Dress material for 190 children and youth of Pattinacheri village.
Dress material for 190 children and youth of Pattinacheri village.
Project Brief: This project was supported from Asha-wide funds for the dress material needed for 190 children and youth of Pattinacheri village of Nagapattinam district village who were affected by the tsunami.
Project Type: Other (description)
Primary Focus: other (description)
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Toledo
Project Type: Other (description)
Primary Focus: other (description)
Secondary Focus: other
Area: RuralSupporting Chapter Contact:
Toledo
Status: UNKNOWN
Project Steward: Srivatsan Kannan
Co-Steward: DP Prakash
Project Partner(s): Jeba Durai
Project Address: Dress material for 190 children and youth of Pattinacheri village.
Asha Home
No: 15/10, Diwan Bhashyam Street,
West Saidapet, Chennai-15, Tamil Nadu
Tel: 044-52112404
Stewarding Chapter: Toledo
Project Steward: Srivatsan Kannan
Co-Steward: DP Prakash
Project Partner(s): Jeba Durai
Project Address: Dress material for 190 children and youth of Pattinacheri village.
Asha Home
No: 15/10, Diwan Bhashyam Street,
West Saidapet, Chennai-15, Tamil Nadu
Tel: 044-52112404
Stewarding Chapter: Toledo
| 2005 | Toledo | USD 1025 |
Total = $1025
This project was supported from Asha-wide funds for supplying the dress material needed for 190 children and youth of Pattinacheri village of Nagapattinam district village. These children in the age group of 5 to 20 had lost their belongings including clothes, shelter and household items in the tsunami that stuck TamilNadu on the 26th of December 2004. Most of them have been living with one set of dress material they had on themselves.
Soon after the Tsunami struck, grass-roots volunteers provided keen insights into the overall relief and rehabilitation operations. These insights led to the formation of a three-part approach to fill in the gaps left behind by the government and the NGOs. Over the past three months, interaction with the community, various NGOs and government officials have re-affirmed these insights and refined them into a concrete strategy for the long-term rehabilitation of Tsunami victims.
The details of this strategy, the current status and upcoming actions are listed on this website. The pervasive key points of this strategy from the initial insights as well as the subsequent refinements are as follows:
* Livelihood options, especially for women are critical.
* Counselling and education for children needs to be provided in a professional and loving manner while leaving a long-lasting positive imprint on local norms, especially the use of innovative learning methods.
* Collaboration with the Govt. and like-minded NGOs is critical. Asha can provide value by "connecting the dots" as well as "filling in the blanks". We also need to leverage existing relationships with NGOs and individuals to make it happen.
* Local ownership and empowerment is the only way to do it.
* Almost everyone will leave in 3-6 months. The community needs partners for the long haul.
The details of this strategy, the current status and upcoming actions are listed on this website. The pervasive key points of this strategy from the initial insights as well as the subsequent refinements are as follows:
* Livelihood options, especially for women are critical.
* Counselling and education for children needs to be provided in a professional and loving manner while leaving a long-lasting positive imprint on local norms, especially the use of innovative learning methods.
* Collaboration with the Govt. and like-minded NGOs is critical. Asha can provide value by "connecting the dots" as well as "filling in the blanks". We also need to leverage existing relationships with NGOs and individuals to make it happen.
* Local ownership and empowerment is the only way to do it.
* Almost everyone will leave in 3-6 months. The community needs partners for the long haul.