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Cyclone Yaas Disaster Relief Providing relief to 175 villages (~375K population) devastated by Cyclone Yaas Fighting disasters at the frontlines of climate change Proposal for Asha for Education % Supported by/ Issues (Response) Benefi funde Tentative Action Initiative Count Units ciary Rate Budget (₹) d Commitment Houses, kitchen, firms Relief Support dry food, baby packets of are flooded, and people 50% Kolkata Gives food, biscuits and dry ration. dry rations 10,000 taken shelter on road/ 10,000 ₹200 ₹2,000,000.00 75% 25% Asha for 100 villages * 100 families and baby families highland and relief Education each place food centers. Support needed from Asha for Education - 2500 families will be supported with relief support (dry food/dry ration) as Emergency support. Each kit will cost 200 INR. Total proposed budget = 2500 x 200 = 5,00,000 INR 2 Overall Proposal/Commitment as of May 31, 2021 Yaas Immediate Disaster Relief Plan and Budget NO Action Initiative Count Units Beneficiary Rate Budget (₹) Budget ($) % funded Commitment A Issues Response ₹24,600,000.00$339,310.34 Using local van with water tank/drum to carry drinking water from distance and support in affected villages. Drinking water support to flooded area . Deep tubewell and sweet water ponds are flooded with Planned for 15 days * 100 villages * 400 families per saline water. SOS calls for drinking water for human village * 10L/family/day = 6M Liters of water @ Rs 1and cattle 0.25 per liter 60,00,000 liters of water 40,000 families ₹0.25 ₹1,500,000.00 $20,689.66 50% 50% Kolkata Gives Mud/ semi-pucca houses are damaged due to flood and 2cyclone. Monsoon starting soon. Supporting tarpaulins for temporary shelter 2,000 tarpaulin 2,000 families ₹500 ₹1,000,000.00 $13,793.10 50% 50% Kolkata Gives packets of dry 50% Kolkata Gives Houses, kitchen, firms are flooded and people taken Relief Support dry food, baby food, biscuits and dry rations and 25% Asha for 3shelter on road/ highland and relief centers. ration. 100 villages * 100 families each place 10,000 baby food 10,000 families ₹200 ₹2,000,000.00 $27,586.21 75%Education Community Kitchen to feed cooked food for hungry House, kitchen are displaced and waterloagged, not in displaced people. 100 villages * 100 families * 2 4position to cook. meals * 10 days 2,00,000 meals 10,000 families ₹15 ₹3,000,000.00 $41,379.31 50% 50% Kolkata Gives Water is contaminated, anticipating huge menstrual 1,00,000 5disease breakout. Women sanitary napkins support 1,00,000 napkins women ₹20 ₹2,000,000.00 $27,586.21 50% 50% Kolkata Gives Medical Camps, each camps with 2 doctors, and Covid 2nd wave and post calamity health issue free medicines for 100 patients. 500 camps to 6breakout is anticipated. support 500 X100 = 50,000 patients 50,000 patients 50,000 patients ₹70 ₹3,500,000.00 $48,275.86 50% 50% Kolkata Gives Need to rebuild river embankment collaboration with Large number of river embankments damaged and sea Govt NREGA, our support @Rs 100 per labour day 7saline water flowing in and out. to encourage 50,000 days of work ₹100 ₹5,000,000.00 $68,965.52 50% 50% Kolkata Gives Dewatering of community ponds from saline water Few area even many KM do not have any sweet water for reserving sweet rain water for domestic and sources. Local people, cattle, birds and other animals agriculture purpose. Planning to clean 1000 ponds to ponds cleaned 50% Kolkata Gives 8are in challenge. create sweet water source. 1,000 up ₹4,000 ₹4,000,000.00 $55,172.41 65%15% Varosha, Chicago Cattle's, fish and other animals died and rotting in 9saline flooded water. There would be bacteria outbreak. Bleaching and limes support. 20,000 kg ₹30 ₹600,000.00 $8,275.86 50% 50% Kolkata Gives Immediate need cattle food support to save domestic animals including cows. (100 cattle in 100 ~5,000-10,000 10Cattle food and grass land is completely damaged villages). 10,000 cattle families ₹200 ₹2,000,000.00 $27,586.21 50% 50% Kolkata Gives Total Budget ₹24,600,000.00 $339,310.34 More details in the following slides 3 Path of the cyclone • Landfall on Sundarbans on 26th May 2021. • Wind speed of 130-140 Km/hr • Estimated 15cr of loss to the state economy • 10 million people directly impacted • Saline water flooding leading to damage of 90% of agricultural land • 6 people died CNN report “This cyclone spells double trouble for millions of people in India as there is no respite from COVID- 19,” said Udaya Regmi, the South Asia head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. 5 Accelerating climate change crises Nearly 1.4 billion people live along the coastline of the Bay of Bengal. The coastal Bengal region has a population of over 5 million. 1970 Cyclone Bhola (500k+ killed) 2009 Cylone Aila (1M+ homeless) 2019 Cyclone Bulbul (3.5M+ affected) 2020 Cyclone Amphan: strongest since 1833; 1M+ homes damaged; 700K+ acres farmland destroyed * 2021 Yaas damaged 70-80 % of firm land with saline water Kolkata COVID-19 pandemic & cyclones have created financial distress & lack of food security / sustainable livelihood Affected areas DASRA reports 70% of sex-trafficking victims in India comes from the area (ground reports showed a huge increase in trafficking post Cyclone Aila) *Wikipedia + News Sources 6 The Telegraph Coverage https://www.tel egraphindia.co m/amp/west- bengal/calcutta /cyclone-yaas- blow-to- sunderbans- migrants/cid/1 817094 7 All photos here taken by Mukti’s own volunteers on the ground YAAS- The Trail of Destruction • 185 out of 380 villages surveyed affected; ~60% of them badly • River embankments breached by 30 foot waves destroying farms and submerging homes • Food security a huge issue • Severe lack of drinking water • Emerging health crisis due to both COVID and water borne diseases • Women and children health issues caused by unhygienic water conditions and food shortage • Cattle food is crisis • Many people living under open sky 12 Building of river embankment Relief Started <-Cook Food Dry Ration -> <-Drinking Water Tarpolin Support -> 14 Relief & Rehab Started, Looking for your hand Needs of the hour – Immediate Requirement 16 NGO operations lead – Mukti Started in 2003 by Sankar Focused on women Haldar for the needy people empowerment: 46% of Sundarban, West Bengal employees/volunteers & 61% beneficiaries are women Registered under the Govt. of India Trust Act Section 64, 95% of Mukti's workforce work compliance with 12A, 80G at the grassroots level for any and FCRA, DARPAN Govt. given project India 600+ volunteers working in Recipient of APJ Abdul Kalam, UNESCO declared World Star of Asia, Bharat Heritage site Sundarban Excellence, Vivek Swanman, region of India in the areas of True LEGEND, Amricare, and health, education, agriculture, Krishiratna Awards livelihood, environment and rights *Mukti was among 6 NGOs selected by Kolkata Foundation after reviewing 200+ NGOs in partnership17 with Kolkata Gives Mukti efforts during Cyclone Bulbul & Amphan 18 How can you support Donation in cash Donation in kind You may book Donation from India essential materials please use domestic from online store SBI account and ask to deliver at Mukti City Donation from office, 22 Canal side road , Garia Outside India please use foreign Online link Donation SBI bank account https://muktiweb.org/ product/donate-yaas 19.
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