Draft Project Proposal

November 2009

Aviratha initiated flood relief and rehabilitation activity from 5th of Oct, 2009. The whole programme was planned in two phases. The first phase covered relief activities in affected areas while the second phase was to take up school building and infrastructure rehabilitation. Response to first phase activities was overwhelming.
Phase 1: An epigrammatic report
Programme objectives

•         To provide adequate nutrition to affected people for a period of at least 3 weeks
•         To provide simple bedding.
•         To provide basic clothing and minimum cooking utensils to affected families
•         To screen and treat diseases secondary to flood devastation in the village
•         To detect epidemic if any and take appropriate measures

•         To equip the nearest health facility with adequate medicines to handle an epidemic & sporadic diseases in the near future

•         To train health workers including doctors to handle medical issues including epidemics
•         To spread health awareness amongst the affected population.

Modus operandi

•         Field team: Aviratha had a team of volunteers based at close proximity to the village who were working with the above objectives. They were involved in mobilizing resources and material for distribution. They were in constant touch with Aviratha, Bangalore, providing first hand information about requirements
•        Base team: Aviratha has a core team monitoring relief work by field team at the village. They were providing funds and material to the field team and coordinating with donors and other NGOs to mobilize resources.
•       Medical team: Health workers in Aviratha and experts from partner NGO, Karnataka Medical Research Foundation were involved in providing health relief and surveillance for any epidemic.

Relief material distribution

Relief material was distributed in selected villages of Koppala and Dharwad districts. A need-based survey was conducted by our regional teams and relief material were distributed accordingly. Severely affected poor families who had not received adequate relief were beneficiaries. Following are the villages in which relief material was distributed.

Relief Package

Aviratha had designed a package consisting of food, bedding, utensils, clothing and medicines sufficing for a family of 3. Grain storage bins were distributed along with other material in one village which was to be shifted. The total cost of package was Rs. 1000. Package details are as follows.

NUTRITION 
The package will contain 10 Kg of rice of medium quality to suffice for 21 days. Vegetables and other cereals are being mobilized by our field team to be provided along with rice.

BEDDING
3 warm roll beds and 2 single thick bedsheets is provided in the package to those in need.

UTENSILS

 3 cooking utensils of different sizes are provided. However number and type of utensils will be provided depending on requirement.

GRAIN STORAGE BIN

Shirur village was to be shifted. In this view we provided fiber bins with lid to store grains and farm produce. A 10L and 25L bins were distributed depending on family size.

MEDICAL RELIEF

Primary Care.

Aviratha and Karantaka Medical Research Foundation organized a health camp at Mudalapura village on the 16th of Oct 2009. All residents of the village and surrounding settlements were screened and treated appropriately. All types of medicines were be dispensed free of cost. Preventive medicines with appropriate instructions were also be dispensed. The nearest health care facility was supplied with adequate medicines to last for the next month.

Secondary and Tertiary Care

For those residents requiring higher medical care, Karantaka Medical Research Foundation  made arrangements with its partner hospitals in the district.

Community intervention

An epidemic survey was carried out by Dr.Himanshu at every village. Some villages were under high risk of vector borne and diarrheal diseases. Following measures were taken.

  Initiating DDT spraying (Taluk health officer had arranged for DDT but was not sprayed.)
  Closing water pits
  Oil was poured to all open vector breeding points to contain mosquitoes.

  Relocating people close to vector breeding points
  Closing of contaminated wells, & clearing of rotten material
  Cleaning of houses which had disease spreading potential.
  Local health care facility was supplied with antipyretics and antimalarial drugs.
  Local health worker was briefed about possible epidemic outbreak, identifying the same and reporting to health authorities and Aviratha health team for action.

 Dialogue with victims

A formal gathering of flood victims was arranged at every village. Members of Aviratha, local leaders and government nodal officers were present.

  The gathering was advised by doctors regarding prevention of possible epidemic and      other health care measures.
  Grievances of victims were patiently heard to and solved where possible.
  Pressure was mounted on government nodal officers to take required measures.
  Grievances about government relief were conveyed to taluk administration and will be followed up by our field team.

PHASE II

Objective

To comprehensively rehabilitate a few totally destroyed Government primary schools; which involves;
•         Construction of school building
•         Equipping with minimum infrastructure like desks, teaching aid etc
•         Providing text books, note books and uniforms to children of those schools

Plan of action

Aviratha is working with Ministry of Primary education, Department of Public Instructions and Sarva Shikshana Abhyana directorate to identify and initiate school rehabilitation. We are in possession of school destruction report in flood affected areas prepared by the government.

Identification of Schools

Aviratha intends to work in one or more of following areas
Uttara Kannada district:  Karwar, Kumata, Yellapura, Joida taluks
Gadag district: Gadag urban and Gadag rural
Koppala district: Yellaburga taluk
Davangere district: Harapnahalli, Davangere north, Harihara taluk

Project Initiation

Schools will be selected based on amount of funds mobilized and regional logistics. We are in touch with regional DDPI offices, District commiserates and MLAs. Government’s nod to begin work is awaited.

Resource Mobilization

Aviratha plans to mobilize financial resources through various fund raising activities like concerts and cultural events. We are also in touch with various corporate and philanthropic agencies. Corporate funding can be one time wholesome or in phases depending on progress of work.

Accountability

A detailed accountability mechanism for material procurement, civil contracts, work quality and fund utilization will be worked out and will be elaborated in detailed project report. Aviratha is open to external work auditors from funding agencies.

Contact Persons

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