Report May 2009

May, 09

Distribution of relief material with the support of ASB

Aid Bihar staff have taken serious effort to reach people in remote place amid of central election to distribute flood relief material with the support of

ASB (students from American School of Bombay)

• 25 cycle rickshaw have been distributed in Saharsa and Madhepura district for flood victims. This will help them to earn income for their family.
• 2000 school kit bag (containing - rubber, pencil, Tiffin box, pencil, notebooks) were distributed in Beldhaure block in Thilkora, Kalyanpatti and Alam Nagar village on 12^th May.

• In Alam Nagar, house construction for flood victims are half way through and meeting with beneficiary was conducted on 28^th and agreement was signed.
• 490 solar lights were distributed in Madhepura and Saharsa.
• 500 family kits (1 bed sheet, 1 mosquito) were distributed in Madhepura and Saharsa.

Report April 2009

April, 09

Project: Flood Relief and Rehabilitation

Goal: To provide Relief and Rehabilitation support to more than 4000 flood victims of Sharsa, Madhepura, Khagaria and Supaul districts.

Work done:

• Verification of the 2000 beneficiaries completed ( The selected beneficiaries will get tool kit under Wapsi Project, supported by GOONJ )

ß Tool kit kept for distribution.

* Meeting with community people in Madhepura à

Highlight of the month

ASB: American school of Bombay organized an event ‘Embrace India’ in ASB campus on 18^th April and collected around 8 lacks. A team of 15 members from ASB are planning to come to Bihar from 8^th may to 12^thmay. The team will distribute school kit bag (1 school bag, 6 notebook, 2 pencils, 2 sharpeners, 2 erasers, 1 pen and 1 Tiffin box) for 2000 students, family kit (1 bed sheet and 1 mosquito net) for 500 people and solar lamps for 490 families.

Thanks to Mathew, Lisa and Russell and the ASB community

The link below is pictures from the ‘Embrace India’ event organized by ASB to raise fund for Bihar flood relief.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfl3ioJoZqI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZwW6r_GZQA&feature=player_embedded
http://sites.google.com/a/asbindia.org/bihar-relief/
www.biharfloodrelief.org
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/syllabus-for-service/446265/

Snap shot of fund raising event – ‘Embrace India’

ß Children performing stage show in ASB.

* Paintings kept for sale in ASB à

ASB Team involved in Bihar Flood relief Action

Reporting from Jan to March 2009

January, 09

• 3600 bed sheets and 500 blankets were distributed in collaboration with M.M.Oswal Hosiery
• Aid Volunteers in Bihar have conducted meetings and survey in the flood affected villages with the people to identify skilled persons (barber, farmer and carpenter) to support them with tool kits in near future with help of Goonj (Ngo) for 2500 families under Wapsi project.
• Several meetings were conducted with villagers and engineers to finalize home construction for flood victims; finally Aid-India is going to support 60 houses.
• Aid-India, Bihar has also conducted meetings to provide cycle rickshaw for unskilled persons and nearly 40 people have been selected, rickshaws (each costing rs.5000) have been ordered and would be distributed in March.

February, 09

Winter kits distribution came to an end and Survey for ‘Wapsi’ is going on. So far Aid-India/ Goonj have distributed tool kits to 50 skilled persons like barber, carpenter, constructional worker (Raj Mistri, laborers) etc.

March, 09

• Last batch of winter kits was distributed on 23^rd March to 250 families in Madhepura district.
• In ‘Wapsi’ project, the distribution of tool kit for the professionals is stopped temporarily due to forthcoming election while the verification of the selected candidate is on process.

In wapsi project (supported by Goonj) 516 families are benefitted till now. Kits were distributed on 15 feb and 23 march, 09.

Ground Video Report-Er. Vivek Umrao Glendenning

Respected Friend,

Ground Video Report has been published at-
http://www.localgovernance.org/vivekumrao/Koshi-Flood-Report.html

I tried to keep videos as live report thus I did not add voice, sound or comment in time of editing videos.
I only tried to add subtitles to make easy for Non-Hindi persons.

I am pretty sure that these type of ground videos are rare of that time.
These videos exposes many realities and definitely are helpful for Human Right Activists, Right to Information Activists and understanding continuous sufferings of Bihar People.
If one would like to see these videos with sincerity and time will understand ground situations.

We could imagine easily for on going rehabilitation works.

My report if mainly concentrated on Government Relief works and Sufferings of Flood Victims but i would like to say that i do not want to make comments on works of NGOs because i do not want that very few sincere voluntary organizations should not be criticized in generalization of word NGO.

I would like to say that about 99% NGOs were concentrated in same areas, caused less efficiency to reduce sufferings of flood victims.
I am working on a detailed written report, i hope it will be published in coming weeks.

I would like to salute common villagers and non-paid local volunteers who saved thousands of lives, looked after millions of people and still supporting to rehabilitate flood victims.

I request you that please look videos related to Koshi River (Koshi Barrage and Kusaha Areas), it will help to understand many lies of Government of Bihar.
I would like to say with my own working experiences that Bihar Media is one of the most unaccountable and insincere media of the India.

I am sending this report to some international organizations by post to aware them for ground realities.
Actions, processes and other things, i leave on values of individuals and organizations.

To produce this report, from cameraman ship to posting of DVDs, all works are done by me.
There are two DVDs in this video report, the set of DVDs will be sent by post on demand.

Thanks,
Regards,
love,
vivek

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Er. Vivek Umrao Glendenning MCIJ
Member- The Chartered Institute of Journalists, London
Member- International PEN Sydney Centre
Joint Convener- Non Violent Initiative

www.localgovernance.org/vivekumrao

+61- 416697156 (Australia)
__________________________

Quote

If we don't survive, we don't do anything else.
-- John Sinclair
Hence survival is the most important development.

Flood relief blog

Minutes

A meeting was held on 22 April, 09 at Patna regarding flood relief action in which Mr. Sanjay Kumar (coordinator), Mr. kamleshwari sahu (freedom fighter), Mr. Bikash kumar (key activist), Mr. Sunil Kumar ( assist. Activist), Mr. Pawan kumar (coordinator, Madhepura) and Dharmendra kumar have participated. 

Main agenda:

1. Wapsi
2. Rickshaw
3. Home construction
4. ASB trip
5. Dr. sheetal team Trip

 

First of all we reviewed the situation of ongoing works in these areas. We feel proud our work bcz there are only 2-3 NGOs are working out of more than 100 ngos who were working willingly at the time of flood. We also feel the depth of good partnership with Goonj in wapsi project. Similarly we feel proud on partnership with ASB. Bcz a team of 15 members are coming to this area in next week and ready to stay happily in remote villages. As you know this is their 3^rd trip. And they stayed in villages last two times also. During last 6 months, AID INDIA gain respect more than expectation. That’s why, last week UNICEF has charged for breaking code of election but AID INDIA had notified 2 times in Alamnagar but not charged by the administration.

We made plan as below:

1. Wapsi: for your information, we are doing a livelihood project named Wapsi with coordination with Goonj. In this project we first survey to skilled people who have some skills but have not tools or equipment. We verify the list and give them tools. Most important things that in our opinion, there are not skilled person only carpenter, barber, Tailor, Blacksmith, shopkeeper, gumtiwala etc. but physical laborers are also skilled for labor.  So we provide to them also KUDAL, TASLA, MAUNI etc. we provide to skilled person tools related to their skills.

 

Our planning to give tools and equipment to 3000 families from 17 may onwards. In addition we have distributed 516 families and stopped due to code of election.

District	Block	Families	Contact person
Supaul	Chhatapur	550	Lalan
Madhepura	Aalamnagar	500	Kamleshwari Sahu
	Gwalpada	300	Pawan
	Madhepura	500	Pawan
	Kumarkhand	300	Pawan
	Shankarpur	150	Bhawesh
Khagaria	Beldaur	750	Maheshwar
Saharsa	Saur	300	Raman

2. Rickshaw: all 25 rickshaw shall be ready to distribute on 10 May and be distributed at Aalamnagar. There will be printed on backside of cycle rickshaw :

 

Badh piditon ke sahaytarth

AID INDIA

Ka swarojgar Yatra

(self employment journey of AID INDIA for the help of flood victims)

Aalmnagar block- 5 rickshaws

Madhepura Town- 7 rickshaws

Mirganj chawk- 3 rickshaws

Saharsa town – 5 rickshaws

Khagaria-5 rickshaws

We are taking an affidavit paper from all benefisharies on 5 points. i.e. they are agree to receive rickshaw with terms of AID INDIA. They can’t sell rickshaw. If they became unsocial or become accused to any unsocial events, AID can seize rickshaw. All income should be expensed by the opinion with his wife or families. i.e. he is not permitted to expense his income for drinking wine.  

3. Home construction: as you know it is building at a remote village in Aalamnagar block. There are more than 100 families and their home are washed out. We have plan to build home for 20 families of most backward classes and they have not hope with govt. we have started to layout but due to code of election administration said to stop. Materials are purchased and agreement had been made. We shall start it on 11^th  morning.  We are not giving labor cost and furniture. But we should think about common hall, hand pipe and latrine rooms.
4. ASB trip: a team from American school of Bombay of 15 members is coming Bihar for 8^th may to 12^th may. They have collected more than 8.80 lacks. They are going to distributes supplies with these money. So we have planned to distribute supplies like school kit bags for 2000 students, family kit for 500 people and solar lamps for 490 families. School kit bag contains of a school bag, 6 coppies, 2 pencils, 2 sharpeners, 2 erasers, 1 pen and 1 Tiffin box. Family kit contains 1 bed sheet and 1 mosquito net. So plan for ASB team as below:

Reach at patna 8^th and night hault at shivnagar village of beldaur block of Khagaria district.

9^th day visit Ekha and bind toli villages

9^th night at keshopur village of aalamnagar block of Madhepura district

10^th day visit of Tilaknagar, Pharsaha and Dhelha villages of this block.

11^th morning Kalyanpatti village and afternoon start for Patna

12^th morning – interaction with people at Patna and fly

They will distribute supplies in those villages too.  

5. Dr. sheetal team trip: A doctors team of 10-15 persons is coming Bihar on 3^rd July to 18^th july. In fact, we have stopped our medical camps and other health relief. I wrote to dr. sheetal also. but she is contacting me so many times and showed their commitments about Bihar.  She told me that team is committed to give their service in Bihar. She was ready to come in Bihar and if I have problem in flood area, her team is ready to give service anywhere in Bihar.  Ultimately we feel that it will be injustice with society, if we haven’t arranged their trip. People are ready from first time to receive service and it is needed too. In fact these are the rare opportunities for us too. Actually we want to concentrate on educational activities.

In this meeting we finalize their prog. Also.

3-4 july: at Patna or  nearby

5^th night at flood area.

6-8^th july at keshopur in Aalamnagar block

9^th july Kalyanpatti of Madhepura

10-11 july Budhama

13 July- Balamgarhiya

14 July- Silet of Saur block Of Saharsa dist

15 july Shivnagar of beldaur block of Khagaria dist

16-17 July at rakasia and achhua village of dulhinbazar block of Patna dist. 

Note : a team from IIT madras will come here for livelihood training and computer training under leadership of Mr. Mithun Kumar. We shall plan after getting their final date.

update about flood relief action

Minutes
A meeting was held on 22 April, 09 at Patna regarding flood relief action in which Mr. Sanjay Kumar (coordinator), Mr. kamleshwari sahu (freedom fighter), Mr. Bikash kumar (key activist), Mr. Sunil Kumar ( assist. Activist), Mr. Pawan kumar (coordinator, Madhepura) and Dharmendra kumar have participated.
Main agenda:
1. Wapsi
2. Rickshaw
3. Home construction
4. ASB trip
5. Dr. sheetal team Trip

First of all we reviewed the situation of ongoing works in these areas. We feel proud our work bcz there are only 2-3 NGOs are working out of more than 100 ngos who were working willingly at the time of flood. We also feel the depth of good partnership with Goonj in wapsi project. Similarly we feel proud on partnership with ASB. Bcz a team of 15 members are coming to this area in next week and ready to stay happily in remote villages. As you know this is their 3rd trip. And they stayed in villages last two times also. During last 6 months, AID INDIA gain respect more than expectation. That’s why, last week UNICEF has charged for breaking code of election but AID INDIA had notified 2 times in Alamnagar but not charged by the administration.
We made plan as below:
1. Wapsi: for your information, we are doing a livelihood project named Wapsi with coordination with Goonj. In this project we first survey to skilled people who have some skills but have not tools or equipment. We verify the list and give them tools. Most important things that in our opinion, there are not skilled person only carpenter, barber, Tailor, Blacksmith, shopkeeper, gumtiwala etc. but physical laborers are also skilled for labor. So we provide to them also KUDAL, TASLA, MAUNI etc. we provide to skilled person tools related to their skills.

Our planning to give tools and equipment to 3000 families from 17 may onwards. In addition we have distributed 516 families and stopped due to code of election.
District
Block
Families
Contact person
Supaul
Chhatapur
550
Lalan
Madhepura
Aalamnagar
500
Kamleshwari Sahu

Gwalpada
300
Pawan

Madhepura
500
Pawan

Kumarkhand
300
Pawan

Shankarpur
150
Bhawesh
Khagaria
Beldaur
750
Maheshwar
Saharsa
Saur
300
Raman
2. Rickshaw: all 25 rickshaw shall be ready to distribute on 10 May and be distributed at Aalamnagar. There will be printed on backside of cycle rickshaw :

Badh piditon ke sahaytarth
AID INDIA
Ka swarojgar Yatra
(self employment journey of AID INDIA for the help of flood victims)
Aalmnagar block- 5 rickshaws
Madhepura Town- 7 rickshaws
Mirganj chawk- 3 rickshaws
Saharsa town – 5 rickshaws
Khagaria-5 rickshaws
We are taking an affidavit paper from all benefisharies on 5 points. i.e. they are agree to receive rickshaw with terms of AID INDIA. They can’t sell rickshaw. If they became unsocial or become accused to any unsocial events, AID can seize rickshaw. All income should be expensed by the opinion with his wife or families. i.e. he is not permitted to expense his income for drinking wine.

3. Home construction: as you know it is building at a remote village in Aalamnagar block. There are more than 100 families and their home are washed out. We have plan to build home for 20 families of most backward classes and they have not hope with govt. we have started to layout but due to code of election administration said to stop. Materials are purchased and agreement had been made. We shall start it on 11th morning. We are not giving labor cost and furniture. But we should think about common hall, hand pipe and latrine rooms.
4. ASB trip: a team from American school of Bombay of 15 members is coming Bihar for 8th may to 12th may. They have collected more than 8.80 lacks. They are going to distributes supplies with these money. So we have planned to distribute supplies like school kit bags for 2000 students, family kit for 500 people and solar lamps for 490 families. School kit bag contains of a school bag, 6 coppies, 2 pencils, 2 sharpeners, 2 erasers, 1 pen and 1 Tiffin box. Family kit contains 1 bed sheet and 1 mosquito net. So plan for ASB team as below:
Reach at patna 8th and night hault at shivnagar village of beldaur block of Khagaria district.
9th day visit Ekha and bind toli villages
9th night at keshopur village of aalamnagar block of Madhepura district
10th day visit of Tilaknagar, Pharsaha and Dhelha villages of this block.
11th morning Kalyanpatti village and afternoon start for Patna
12th morning – interaction with people at Patna and fly
They will distribute supplies in those villages too.

5. Dr. sheetal team trip: A doctors team of 10-15 persons is coming Bihar on 3rd July to 18th july. In fact, we have stopped our medical camps and other health relief. I wrote to dr. sheetal also. but she is contacting me so many times and showed their commitments about Bihar. She told me that team is committed to give their service in Bihar. She was ready to come in Bihar and if I have problem in flood area, her team is ready to give service anywhere in Bihar. Ultimately we feel that it will be injustice with society, if we haven’t arranged their trip. People are ready from first time to receive service and it is needed too. In fact these are the rare opportunities for us too. Actually we want to concentrate on educational activities.
In this meeting we finalize their prog. Also.
3-4 july: at Patna or nearby
5th night at flood area.
6-8th july at keshopur in Aalamnagar block
9th july Kalyanpatti of Madhepura
10-11 july Budhama
13 July- Balamgarhiya
14 July- Silet of Saur block Of Saharsa dist
15 july Shivnagar of beldaur block of Khagaria dist
16-17 July at rakasia and achhua village of dulhinbazar block of Patna dist.

Note : a team from IIT madras will come here for livelihood training and computer training under leadership of Mr. Mithun Kumar. We shall plan after getting their final date.