Preamble: In an era marked by the increasingly palpable ramifications of climate change, the interplay between its impacts and humanitarian crises has intensified. Marginalised and vulnerable...
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Rapid assessment: Thane Cyclone affected villages in Cuddalore
Cyclone Thane hit Tamil Nadu coast on 29th and 30th of December 2011 destroyed houses, boats, standing crops, livestock and livelihoods. As per the Government sources the cyclone killed 35 people...
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Sri Lanka/India: Grassroots women's initiatives in reconstruction and governance international community visit & exchange workshop
Post-tsunami initiatives across South Asia have taken a long journey from recovery to development, and are now focusing on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Initiatives and responses from grassroots...
Tsunami annual report-2007 - Beyond recovery: Empowerment and mobilization through community development
INTRODUCTION On December, 26, 2004 a series of earthquakes in the Bay of Bengal (the strongest reaching 8.9 on the Richter scale) caused a succession of giant tsunami tidal waves of 3 to 10 meters in...
Disaster Watch: Disaster Brief Jul 2007
Disaster Watch aid grassroots women's collectives to exchange learn and evaluate disaster response initiatives and the performance of government and aid agencies. First held in Gujarat in February...
India: Emerging community leaders
Success Stories from Tsunami, Tamil Nadu, India Initiatives that changed the villages: Chitra, Keelamoovarkkarai, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India Before the tsunami, to the village of...
India: What can women do? Rebuilding lives post-tsunami
Some attempts to recover and rebuild since the 2004 tsunami have been successful, while others have been knocked down by constraints or unwillingness. Each tsunami-affected village has had its own...
First India Disaster Management Congress
The first India Disaster Management Congress, was held in New Delhi from November 29 to 30, 2006. A thematic session on Gender & Social Issues chaired by Prema Gopalan, was a product of this...
India: Annual report 2005
About Us Since its inception in 1998, with its headquarters in Mumbai, SSP spread across eight districts in Maharashtra and two districts in Gujarat. Recently, after the Tsunami, SSP started working...
India: Community led disaster to development programme - South Asia Tsunami Jan - Dec 2005
Foreword They walk by themselves We have walked the difficult path of reconstruction with people from a wide spectrum of cultural differences, with unique cultural identities and with exceptional...
India: First person accounts from tsunami women survivors turned leaders
When disasters strike, communities are devastated. Women are the human face of disasters. As first responders, they take on the onerous task of restoring life. Restoring home and livelihoods,...
India: Done and undone - Assessing tsunami efforts - A women's perspective
Community Profile: Sothikuppam Village Leaders insist that NGOs meet Community Needs Between the Deep Sea and the Ocean Sothikuppam with its population of 2280, lies between the deep sea and a river...
India: Man of marbles - Story of Shankar
Shankar treads a different path with confidence and conviction. A successful master mason in Sirkali taluka of Nagapattinam District, he has a clear understanding of his duties and his role in...
India: 'Status of Life in Temporary Shelters'
Executive Summary The study aimed to understand life of tsunami-affected villagers in temporary shelters in Sirkali and Tharangambadi talukas of Nagapattinam District. It attempted to identify areas...
India - Women talk to each other: Notes from the Tsunami exchange
Tamilnadu, India January 17 to 20th 2005 - Laxmi, Chhaya and Shanta and Lakshmi are survivors and leaders of savings and credit groups and experienced in reconstruction work after Latur and Gujarat...
The situation - Tsunami affected villages in Tamil Nadu
REHABILITATION Role of government The Government of Tamilnadu rehabilitation process started with the public - private partnership. But still govt is yet to evolve a final policy on rehabilitation...
The lull after the storm - An assessment report of Tamilnadu Tsunami by community women leaders
with previous experience after the Latur and Gujarat earthquakes I. Introduction The Tsunami waves that lashed out along the south Indian coasts on December 26 have caused extensive damage in the...