Humanity Road – India Activation: Kashmir and Jammu Flood Publication Date: September 16, 2014 Additional Information: Social Media Situation Report
Highlights
In September of 2014, the Kashmir region was hit by heavy floods from torrential monsoon rains. The regions of Jammu and Kashmir in India were affected by these floods. As of September 7, 2014, nearly 200 people in India have died due to the floods. According to the Home Ministry of India, several thousand villages across the state have been hit and 350 villages have been submerged. So far 125,000 people have been rescued, including 85,000 from Srinagar city. Many parts of Srinagar, including the Army cantonment in Badamibagh, were inundated, and vital roads submerged, by the floods.
Humanity Road is responding digitally on Jammu and Kashmir flood. Volunteers prepared the situation report which can be viewed here . Volunteers also posted and shared lifesaving information on social media with coordination of local people and agencies.
This J&K flood 3W report covers the following details and information:
● Who? (Who responded?) ● Where? (Where did they respond?) ● What? (What did they do in response?) ● Contact information, including social media
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A. Digital Responders (NGOs & other organizations)
# Name of Area where Detail of the relief work Address & Phone (if Weblinks Organization responding avail)
1 Humanity Digital Identifying which aid agencies are Boydton, Virginia 23917 Website Road responding to the event and 1-954-305-3226 Twitter relaying urgent needs. Creating Facebook and collecting 3W (Who What support@humanityroad Youtube Where) information on this page. .org Humanity Road relayed SOS report to India Red Cross.
2 JKRelief Digital Situational awareness and SOS Contact : Twitter tweets. website is being updated @JKFloodRelief, or to Website as they get more information from the coordinators: on-ground teams. @hemant_pt (US timezone), @silverlightgal, @tw_bhav, @_vidyakrishnan, @Raheelk, @parrysingh,@harsh_s ync, @MePiyush (India timezone), @ivak99 (Singapore timezone).
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B. Relief Responders (NGOs & other organizations) Name of Area Where # Organization responding Detail of the Relief Work Address & Phone (if Web Links available)
1 ACTED India Jammu Acted India planning to respond on Cyril Poulopoulos Website Shrinagar J&K flood. ACTED in India: New Twitter Delhi (+91) 114 135 48 61 communication[at]acte d.org
2 Action Aid Srinagar, Action Aid Srinagar office is now Room B201, 2nd Floor, Website India Kulgam functional and team has been doing 60/1, Monririn Building, Twitter an assessment of the damage in Samsannai, Phayathai, Facebook Srinagar and Kulgam District in Bangkok 10400, South Kashmir. We will soon be Thaliland, updating details about our [email protected] distribution centres. You can reach out to our colleagues who are right now in Srinagar. Shafia + 91 - 9419 005 794 | Srinagar, Naseer - +91 - 9622 000 303 | Srinagar Source
3 Adventist Srinagar ADRA India planning to respond 45 Kusum Marg, H-Block Website Developmen according to need assessment. DLF-1, Gurgaon Facebook t & Relief Contact Person: Gladwin Bol, email: Haryana, 122002, India Twitter Agency [email protected] Tel: +91 (0) 124- (ADRA) India 4056634 Fax: +91 (0) 124- 4056635
4 Airtel India jammu and Restoring communication network Bharti Crescent Website Kashmir in flood affected area. 1, Nelson Mandela Twitter source Road,.Vasant Kunj, facebook Phase – II, New Delhi – 110 070 India corporate.communicati [email protected] Tel. No. : 91 11 4666 6100Fax. : 91 11 4666 6411
5 All India Jammu and Rescue and relief work for J&K 24, Akbar Road, Website Congress Kashmir floods being carried outby the New Delhi - 110011 , Twitter Committee congress and its organizations. Rs. INDIA (AICC) 30 crore towards measures by Tel : 91-11-23019080 facebook congress ruled state. 25 boats and relief camp set up at Pathankot source
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6 Bharatiya Jammu and Rescue and relief work for J&K 11 Ashoka Road, New Website Janata Party Kashmir floods being carried outby the BJP Delhi 110 001. India, Twitter (BJP) and its organizations Tel: 011-23005700, Facebook [email protected]
7 CARE India Srinagar, CARE India is responding to this E-46/12, Okhla Website jammu,and National Disaster.Care teams will Industrial Area - Phase Twitter Kashmir reach out to 8000 people with- II, New Delhi - 110020 Facebook Survival kits Tel: 011 - 49101100, Hygiene kits, Tarpaulin, Mats, 49101101, Blankets, Solar Lamps [email protected]
8 Cordaid Jammu and In Jammu and Kashmir in India, Telefoon: +31-70- Website kashmir Caritas India say the priorities are to 3136300 provide shelter for those forced Email: [email protected] from their homes, clean drinking water and food, medicine and other aid like blankets and cooking equipment. The team assessing situation and need.
9 Caritas India Jammu and Caritas attended the CBCI Centre, Ashok Website kashmir multistakeholder meeting and is on Place, Opposite to Twitter the logistics team for this event. Goledakkhana, New Delhi 11 00 01, Facebook India Tel : 91 -11 - 2336 3390 / 2374 23 39 / 2336 27 35, [email protected] et
10 Inter Agency Jammu and This is the state level coordination Manish Kaushik Coordination Kashmir platform in J&K. organized meeting Hill View Colony group on September 13, 2014. organizes Sector 2, Wanabal, second emergency coordination Rawalpora, Srinagar meeting on sept 15, 2014. Dr. Henna from Sphere Established coordination center in India Srinagar Srinagar 91-9716774449
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11 Church's Kulgam and CASA has released INR 21, 75, 500 Rachna Building,4th Website Auxiliary for Sri Nagar (US$37,188) towards organizing floor, 2 Rajendra Place, Social Action districts in distribution of dry ration kit and Pusa Road, New Delhi - Facebook (CASA) Kashmir and NFIs to 1170 families in Kulgam and 110 008, India, Tel: Tel: Srinagar Sri Nagar districts in Kashmir. CASA +91-11-25730611/2, along with its local partner 25731218/9, 25761579, organizations and Mountain Forum 25767231 Himalayas have been one of the first [email protected] respondents to the disaster in [email protected] Kashmir. Immediate procurement of food, blankets, tarpaulin, hygiene kits, utensils, torch, etc for the affected families is underway. Along with its local partner Jammu Kashmir Humanitarian Foundation, CASA is identifying suitable relief sites for starting community kitchens. These community kitchens will be started where large number of people is taking emergency shelter. CASA is also collaborating with CNI Diocese of Amritsar for establishing a warehouse in Srinagar.
12 Doctors for Srinagar DFY TEAM comprising of Public Doctors for You, C- Website You health specialist, Doctor, 2/37A, Lawrence Twitter coordination expert and disaster Road,Keshavpuram, Facebook expert leaving for Srinagar for initial New Delhi-35 assessment and need Tel: 02232253913, assessment..... we will be needing 09868665228, more volunteers, medicines and 09899797734, funds for coming months. Contact if 09324334359, you want to help. mail to 09323803910 [email protected], or leave a [email protected] message here, or call 9899797734, 9868665228
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13 Evangelical To be EFICOR’s Response and Plan: Two 308, Mahatta Tower, B Website Fellowship determined staff members, namely Mr. Dan Block Community of India Andrew, Senior Finance officer and Centre, Janakpuri, New Commission Mr. Lambard Regulus, Programme Delhi – 110058 INDIA on Relief Coordinator, Programmes Quality Tele / Fax: - 91-11- (EFICOR) and Donor relations are currently in 25516383/4/5 Srinagar, capital of J&K and one of [email protected] worst affected districts, to meet the [email protected] local authorities, to be involved in Joint Rapid Needs Assessment of the Sphere India team and to explore local partners for support and partnership.
14 Goonj Jammu Providing relief materials and J-93, Sarita Vihar, New Website Kashmir collecting relief material across Delhi, India 110076 Twitter different states. - Goonj has Tel: 011-41401216 , Facebook supplied close to 2500kgs of relief 26972351 materials so far. source and [email protected] collection center
15 Help a Child To be Help a Child of India will be # 10, 7th Street, I Block, Website of India determined responding to the call of thousands Vallalar, Kudiyiruppu, Facebook of stranded people by providing Annanagar West, Twitter them with blankets, children Chennai - 600 040, hygiene kits among other urgently INDIA needed relief material. Tel: 044 - 42645074, 044 - 42645218
16 HelpAge To be HelpAge India has put together a C-14 Qutab Institutional Website India determined locally relevant a relief package Area Twitter consisting of solar lights with mobile New Delhi - 110016 Facebook charging facility, tents, umbrellas, Tel: 011 41688955-56 raincoats, hand-torches, waterproof [email protected] bag packs, bed sheets, dry rations, headoffice@helpageindi packaged drinking water, blankets, a.org and sleeping bags. This entire package meant for a family costs Rs. 13,500/- per package. Please come forward to donate as many such packages as you can and ask your friends and relatives to also join in and contribute their packages
17 Idea Cellular Srinagar Idea Cellular @ideacellular · Sep 9 Corporate office, 5th Website Idea Users-J&K, we're crediting Rs Floor, Windsor CST Twitter 12/- to low balance customers in Road, Kalina, Santa Cruz Facebook Srinagar for emergency calls. Keep (E) dual mode (3G/2G) for Idea 3G Mumbai 400 098, India network Tel: +91-22-6682 0000
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18 India To be Just Online Donations IDRF India Development and Website Developmen Determined @IDRF_US · Sep 11 Relief Fund Facebook t & Relief Jammu & Kashmir flooding called a 5821 Mossrock Drive Twitter Fund (IDRF) national disaster in India. To donate North Bethesda, MD to the efforts, see: 20852-3238 USA http://www.idrf.org/get- Tel: 301-704-0032 involved/make-a-gift/ … (available 10:30 am to 5:30 pm M-F) [email protected]
19 Indian Army All 9 affected Rescued more than 1 lakh people. Integrated Website (Operation districts 30000 army person deployed in Headquarters of MoD Facebook Surya Hope) jammu and Kashmir. Providing relief (Army) Twitter materials and established shelter in New Delhi- 110011 affected area. Live update can be webmaster.indianarmy viewed at Twitter @nic.in
20 Indian Red Jammu and J&K redcross and Indian redcross Uttarakhand State Website Cross Sri Nagar deployed rescue team in flood Branch Twitter Society affected area. Providing relief Uttarakhand, Vill. Danda Facebook material. Open collection center in Lakhaund Srinagar and Delhi office. Near Rajeev Gandhi Play Ground Sahastradhara Road, P.O.Gujrarha, Dehradun – 248 001. Tel: 0135 2114217 (O) 2623723 ® 2608956, 09412059101 (M) [email protected]
21 Indo-Global To be Once the communications channels 28, Institutional Area, Website Social determined will resume, IGSSS will send the Lodhi Road, Facebook Service Emergency Response Team (ERT) to New Delhi-110003 Society conduct need assessment in the Tel: 011-45705000 (IGSSS) flood affected areas in the state. Based on the findings, flood relief operations will be undertaken. IGSSS has sanctioned INR 10 lakhs for immediate response to the Kashmir Flood Affected Families.
22 International To be Red Cross emergency responders P.O. Box 303 CH-1211 Website Federation determined are experiencing difficulties in Geneva 19 Twitter of Red Cross providing sufficient shelter for the Switzerland Facebook and Red high number of evacuees. Red Cross Tel: +41 22 730 42 22 Crescent and Red Crescent Societies have Fax: +41 22 733 03 95 Societies been supporting communities with (IFRC) food, clean water, sanitation,
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emergency shelter, and medical care.
23 Islamic Relief To be Islamic Relief attended Sphere Islamic Relief USA Website determined multi-stakeholder meeting and is on P.O. Box 22250 Facebook the team for analysis of needs. they Alexandria, VA 22304 specialize in Education Food Aid P: 1 (855) 447-1001 Health F: 1 (703) 370-7201 Livelihood [email protected] Water & Sanitation Women’s Programs
24 OXFAM South Our team is engaging local Oxfam India Website India Kashmir - volunteers & army to assess the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Twitter Rajouri, situation in south Kashmir. One of Kendra Facebook Poonch, them has reached Rajouri, with their 4th and 5th Floor 1, Srinagar. next destination as Poonch – both Copernicus Marg New badly affected areas with very little Delhi-110001 accessibility. Our second team will Tel:+91 (0) 11 4653 arrive in Srinagar in the next two 8000 days with more water, sanitation & Fax:+91 (0) 11 4653 hygiene relief. 8099 We also met with the National Email: Disaster Management Authority to [email protected] discuss response plans & get support from civil adminsitrations. Our estimated target is to reach out to 65,000 people initially with relief and we need your immediate help
25 Plan India To be Website “Plan India is closely E-12 Kailash Colony, Website determined monitoring the situation. We are New Delhi 110048, Twitter coordinating at the national level India Facebook with other humanitarian Tel: 91 11-46558484 organizations. Plan India is responding with an immediate release of INR 5,000,000 by mobilizing internal resources.” - The biggest needs are boats to rescue people, drinking water, tents, blankets, baby food, food for all, medicines, chlorine tablets Twitter: nothing about J+K flooding Facebook: no info about response, recovery activities
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26 Pragya Jammu and Pragya team deployed and JK flood 83, Sector-44 Website Kashmir affected area to provide relief Institutional Area Twitter materials and established collection Gurgaon-122003 Facebook center in Gurgaon head office. Haryana, India. source link for a list of other Ph. No: +91 124 materials required. You will have to 2839000 send the materials to the address Fax: +91 124 2386672 mentioned below. [email protected]
27 Save the Jammu Save the Children initiates relief in Save the Children, Website Children kashmir, J&K with food kits and health Bal Raksha Bharat 3rd Twitter Srinagar camps. Planning to long term Floor, Vardhaman Trade Facebook response work for childrens Centre, 9-10-11 Nehru education Place, New Delhi - 110019 India Tel: (+91) 11 4229 4900 Fax: (+91) 11 4229 4990 Email: [email protected]
28 Seeds India Jammu and SEEDS, plans an emergency Yezdani Rahman Website kashmir response to meet the immediate E-mail: Twitter needs of 1000 families and 20 [email protected] Facebook schools of Jammu and Kashmir. The Phone: +91-9560545922 inundation of water in shelters and - See more at: the schools along with the sand 15/A, Institutional Area depositions would leave these R.K. Puram Sector-4 habitats unlivable for long time. New Delhi -110022, Moreover, the onset of the winters India Phone: +91-11- in coming months would further 26174272 Fax: +91-11- add to the miseries of these people. 26174572 SEEDS relief distribution will [email protected] include: - See more at: Source
29 Sphere India Jammu and Sphere India is multi- stakeholder Building No 3, Flat No Website Kashmir coordination agency in India. Sphere 401, Sona Apartments, Facebook hold meeting on Sept 10, 2014 for Kaushilya Park, Hauz Twitter the joint assessment and Khas, New Delhi, coordination. 110016, India. URS Matrix Tel: +91-11-46070374- 75 Fax: +91-11-46070379 [email protected]
30 TEAR Fund Jammu and Tearfund local partner, the Tearfund, 100 Church Website Kashmir Evangelical Fellowship of India Road, Teddington TW11 Twitter Commission on Relief(EFICOR), will 8QE, United Kingdom Facebook this week distribute food, including Tel: 0845 355 8355
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rice, wheat and [email protected] pulses, to 500 of the most vulnerable families who’ve suffered as a result of flooding and landslidesThefood supplies will be enough to last 25 days, with warm clothes,hygiene kits, cooking utensils and plastic sheets for shelter also being supplied.
31 Uday Jammu and 1st lot of relief material including 91A (Near Airtel), Website Foundation Kashmir infant clothings, woollens, blankets, Adhchini, Sri Aurobindo Twitter sanatry napkins and medicines Marg,, New Delhi, India Facebook going to Srinagar today. J&K Flood 110017 +91.11.2656 Relief Update: 3.5 tons of relief 1333 / 444 material sent last night through Air info@udayfoundationin India. 1.5 tons medicines and dia.org 50,000 water bottles ready for dispatch.
32 United Way Jammu and The United Way network in India 309, Nirman Kendra, Website of India Kashmir will aim to raise resources and work Famous Studio Lane, hand in hand with credible disaster Dr. E. Moses Road, relief organizations to address this Mahalaxmi Estate, major calamity. Mumbai – 400011, India Medical Camps: Distribution of Tel: 91 22 24937676/79 Medicines/ Health check-ups/ [email protected] Medical Referrals with special focus rg on women and children needs in the most affected villages till the local health infrastructure is restored.
Distribution of Special Kits: Health and Hygiene Kits: Sanitary napkins, Soaps, Towels, Medicines, ORS Sachets, etc.
Family Kits: Set of utensils, floor mats, mosquito nets, Flash Lights, Batteries, Portable Mobile Chargers, etc.
Winter Kits: Blankets and warm clothes for protection against ensuing harsh winter in the state.
School Kits: Black board, chalks, chairs and stationery, Books, Bags, etc. (to help children continue their schooling once the flood waters
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recede).
Shelter: Construction of Emergency and Transitional Shelters for families whose houses have been destroyed or are currently unfit for use due to submersion and until further provisions are made for their rehabilitation.
34 World Vision Alice World Vision India is prepared to 16, VOC Main Road, Website India (WVI) reach out to the worst affected Kodambakkam, Chennai Facebook families in Jammu and Kashmir with - 600 024, India. Twitter food items, non-food items and Tel : +91 44 42287070, 1 hygiene kits. While assessing and 800 425 4550 responding to the immediate needs Fax : +91 44 42287242 of this disaster, World Vision India [email protected] will also assess the long-term needs of the most vulnerable communities in the region.
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