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 Report on Key Issues in 2009 Andhra Flood Relief
Inadequate Shelter:
Most of these displaced people are now living on the roads and common lands and other higher areas mostly without any shelter and other basic needs. Lack of proper shelter always has problems from poisonous insects like snakes and other such other life-killing animals. Affected families are currently staying with relatives or in communal buildings, while only very few have made some sort of temporary structure with available material.
Its important to point out that a significant group of the general population have lighter damages to their house (crack in walls or floors, sand/mud inside etc..) regardless of the construction type. All of these would also require repair and cleaning, even though the damages are not as severe as the ones described above.
The pattern of destruction the level of damage to houses in Kurnool district seems greater due to the sudden onset and force of the “flash flood”. During the assessment, visits were made to areas of Kurnool where whole communities were more or less washed away (including concrete houses)
The provision of temporary shelters and support to families to start cleaning up is also essential for creating some sort of normalcy for children and keeping the family and community support structures intact. To get people engaged in their own recovery as soon as possible is also vital for their own mental wellbeing and as a way of dealing with the current stress and pressure they are under.
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Immediate needs:
Family size tarps, floor mats, ropes
Tools for repairing and cleaning up
Household essentials, cups, bowls, cooking utensils, mosquito nets etc., . | | |
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Health WASH:
With stagnant water in most communities, combined with poor sanitation and inadequate water supply, there is a real risk for the outbreak of water borne diseases/ diarrhea, viral fevers etc. With the already high rates of malnutrition in the areas, the situation is particularly serious for young children.
In many of the communities water supply systems have been broken and tube wells submerged in water and will require cleaning and repair. At the moment most people are relying on government tankers for water supply, combined with what ever systems that might still be functioning in the communities. No communal storage facilities for water currently exists, and therefore people fill up what ever vessels/buckets they have directly from the tanker and store it at the household level. Water quality remains a concern.
Immediate needs:
- RICE, DAL, AATA
- Vessels/storage for clean water at Household level
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Safety Napkin for women
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Bed sheets, Blankets, Clothing for all (used also)
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Biscuits for children
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Educational Material Kits for School Children
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Health and hygiene promotion
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Rehabilitation of water and sanitation systems
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Construction of Huts
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Resumption of children’s Education:
Schools have been affected by the floods in the Kurnool District of A.P. Most school aged children in these localities have not been attending school since the floods occurred. The government has announced that schools should have been reopened from 19.10. But based on the situation in the communities, it will still take time before the schools are cleaned and made functional.
Up until recently families have been residing in camps (some still there) with no education facilities. In the 3 villages in Kurnool district, where SERUDS is proposing relief assistance 1500 school aged children have been out of school since the floods and lost most of their school books. However, very few schools building seem to have received structural damages due to the floods. But before schools can resume most buildings need to be cleaned up as there is still sand/mud in the rooms and stagnant water/ mud in the school yards.
It’s important to keep in mind that the school attendance in these areas under normal circumstance is characterized by irregular attendance often tied up to the agricultural cycle etc. For this reason, and considering the additional stress on the families due to lost livelihood options at the moment, additional efforts (back to school campaigns etc.) would be required to try to encourage families to send their children back to school.
As per the government policy, each community/schools also have an Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)/preschool targeting 3-6 year olds in India. Due to the floods, all of these have been affected in the same way as the schools described above. In addition, these facilities also function as feeding centers for children. Due to the floods most of the food stock have been damaged and destroyed.
Immediate needs:
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Cleaning up schools and ICDS premises
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Replace text/work books/teaching and learning material/ school uniforms
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Provision of school material and TLM for children and teachers
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Rehabilitate water and sanitation facilities and undertake hygiene promotion
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Back to school campaigns mobilizing communities and government
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Promotion of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
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Provision of TLM and lobby for replacing food supplies for ICDS and mobilizing parents for sending their children back to the centres
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(address livelihoods) –see separate heading
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