SEEDS: Rehabilitation Strategy in Andamans


As part of the rehabilitation strategy for India tsunami response in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, SEEDS initiated few programme aiming towards disaster mitigation and preparedness amongst the community members of the islands. The aim is to spread awareness across all sections of the society through community based disaster management programme.

Read the highlights of the initiatives taken by SEEDS for the islands during the last one year.

India: A Galatta - Lessons From Tsunami

It is probably the first disaster when everyone agrees that resources are no constraint. Yet why people are subjected to living in sub-human conditions is a moot question. Wonder C. Mohan.... Read more.


DPG: The Saga of Relief and Rehabilitation Services in Tamil Nadu After Tsunami


By R. Bhakther Solomon. This article examine what went wrong in tsunami response and the lessons learnt from the disaster. Read more..


CARE INDIA: Tsunami Response Programme


CARE India: The Tsunami Response Programme (TRP) of CARE– India is operational in the three most affected districts of Tamil Nadu; namely – Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, Kanyakumari and Karaikal in the union territory of India. In Andhra Pradesh the TRP is spread across four districts; namely – Nellore, Prakasham, Guntur and Krishna. Read more..


DCA India: Focus on Marginalised Sections


Even as it provided considerable support for fishing families, DCA given its strategic commitment to address the needs of the most marginalised in disaster situations, DCA could not stay put in fisher villages alone. One of the few funding NGOs to have formally developed a tsunami programme strategy, DCA identified the most affected and marginalised dalits, irulas, and women as its core target groups for its “Post Tsunami Disaster Mitigation/Prevention and Livelihood Programme, India”. Read more..


SNEHA: Years of Experience


When the tsunami hit, SNEHA actively participated in relief and rehabilitation. SNEHA associated Sangams (Self-Help Groups) played an important role by equally distributing the relief materials using the existing Sangam structure. There are 600 Sangams with 1200 members in 51 villages. SNEHA formed village committees to monitor relief distribution. The committees included two panchayat members, three women and five youths. Read more..

ILO INDIA: Recovery Framework


The “Restoration of Livelihoods Through Existing and New Jobs: Area-based Approach” - as the livelihood component of the Recovery Framework is termed - employs a two-pronged approach: the quick impact project approach and the longer-term approach. Read more..


MALTESER INTERNATIONAL: Local Partners


Twelve months after the severe seaquake, Malteser International is in charge of
over 65 rehabilitation and reconstruction projects in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India
and Thailand – in cooperation with experienced local partner organizations. Read more..


KUDUMBAM: Emmaus India Tsunami Activities


The major focus of Kudumbam is alternative land use; encouraging farmers use their land for cultivating food crops in an organic manner, aiming towards food security at various levels. Read more..

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