Rescue relief & Rehabilitation of AMPHAN victims

“Amara Sabai” is still continuing with the similar programmes with emphasis on quality education to enhance literacy rate, reduce dropout, and to do away with the rate of migration and also in the realm of behavior change communication to promote health and hygiene.

Legal Status: Registered under Society Registration Act/ 12A & 80G/ FCRA/ Niti Ayog.

The present predicament: -   Hit by the cyclone “AMPHAN” the entire area is presently devastated. The environment is shattered and the people are crippled and handicapped by the cyclone AMPHAN/UMPHUN. The storm that blows at a speed of 185 kilometer per hour accompanied by incessant rain raged the cluster of villages to the ground. Houses in thousands have been collapsed or blown off, trees uprooted and saline water ravaged the crops of thousands of acres. Crops harvested days ago are lost in water. Peoples are homeless, hungry, thirsty, and devoid of support of any kind. The entire area is without electricity. Mobility has been completely suspended by the uprooted trees and crumbled houses and shelter. Hundreds and thousands of animals who had to be let loose prior to the onset of cyclone and the entire crop of fish in water bodies died during the cyclone and their bodies (carcass) are decomposing in the water. Entire biodiversity has been most adversely affected. All the water bodies, the lifeline of area for both human and animals have been rendered useless by the influx of saline water. Perils to be taken are most immediately.

While every single person is in utter distress the women, the children, the aged, and the ailing ones are the most vulnerable ones and need to be looked after with most immediate effect. The people are already under the threat of Covid-19. Cares for the same too are also to be undertaken. Under such precarious situation “Amara Sabai” the voluntary organization working in the area feels terribly handicapped owing to fund crunch. We have able and willing volunteers but fund constraints are aching us.

We solicit generous contribution from benevolent persons and organizations to help us deal with the perilous situation immediately.

“Amara Sabai” an organization rooted deep into the community made a preliminary survey and made an assessment of the length depth of the problems to deal with and accordingly made a plan as enumerated below.

Plan A: - short term measures

The overall situation is so painful as it warrants immediate intervention with resources like

• Food
• Baby food
• Medicines, sanitary napkins, deworming tablets etc.
• Bleaching power, phenol, lime and water purifiers like zeoline etc.
• Tarpaulin and house building materials
• Safe water bottles, container etc.
• Books, note books, paper, pencils and other learning materials for students
• Clothing particularly for women and children.

Besides, management of carcasses lying all around is to be taken up most immediately.  

Plan B: Long term measures / Rehabilitation

• Stabilizing the water bodies through desalination.
• House construction with full WASH facilities in a manner ensuring stability of the houses against cyclone and flood which are too frequent in the Sundarbans.
• Repair of Schools, Children’s care centre, cattle shed etc.
• Skill development to promote suitable livelihood.
• Development of pisciculture, fishery and mangrove development.
• Agricultural extension and training for the local peasants.

Or any other activities may deem necessary over the times to come.