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Mahadev Madhav Nidhi Charitable Trust has
over the years gained expertise and experience in
post disaster rehabilitation
projects.
Immediately after the massive
Gujarat earthquake of 2001 the
trust had co-ordinated massive relief
supplies to the affected regions jointly
in association with the German
Government.
Subsequently in association
with HELP, a German NGO the trust had implemented
a European Commission funded project for provision
of temporary shelters, maintenance of water
storing facilities and temporary school facilities
in the earthquake affected areas. Another major
project sanctioned by the European Union to the
trust under the post disaster Gujarat
earthquake rehabilitation programme was
the reconstruction of 145 primary school
classrooms as well as vocational training to over
2300 earthquake affected youth at Sayla in
Surendranagar District.
The trust also
co-ordinated and implemented several projects for
welfare of the tsunami victims in
Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in South India.
These included the following:
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- A major project covering selected districts
in Tamil Nadu and Andhra for fitting of Jaipur
foot prosthetics and distribution of Tricycles
and Wheelchairs.
- Distribution of sewing machines to the
widows of the tsunami victims.
- Distribution of bicycles to school children
who had to attend schools far away from their
villages.
- Construction of a vocational training centre
for tsunami affected women at Cuddalore in Tamil
Nadu.
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Immediately after the flash
floods in Mumbai on July 26th 2005 the
trust in association with the Disaster Management
Cell of the city�s Municipal Corporation organized
distribution of Food packets, Utensils and
garments to the poor left homeless after all their
belongings got washed away. In addition to this
the trust also helped school going children
through provision of school bags and
stationery
so that they could continue with
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The trust has co-ordinated
giving of Educational grants for children of the
Mumbai Bomb blast victims with
Times of India Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi
Foundation. All school going children of the blast
victims were screened by a group of social workers
at their places of residence and selected ones
were
offered scholarships to pursue their
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BIHAR FLOODS
2008
May 2008 was a black month
for over 18 districts of Bihar that were ravaged
by floods in the Kosi river. Nearly 3 million men,
women & children were rendered homeless and
facing starvation due to lack of food and drinking
water.
Mahadev Madhav Nidhi Charitable Trust made a
valiant effort to outreach thousands of survivors
to whom it distributed hygiene kits, protein
supplements and survival kits comprising garments,
stove, utensils and other articles of daily
necessity.
All relief materials were
securely packed and labeled to avoid pilferage and
misuse.
Special teams from Mumbai took the
materials by train as this was the safest and
fastest mode of transportation.
Distribution in the worst affected
districts was supervised personally to ensure that
the materials reached the beneficiaries.
Having completed the immediate post
disaster relief the trust is now planning for long
term relief efforts including construction of
homes for the affected farmers and community based
drinking water plants because during the recent
floods there was an acute shortage of potable
drinking water. |
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PROJECT FOR THE REHABILITATION OF
VICTIMS OF NARGIS CYCLONE-MYANMAR
2008 |
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Mahadev Madhav Nidhi Charitable Trust
implemented a project for the distribution of over
6000 hygiene and educational kits for children
affected by the ravaging cyclone-Nargis in
Myanmar.
The project was implemented in
spite of severe restrictions and difficult
logistical problems in Myanmar.
Contents of
each type of kit were selected carefully, packed
under close supervision and then shipped in sea
worthy packing.
The local Indian populace
lent a helping hand in the successful
implementation of the project. |
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