Sudhanshu Singh

Let’s begin by feeding poor patients and their attendants outside hospitals

India is ranked at the 103rd position among 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index. India is among the 45 countries that have serious level of hunger.

Can we, as citizens of India, make our own efforts to fight against huger so that we stop feeling ashamed of this ranking? HAI provides that platform to the Indian citizens willing to satiate hunger of the less privileged.

The HAI campaign against hunger starts from the GTB Hospital, Delhi. Thousands of people, mostly from the rural parts, come to Delhi everyday looking for better medical care of their family members, relatives and friends. Many of them are too resource poor to look after their own needs while seeking best medical care for their patients.

HAI campaign will start with such patients and their attendants who will be provided nutritious food. With an amount of Rs 3,100 over 150 people could be fed with healthy and nutritious food.

Would you join the campaign to feed hungry souls?

Please do join our efforts. As the resources grow, our operational coverage would also expand to cover as many hungry people as possible. We look forward to your support.

Here are some images of our team in action on the ground.

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Heavy rains impacted northern parts of the country, which highly affected the most of the part of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab on Sunday, i.e., 18 August 2019.

In Uttarakhand state, Uttarkashi district has faced heavy rainfall, cloudburst and massive flash floods in Mori Block. Ten villages in Aarakot area of the Mori block are amongst the worst affected. More than 15 people have lost their lives. Many more, in Makudi, Aarakot, Tikochi & Sanail villages, have lost their houses, properties, cowshed and animals. There has been extensive damage to the public infrastructure.

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), local police, ITBP and representative of District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) are conducting the search & rescue operation in the affected villages. The rescue team has recovered 12 dead bodies till now and also searching for 21 missing people.

Current Situation Uttarakhand

Affected families are facing following major problems at this time:

• Shelter, food, clothing, light, utensils and blanket.
• School kit – uniform, books, notebooks, bag
• Drinking water, Sanitation & Hygiene
• Rehabilitation & reconstruction

Immediate Action required for Uttarakhand

• Temporary shelter for 85 families
• Relief kit of food and non-food items for 85 families
• Kitchen kit for 85 families
• School Kit (bag, uniform, books, notebooks etc. for 200 children

Long-term action required

• Support to affected families for permanent shelter for 85 families
• Disaster preparedness planning, training, and awareness campaign at school and village level including mock drill exercises
• Restoration of water schemes
• Restoration of irrigation canal
• Restoration of school building
• Construction of community centre/safe place

Budget: Approx. 20 lakh (only immediate relief and early recovery phase)

Maharashtra: After suffering from severe drought, Maharashtra, particularly western districts, is now grappling with a severe flood situation. Over 132,000 people have been evacuated to safer places with flood waters inundating several towns and villages, especially Kolhapur, Sangli and Sangli districts. HAI is initiating its immediate relief programme with focus on food, non-food items and drinking water.

Assam: HAI has already initiated its response in Golaghat district of Assam. In Assam, the floods have affected approximately 5.7 Million people in 30, out of 33 districts. The death toll has climbed to 37. While the Brahmaputra River continues to swell, at least 83,000 people have already been displaced. Many have taken shelter in approximately 500 government-established relief camps, and a lot more have been sheltering on embankments. The risk of more flooding and landslides persists as the monsoon season is not over yet.

The impact on agriculture and infrastructure is likely to lead to longer-term effects on livelihoods and food security, as 80% of the population depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. HAI, together with its local partner NEADS, and with support from HCL Foundation and Himalaya Drug Company has initiated its response in Golaghat district. Our response focuses on immediate lifesaving activities, early recovery of infrastructure and livelihoods, creation of disaster mitigation structures and building awareness on rights and entitlements. There are still many unmet needs, such as repairing/reconstruction of damaged shelters. Please join our efforts in rehabilitating the affected families by making a contribution here.

Here is a short videos we made to show you the aftermath of the floods:

Here are some of the images of the Assam floods taken by our volunteers in the affected areas.

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Here are more images from our support work in Assam:

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