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What we doDCA primarily work with relief and development aid to address the need of most marginalized. |
What we do in India
The objective of Dan Church Aid South Asia Regional Office in India is to help the poorest of the poor and ensure their life with dignity. We primarily work with relief and development aid to address the need of the most marginalized people.
Our themes and programmes in India / South Asia
Dan Church Aid has a regional office in Delhi for our work in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. We focus on four thematic areas with mandate of:
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Disaster risk Reduction and Humanitarian response (Building community resilience for preparedness and response to disasters)
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Food Security (Ensure food security and sovereignty of most vulnerable and marginalized community)
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Access to Socio-economic justice (Marginalized people enjoy equity and equality in a just society)
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Safe migration (Ensure access to alternative livelihood for affected migrants)
Our partners and geography
Dan Church Aid works with local NGO partners and civil society organizations for implementation of humanitarian and development programmes in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
In India, we work in Orissa and Rajasthan (as focus states), West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh. For Humanitarian, we have a mandate to respond with relief and recovery needs as per situation in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
In Nepal, we work in Hills and Himalayan Terai region for implementation of our programmes and in Bangladesh, we work in southern, north-east and north-west region.
We and our partners collaborate with government authorities, institutions and networks /bodies at national/state level to achieve common goal to reduce poverty and sufferings of marginalized and poorest of poor.
Articles about FKN
By providing a traditional food for children, DanChurchAid has demonstrated how special dietary needs of children can be met in the middle of a disaster
Manorama lives in a flood-prone region. As for many other families living in the village, her house is not very strong, and after a flood she usually has to rebuild parts of it. With the help from DCA, Manorama and her family is getting a new house of bricks and concrete, which can resist future floods.
22/05/2012
Bridging communities in India
DCA has helped tribal people in a remote village in India build an important infrastructure, a bamboo bridge, which connects the village to the neighbouring village and the nearest road. To 24-year old Debeswari Sonowal, the bridge might have been lifesaving when she went into labour and was in urgent need of medical assistance.
From back breaking work in road-construction far from home to owner of six goats. In Orissa, India the dalit single mother, Bilaso Naik, has gotten help to claim her right to basic services from the government
30/07/2010
Help to tribals after attack by elephants
Attacks by elephants are a real threat to the villagers in Chandangiri in Orissa, India. DanChurch Aid’s partner in the area helps the tribal people access government schemes to compensate for death by animal attacks
The Talanada Juang hamlet in the Keonjhar district of Orissa has no roads and no drinking water source. The tribal hamlet previously undiscovered has only recently been included in the Orissa Government’s record. Now the Juangs learn about their possibilities of subsidies from the Government and mobilize funds for a bridge, a new road, housing and safe drinking water.
15/06/2010
Guardians of the village grain bank
Two village grain banks have secured the future for the villagers in a tribal hamlet in northern Bihar
20/05/2010
Rebuilding homes after Kosi floods in Bihar
55-year-old Mangli Devi is happy to have a new home. The old one was lost in the devastating Kosi floods of 2008. In the times to follow Mangli was able to rebuild her home and life with the support given by DCA. This is her story.
09/10/2009
India Floods: Appeal targets poorest
In the wake of the recent severe floods in Southern India, ACT International has launched a preliminary appeal for flood relief operations underway, as fears mount that the region could face severe food shortages.
04/06/2009
Rebuilding Lives and Hope after Tsunami
An inspiring bouquet of hope, the Tsunami Tales is a collection of real life stories of people who build their lives after the devastating Tsunami hit Asia in December of 2004.
DCA supports Astha, an NGO working in Southern Rajasthan since 1989. Astha has - among a number of other activities - initiated several organisations to empower widows and other single women.
17/03/2009
Kids with cameras
Inspired by the movie Slumdog Millionaire photographer Sumit Dayal joined four former street children back to the slums so they gould give their perspective on the real life behind the film.
10/03/2009
The Real Slum Heroes
The Oscar-awarded movie "Slumdog Millionaire" reviewed by experts. Harsh Mander from the Dil Se project invited 30 former street children in Delhi to the movie and give their opinion. This article sums up their impressions and gives a perspective as well.
28/10/2008
Who got a goat?
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.
27/10/2008
Giving goats in India
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.
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.
06/10/2008
A goat means a future
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.
28/08/2008
Floods in Bihar state in India
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.
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.
22/05/2008
Living with hunger
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...
04/02/2008
Joy of living returns after tsunami disaster
“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.
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...
29/10/2007
Flooding in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
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.
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...
07/09/2007
Flooding in South Asia
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.
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.
14/08/2007
Bangladesh is badly hit
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.
10/08/2007
Floods in South Asia
The situation in India and Bangladesh is still critical.
08/08/2007
ACT members continue flood responses in Asia
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.
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.
31/07/2007
Teamwork, torrential rains and tough women
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.
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.
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.
28/04/2007
Tsunami recovery in Tamil Nadu
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.
05/02/2007
Engendering gender justice
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 opt...
19/12/2006
Tsunami recovery programme in India
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.
06/09/2006
Response to floods in Indian states
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.
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.
20/07/2006
Local recourses overlooked
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.
30/03/2006
Searching for light at the end of the tunnel
Case study in India after tsunami 2005 by DanChurchAid partner Lutheran World Service/India
05/01/2006
Rebuilding lives after the tsunami
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.
05/01/2006
LWS in India after the tsunami
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.
05/01/2006
Tsunami: Sailing back to life
Velmurugam (36) was repairing his fishing nets on the seashore when the Tsunami hit his village, Anichankuppam, in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu.
23/12/2005
Immediate tsunami response
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.
23/12/2005
Immediate tsunami response
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.
22/12/2005
Tsunami - how the money was spent
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.
21/12/2005
Tsunami – one year later in India
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.
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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