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Reports on
Earthquake Relief & Rehabilitation efforts in Kutch:
 Kutch
an eye witness account:
An earthquake hit
Bhuj on 26th January 2001, it has overwhelmed the
area with death, destruction of unimaginable magnitude. The
once flourishing towns/ villages have been reduced to a heap
of rubble. The nature’s ire has caught the region unaware
and inflicted upon the population death (over one Lakh),
destruction (in villages & towns all structures have been
flattened, communication disrupted, water & electricity
supply gone and everything resembles a war zone). Read
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Silver Lining in Dark Clouds:
When the
earthquake of 7.9 magnitude on Richter scale affected much of
Gujarat and showed much of its ire in Kutch, little did people
realize how they are going to rebuild all that they have built
through hundreds of years. But they say there is a silver
lining in every cloud. A small Gandhian Institute "Gram
Swarajaya Seva Sangh" in Nilpar village showed the way
for the dazed population of Rapar. Situated in Rapar Taluka of
district Kutch, though itself reduced to a heap of rubble and
stones the Institutes residents got together their spirit
under the leadership of its Director Mr. Ramesh Bhai Sangvi.
The institute putting aside its own rebuilding efforts purged
itself into helping the adjoining areas severely affected by
the quake. Read More...
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Networking
Innovative teachers for Educational Rehabilitation: SRISTI’s
& IIMACORE initiative for
rebuilding Kutch
SRISTI and IIMA-CORE initiated relief work on the very
next day of the earthquake. The very next day collection center at IIMA started
functioning and goods have been deployed at interior villages. For effective
distribution, need-assessment survey undertaken with the help of IIMA faculty,
students and SRISTI volunteers. Read More...
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A
Volunteers view point on SRISTI-IIMACORE School Project: Neil
Mascarenhas
The
project undertaken involved the documentation of the work done by SRISTI in
education and towards setting up of supplementary schools and ashrams in
selected villages of Rapar taluka, Kutch area. It is part of the ongoing
rehabilitation effort SRISTI is providing to the affected villages and peoples.
Read
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Sikshan
Sodh Evam Shram Arpan Yatra:
The seventh Shodhyatra was
devoted to a special cause and planned to serve the purpose
of educational rehabilitation in most-affected sixteen
villages of Rapar taluka of Kutch. While most of the
agencies and government efforts geared more towards
distribution of goods and civil works, education
rehabilitation has been considered is an area, which had
been neglected. Read
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