on the seashore when the Tsunami hit his village, Anichankuppam, in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu.
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Govindan and Nilavati were a happy couple with four children, whose ages ranged from 8 to 15. Govindan, a fisherman and a boat owner in a small village in Tamil Nadu, earned around Rs 15,000 a month. Then came the Tsunami that tore apart their village and lives.
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When Anjuman (14), Appu (10), Shiva (8), Jeevaratnam (6) and Anbarasi (4) lost their mother, Maleu, to the tsunami, their father also deserted them. But not before getting the compensation money from the government for his wife’s death.
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India and Sri Lanka have received the majority of the relief aid provided by DanChurchAid. DanChurchAid received DKK 74 million (approx. USD 12 million) in connection with the tsunami.
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India and Sri Lanka have received the majority of the relief aid provided by DanChurchAid. DanChurchAid received DKK 74 million (approx. USD 12 million) in connection with the tsunami.
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DanChurchAid received DKK 74 million (approx. USD 12 million) in connection with the tsunami. In Denmark, hundreds of persons volunteered to help collect money for the victims of the tsunami.
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After the tsunami 26 December 2004, DanChurchAid has worked in a number of fishing villages in India; rebuilding permanent houses, distributing boats, engines and fishing nets, and helping people restart their businesses.
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DanChurchAid has raised over DKK 12.2 million (approx. USD 2 million) for the thousands of people in Pakistan and India whose homes and livelihoods have been devastated by the earthquake
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