DISASTER RESPONSE PROGRAMS
For the past few years, Kerala, the southern state of India has borne the brunt of disasters like sea erosion, floods, land sliding etc. The Vincentian Social Services – India Kottayam (De Care) has been in the forefront effecting the disaster management relief and rehabilitation measures.
The activities of the organization were spread across the coastal, high ranges and low lying areas of Kerala. De Care focusses on the response and recovery phases of the Disaster Management Cycle. Relief measures like distribution of food, cloths, medicines and other needed articles, providing psychological assistance to the affected people, opening of relief camps, organizing medical camps, laisoning with governmental authorities and other Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), socio-economic surveying of the affected areas, adoption of flood-stricken parishes for sustainable development etc formed part of the interventions of De Care.
