Emergencies

  • Responded to FANI cyclone affected 50 Dalit families in Chilika lagoon areas
  • Addressed immediate food needs of 50 FANI affected homeless Dalit families at risk
  • Provided food, dress materials, solar lamps etc

Non-emergencies

  • Responded to chromic food insecurity
  • Maternal and child health
  • Risk mitigation

Our emergency response with the help of:

  • Smile Foundation
  • Khushiyaan Foundation/MP-Mumbai
  • India Today Group
  • Jeevan Rekha Parishad (JRP)

Activities undertaken

  • Food security – Roti Ghar, Odisha (Food for Peace).
  • To ensure that 50 cyclone FANI island families in Chilika lagoon have immediate access to food, one meal a day – besides dry rations for survival.
  • The Bollywood singer Guru Randawa came forward with Chinu – Khushiyaan Foundation to provide one meal per day to 50 Dalit island families as they have lost everything due to cyclone – houses, domestic animals, crops etc.

WASH / Hygiene Kit

  • To ensure that at least 5000 families in 3 island villages in Chilika affected by cyclone protect their dignity and maintain personal hygiene practices.
  • 2000 women and girls provided with dignity kits with Sanitary Napkins produced by JRP- the legal umbrella of MasterPeace Odisha.
  • 500 Household toilets broken due to cyclone were repaired.

After Fani Effect

An initiative to promote emotional eating & peace in FANI cyclone area:
Strengthening Humanitarian Response after Cyclone FANI in Odisha

  • The extremely severe cyclonic storm that made landfall on 3rd May in Puri, Odisha was one of the rarest of the rare summer cyclone.
  • 51 people died and 5 million people & 14 districts of Odisha affected.
  • Houses have been damaged by FANI cyclone besides damage to the standing crops such as summer Paddy, Pulses and vegetables.