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In the wake of escalating ethnic violence in Manipur, India, over 45,000 persons have been forcibly displaced from their homes, leaving them vulnerable and in desperate need of our support. We are launching a heartfelt campaign to rally together and extend a helping hand to affected families, offering them hope, stability, and the resources necessary to rebuild their lives.

Background and Context

Manipur, a state in Northeast India, has been grappling with deep-rooted ethnic tensions, leading to violent clashes and the displacement of countless families. Large-scale violence broke out on 3 May 2023 between the tribal and non-tribal communities after massive opposition by Manipur’s tribal communities to the demand of the Meiteis community, for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.

The entire state is facing violence; homes and villages were raided by mobs and families are fleeing to find shelter or make it to relief camps. The devastating consequences of this violence have left families traumatized, separated, and struggling to survive amidst the chaos.

Our Campaign’s Objective

The primary goal of our campaign is to provide phase-wise support to families displaced by ethnic violence in Manipur, addressing their immediate, medium-term, and long-term needs.

By mobilizing resources, and seeking in-kind support / generous donations, we aim to restore hope and rebuild lives by meeting urgent needs of relief items, addressing early recovery and restoration needs of shelter and livelihood restoration, as well as fostering harmony and peacebuilding efforts in the long-term.

Immediate/Short term Relief required:

Medium-Term Relief Required

Long-Term Relief Required

Together, let us stand in solidarity with the families displaced by ethnic violence in Manipur and offer them a chance to rebuild their lives and pave the way for a peaceful future.

South Assam has been affected by a devastating and unprecedented flood. The enormity and the severity of the floods have resulted in huge loss of human habitat and inflicted massive damages to many schools. Silchar city and various places of the Cachar district have been going through unspeakable human tragedy and crisis owing to the severe floods for the last 15 days throwing human life completely out of gear.

Many schools, run by Vidya Bharti, have been fully or partially destroyed.

The extent of damage to such schools is presented below:

• No. of schools affected: 20
• No. of students affected: 5000 (approx.)
• Damage & Destruction: School Buildings & Infrastructure, Computers, furniture & equipment, books & copies, bags, uniforms, shoes etc.
• Estimated loss: Rs. 300.00 Lakhs (Rupees 30 million)
• Fund needed for each school: Rs 10-50 Lakhs (Rupees 1-5 million)

Estimated Cost for reconstruction and reviving of schools

• Infrastructure repair: Rs. 150.00 Lakhs (Rupees 15 million)
• Furniture & Equipment: Rs. 85.00 Lakhs (Rupees 8.5 million)
• Computers & Peripherals: Rs. 30.00 Lakhs (Rupees three million)
• Books & stationeries: Rs. 25.00 Lakhs (Rupees 2.5 million)
• Uniforms, Shoes etc: Rs. 10.00 lakhs (Rupees one million)

About HAI:

HAI is an Indian charity established in 2016 to work across India on the issues of disaster management, while also striving to work outside India primarily on South-South Cooperation. In a short span of time, HAI has established its credibility within India and globally as a reputed and accountable humanitarian organisation. HAI has been working in Assam since 2016. HAI will collaborate with Vidya Bharti Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sansthan for rebuilding, repairing and renovation of schools.

About Vidya Bharti Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sansthan:

Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan, one of the largest organisations in India, is providing value-based quality education since 1952. Shiksha Vikash Parishad (SVP), Dakshin Assam Pranta is the state-level committee of the Vidya Bharati in the South Assam, comprising the districts of Cachar, Dima Hasao, Hailakandi & Karimganj including a part of Hojai district. SVP has been operating 44 schools (ME/High/HS School) in the name of Saraswati Vidya Mandir/ Sishu Niketans for more than 25 years.

Floods are an almost annual phenomenon in the state of Assam. This year, incessant pre-monsoon rains and landslides have caused havoc across the state and affected 31 districts. The district Nagaon is amongst the worst affected, where 226 villages are badly affected. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) bulleting, as of 21 May 2022, 339,427 people are badly affected in the district. Heavy inundation has caused crop loss in 14263.87 hectares of land. 110 relief camps have been set up in the district to accommodate 16,349 displaced people, while many more are spending nights under the open sky. Over 100,000 animals have also been affected.

While a detailed assessment has yet be carried out to ascertain the extent of damage to lives, livelihoods and properties, which would be done by the state and humanitarian organisations once the water recedes, the ASDMA, through a SoP, has asked humanitarian agencies to provide the following relief items to the overwhelmed population:

1. Dry Ration / food
2. Sanitary napkin
3. Clothes (new)
4. Baby food
5. Sealed packaged drinking water
6. Utensils (new)
7. Sanitary supplies / Hygiene kit (soap, bucket, mug, toothpaste etc.)
8. Baby Diapers
9. Halogen (Chlorine tablets)

10. First Aid box
11. Bleaching powder
12. Other essential commodities for immediate relief of the affected people like mosquito nets, mosquito coils, tents, candles, matchboxes, lamps, torchlight, biscuits etc.

HAI’s Response Plan

HAI has a presence in the state through its member organisations NEADS and AGUP. Our first situation report was published by ReliefWeb on 18 May 2022. HAI is preparing to start providing lifesaving relief support primarily to the displaced population. HAI is also preparing for a detailed assessment (using technology and conventional methods) to determine the interventions under-recovery and rehabilitation phases.

A small donation from you will help us reach out to more people with food and water and meet other necessities.

Humanitarian Aid International (HAI) is constantly assessing the situation through its local member Cosmic Community Centre in Kerala. The current situation is summarised below:

The current situation

Kerala is witnessing high-intensity floods due to the incessant rains over the past few days. Residents are cut off in parts of the coastal state of Kerala as the rain started to intensify from late Friday, 15th October 2021. As per the authorities, the worst-affected areas are Kottayam and Idukki, which received 164.5 millimetres and 305.5 mm of rainfall, respectively, since Saturday morning. The heavy rains triggered landslides and swelled many rivers across the state. Roads are swept away, houses are damaged and trees uprooted. Several villages in hilly areas are cut off. At least 26 people have died in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains in south-western India. Five Children among are dead. There are fears that the death toll could rise further as many people are missing. Eleven bodies have been found so far in Idukki district and another fourteen in Kottayam district and thousands of people have been evacuated and at least 100 relief camps have been set up. Here is the video showing the flash flood barrelling into the town of Erattupetta in southern Kerala and another clip showing a house disappearing into a river that overflowed into its backyard shows widespread destruction in Kerala.

Government Response in the current situation in flood affected areas

Here are the pr

• At least 26 people have died due to rain-related incidents in Kerala, according to news agency AFP. Some 11 bodies have been found so far in Idukki district and another 14 in Kottayam district, officials told AFP, after the areas were hit by landslides and flash floods.
• Authorities are working on the ground to assist the injured and affected.
• The Indian Air Force has inducted its medium-lift helicopters for flood relief efforts in the rain-hit districts of Kerala.
• Fishing boats are being used to evacuate survivors trapped in Kollam and other coastal towns as sections of road have been swept away and trees uprooted
• National Disaster Relief Force and the armed forces are rehabilitating 2,000 people and shifting them to different relief camps, one dedicated to Covid-19 positive patient
• The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the intense spell of rainfall activity over Kerala and Mahe, South Interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal likely to reduce from today (18^th October,2021)
• The Army, NDRF, police and the Fire Force along with the locals began rescue operations on Sunday morning at Koottickal in Kottayam district and Kokkayar in Idukki district, where over a dozen people have been reported missing due to landslides accompanied by heavy downpour. Search operations are underway for the missing persons in the debris.

HAI’s plan to save lives and restore normalcy with support from its local member partner (Prioritizing the unmet needs)

• Distribution of dry ration kits to at least 5000 families targeting women headed households, marginal and landless farmers and families with disabled members in Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Kottayam districts
• Distribution of hygiene kits along with Covid-19 safety kits including sanitary napkins for women and adolescent girls, sanitizers, masks, gloves, toothpastes, soaps etc.
• Distribution of non-food items (NFIs) to 5,000 families including bed sheets, blankets, lunges for men etc.
• Early recovery plan based on assessment

Humanitarian Aid International (HAI) is constantly assessing the situation through its local member Dr. Ambedkar Sheti Vikas Va Sanshodhan Sanstha (ASVSS). The current situation is summarised below.

Background

Heavy Monsoon rainfall in western India has caused widespread damage and triggered flash floods and several landslides in parts of Maharashtra state.

Incessant rain over the last 24 hours has led to devastating floods in parts of Maharashtra, with three districts flooded and two districts facing a flood-like situation. This is the heaviest spell of rain in the state in July in 40 years. The Navy has been roped in for rescue and evacuation. Several teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) too have been deployed for rescue operations in the Konkan region. While Ratnagiri, Raigad, Kolhapur districts are flooded, Sangli and Amravati are facing a flood-like situation.

A total of 100 bodies have been retrieved from the debris till now from landslides
in Raigad, Ratnagiri and Satara districts, 22 persons remain missing and 35 injured persons are under treatment.

More than 50 per cent area of the coastal town of Chiplun in Ratnagiri, around 250 km from Mumbai and having a population of over 70,000 has got submerged in flood waters.

Government Response in the current situation in flood affected areas

• On civil authorities’ request, 7 Naval Flood Rescue Teams from Mumbai deployed to Ratnagiri & Raigad districts. One Seaking 42C Helicopter from Mumbai deployed for aerial reconnaissance at Poladpur/Raigad
• NRDF teams are engaged in rescue and relief operations in flood-affected Kolhapur
• NDRF team is carrying out rescue, relief operations in flood-affected Maharashtra’s Chiplun. Four additional NDRF teams are expected to arrive to Kolhapur
• Village Disaster Management Plan Committee (VDMC) has been given the task of displacement process and ensure regular check-up of COVID patients, depending on the severity of the symptoms, special arrangements shall me made
• People to evacuate themselves to safer places within 12 hours from the areas which are marked as red zones

HAI’s immediate plans to save lives and restore normalcy (Prioritizing the unmet needs)

• Establish at least three community kitchens serving cooked food to the displaced population
• Provide at least a week’s dry ration kit to the returnee population
• Hygiene kits along with Covid-19 safety kits including sanitary napkins for women and adolescent girls, sanitizers, masks, gloves, toothpastes, soaps etc
• Deployment of volunteers to ensure adherence with Covid Appropriate Behaviour among IDPS, within and outside relief camps
• Arranging feed and fodder for surviving cattle and small livestock (goats and sheep)
• Arranging drinking water and installing water filters in the existing handpumps to ensure safe drinking water
• Disinfecting using bleaching powder and sanitizing flood affected areas after the flood water recedes to avoid water borne diseases ASVSS trained trainer supporting flood affected people in Akiwat, Shirol Dist. Kolhapur, Maharashtra
• Setting up temporary isolation centres for people showing signs of Covid19
• Medicines for COVID-19 positive patients required which includes balm, steamer, Itchguard cream etc. for two weeks’ in 21 villages
• Providing interim shelter and NFI support to IDPs not getting shelter in relief camps with focus on nomadic population
• Carrying out drone-based post-disaster damage & loss assessment

Long term plans

• Livelihood restoration support to farmers and the families having lost their family members
• Community based disaster preparedness

Budget required for initial relief activities: INR 30 lakhs

You may make a contribution to the below account to support the relief activities:

Name: Humanitarian Aid International
Account No. 084301005007 Account Type: Saving
IFSC Code: ICIC0000843
Address: ICICI Bank Ltd. Plot No. 5&6, LSC-3
Dwarka, Sector 6
New Delhi – 110075