Jammu and Kashmir Floods 2014 2
NGO: Sewa Bharti Jammu and Kashmir
IDRF partner since: 2011
- Focus Area: Jammu and Kashmir Floods 2014
- Location: Jammu and Kashmir
- Project Title: Distribution of relief material, relief checks and construction material to repair and reconstruct damaged houses
- Details: IDRF partnered with NGO Sewa Bharti Jammu and Kashmir to implement a disaster response project for the affected communities, irrespective of caste or religion. The IDRF funded disaster response project for affected communities included both short and long‐term relief measures. Along with the distribution of food and pherans (traditional woolen gowns)—to keep people warm through the winters, Sewa Bharti also distributed mobile stalls and goods, such as kangris (fire pots). In addition to supplies, relief to flood victims for the repair and construction of their damaged houses was provided both in the form of relief checks and construction materials. IDRF realized that self-reliance was the only way to somewhat stabilize the lives of the affected people. So in this regard, we sent financial grants to distribute mobile stalls including the goods for selling, so that the affected people could start earning their livelihood and bring their lives back on track.
Mobile stalls with goods and Pherans (traditional woolen gowns) given to flood victims
Check distribution to the flood victims
Distribution of traditional woolen gown (pherans) to the victims
Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh Floods 2015
NGO: Swami Vivekananda Rural Development Society (SVRDS)
IDRF partner since: 1996
- Focus Area: Rural Development Society
- Location: Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu
- Project Title: Distribution of relief kits to victims, Reconstruction of damaged houses
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Details: SVRDS focused on distributing relief kits to those villages around Chennai that did not receive Government aid in time. The relief kits were distributed to about 2000 families and consisted of a steel container filled with kitchen utensils, towel, clothing (saris and dhotis) for the whole family, mats, and groceries (like rice, oil, wheat, sooji, pulses), washing powder & medicine kits, etc. With IDRF’s support, reconstruction of severely damaged houses of very poor families was done, in order to bring about normalcy in flood victims’ lives. Seven houses with built-up areas of 270 square feet were constructed to resettle the families whose houses were damaged beyond repair.
Distribution of Relief Kits to Flood Victims
Houses repaired/reconstructed for the flood victims in Tamil Nadu
NGO: Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS)
Partner Since: 2002
IDRF funds to Yogoda Satsanga Society helped 8,075 families in five districts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Many of the families that were helped were very poor and socially deprived and had not received any form of help from other relief agencies. YSS devotees and members distributed relief kits to these people that comprised of solar re-chargeable LED lamps, bedsheets, and mats.
Relief Kits being distributed to Flood Victims
Please click on the link to learn more about Yogoda Satsanga Society’s various programs.
Nepal Earthquake 2015
NGO: Manav Seva Sansthan “SEVA”
IDRF partner since: 2013
- Focus Area: Nepal Earthquake 2015
- Location: Nepal
- Project Title: ICU setup at Kirtipur Hospital,Distribution of relief kits to victims
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Details: IDRF funds enabled Manav Seva Sansthan, based in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, to procure and distribute two types of relief-kits to 160 families in Gorkha district of Nepal: the ‘Non-food-relief items kit’, consisted of woolen blankets, clothes for the whole family and kitchen utensils. The other kit was the ‘Shelter and Hygiene kit’, which consisted of tarpaulin cloth, nylon rope needed for setting up tent and hygiene supplies like: soaps, undergarments, towel, comb, toothpaste and tooth brushes, etc
NGO: Public Health Concern Trust-NEPAL
NGO: Public Health Concern Trust-NEPAL
Partner Since: 2012
Right after the disastrous earthquake in Nepal, IDRF supporters and donors, wholeheartedly helped Kathmandu Model and Kirtipur Hospitals to serve more than 1,000 patients and 220 through surgical interventions. IDRF sent grants to establish and upgrade ICU facility and post-operative room at Kirtipur Hospital.
With IDRF and other organizations’ help, Public Health Concern Trust-Nepal was able to provide free medical and surgical care and hospital stay to the earthquake victims. Since most of the patients have lost their homes and belongings in the disaster, meals and a place to stay were also provided to their caretakers.
ICU at Kirtipur Hospital
Siachen Glacier Avalanche 2016
NGO: Youth for Seva
IDRF partner since: 2016
- Focus Area: Youth for Seva
- Location: Karnataka
- Project Title: Financial help to bereaved families of dead soldiers
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Details: Youth for Seva Youth for Seva was founded in 2007, as a nation-wide volunteering movement that inspires youth in India to volunteer and connects them to meaningful opportunities to serve the community. This organization aims to create positive change agents in the society, through the culture of volunteerism.
A group of compassionate IDRF-volunteers, based in the United States, succeeded in raising handsome amount of funds in order to provided financial help to the bereaved families of the ten dead soldiers. IDRF joined hands with Youth for Seva, a pan-India volunteering movement, by extending help to these families who are not very economically well-off and have lost their major breadwinners.
Nandiwale Babu Annappa, Athani, Belgavi
Vishwanath Bharamappa Parasannavar, Gokak, Belagavi
India Floods- 2017
NGO: Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)
ERDS in West Bengal distributed Food Kits, each comprised of rice, flour, sugar and milk etc. to 100 flood affected families.
Devastation caused by floods in West Bengal- 2017
NGO: Gram Vikas Parishad
In Bihar, IDRF helped Gram Vikas Parishad distribute 100 Relief Kits to affected families. Each kit included: rice, flour, polythene sheets for temporary shelter, medicines and life jackets. Most of the flood ravaged villages comprise of elderly, women and children who had lost everything and were confronted with near-starvation like situation.
Distribution of Relief Kits to flood victims in Bihar
NGO: Manav Seva Sansthan
Manav Seva Sansthan distributed relief items to 100 flood affected families in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The relief items included ready to eat dry foods, non-Perishable food items like Wheat Flour, Rice, Oil, Pulses, Sugar, food containers, water filter, mosquito nets and hygiene kits. The beneficiaries included families from schedule caste, women headed families, widows and differently abled. The beneficiary families were identified in coordination with local government authorities and community members. Token based distribution mechanism was adopted to avoid duplicity and ensure full transparency. During the distribution the beneficiaries were briefed on healthy hand hygiene habits and encouraged to use toilets for defecation.
Distribution of Relief Material in Eastern Uttar Pradesh
NGO: Samerth Charitable Trust
Samerth in Gujarat distributed relief kit along with food grains to the 100 poorest of poor families living in interior parts of Gujarat. Samerth team had identified these families from 27 villages in the flood ravaged areas.
Hundreds of houses were badly damaged & acres of land got submerged under water and covered in flood-water sand. For thousands of victims in the disaster affected villages, agriculture is the only means of livelihood. Samerth has identified 80 families who have lost their livelihood as a part of the rehabilitation process. With the financial support of IDRF, Samerth has been able to help resettle the poor villagers by providing them with potter’s wheels, masonry and agriculture kits, sheep, goats, buffaloes, fodder, milk cans and sewing machines, etc.
Relief and rehabilitation work for flood victims in Gujarat
Relief and rehabilitation work for flood victims in Gujarat
West Bengal Freak Storm- 2017
West Bengal Freak Storm- 2017
IDRF partner since: 2011
- Focus Area: Economic Rural Development Society
- Location: West Bengal
- Project Title: Construction of new houses and repairs of damaged houses & livelihood provisions
- Details: The Freak storm unroofed and damaged 69 houses and the inhabitants were compelled to stay at others people’s houses or take shelter under trees. IDRF and ERDS joined hands to assist the victims and make them self-reliant once again. IDRF immediately sent two grants aggregating towards reconstruction of 31 fully damaged houses and repairs of 38 of partially damaged houses and for providing new livestock (one cow, four goats or four pigs) to 69 families in order to help them get back on their feet.
Reconstruction of house for Beneficiary- Ashalata Gosh of Majhra village in Malda District
Reconstruction of House for Beneficiary- Maino Mardi in Badnagara village, Malda District
Kerala Floods- 2018
NGO: Manav Seva Sansthan
IDRF partner since: 2018
- Focus Area: Relief and Rehabilitation of affected families
- Location: Kerala
- Project Title: Kerala Floods 2018 and 2019
- Details: IDRF worked closely with the state government, who selected the beneficiaries to receive help from IDRF, so as to maximize the number of victims helped. IDRF send funds to Manav Seva Sansthan to distributed 100 kitchen kits and appliances to severely affected families in Pozhuthana, in Wayanad district, that helped set up their kitchens over again. Each Kitchen kits consisted of a gas stove, mixer grinder, pressure cooker, dinner set, frying pan set, emergency LED light and bucket/ mug/spoon/knife/thali, etc. IDRF also started programs to rehabilitate the flood victims whose only means of livelihood is agriculture and animal husbandry. Several poor families in Pozhuthana Gram Panchayat lost all their livestock which were their only means of sustenance. In order to rebuild the lives of these victims, IDRF gifted 18 cows to some families to start up again. IDRF is also supporting the repairs and rebuilding of 10 houses belonging to extremely poor families in Wayanad district. Cabinet Minister Ramachandran Kadannappally, Government of Kerala, laid the foundation stone of the housing project (Snehaveedu) in Wayanad. IDRF Fundraiser for Kerala Flood Victims: IDRF held a fundraiser at Tatva Indian Cuisine in Herndon, Virginia, on August 25, 2018 to raise funds for relief and rehabilitation of the flood victims. Several fundraisers were created on social media: Facebook by IDRF supporters and volunteers to raise funds for providing relief and rehabilitation for the severely affected flood victims.
Kitchen Kits and appliances were distributed to 100 severely affected families in Wayanad District
Livestock distribution to flood victims at a community event in Wayanad
Flood-affected families given cows to start up their livelihood once again
Foundation stone laid for IDRF-supported rebuilding of houses for extremely poor families
Cabinet Minister of Govt. Of Kerala inaugurates IDRF supported repairs and rebuilding of damaged houses
IDRF Fundraiser for Kerala Flood Victims:
IDRF held a fundraiser at Tatva Indian Cuisine in Herndon, Virginia, on August 25, 2018 to raise funds for relief and rehabilitation of the flood victims.
Several fundraisers were created on social media: Facebook by IDRF supporters and volunteers to raise funds for providing relief and rehabilitation for the severely affected flood victims.———————
IDRF Fundraiser at Tatva Indian Cuisine at Herndon, Virginia
Bihar Floods 2019
NGO: Manav Seva Sansthan
- Focus Area: Manav Seva Sansthan
- Location: Bihar
- Project Title: Bihar Floods 2019
- Details: IDRF’s partner-NGO Manav Seva Sansthan has past experience and extensive knowledge of the Madhubani district, where several villages faced the worst impacts. MSS targeted three blocks of the district that were severely affected due to heavier rains and remote locations in the foothills of the Himalayas. Even though the local government agencies sent help, there were several remote areas where it took longer for their teams to get to the victims. With the help of generous donors, IDRF was able to raise funds and provide Relief Kits to 150 poor families. These Relief Kits included: personal hygiene items, candles, non-perishable food items like lentils, flour, rice, oil, spices, etc.
NGO team packing 150 Relief Kits for flood victims
Distribution of Relief Kits to 150 poor families
People taking the Relief Kits back to their villages
Due to stagnant waters for several weeks, the water-bodies in the area got contaminated and people were using that water to drink and cook, thus, resulting in skin and gastrointestinal diseases. Access to health centers was disrupted due to damage to roads and the situation was particularly serious for children and pregnant women. In order to provide urgent health-care services, IDRF supported five Mobile Health Camps in the worst affected areas. Free medical checkups and distribution of medicines were done for the poor flood victims. In addition, 75 hand pumps were repaired and the water supply was restored in them for use by the local people. These low-depth hand pumps were also chlorinated to provide water for drinking and other household uses.
Free checkups and medicines for poor flood victims
IDRF also started a program to rehabilitate 150 families in Madhubani district whose only means of livelihood is small scale agriculture. These families were provided high-quality seeds of high yielding crops like wheat and potatoes, etc. to start over again.
In addition, the following items were also provided to 150 poor families who have lost all their belongings due to the floods:
Items |
Quantity Per Households |
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| 1 | Quilts(for winter use) | 02 |
| 2 | Water Filter(manuakky operated) | 1 |
| 3 | Emergency Lights(solar-powdered) | 1 |
| 4 | Mosquito Nets | 02 |
Quilts, water filters, solar emergency lights, and mosquito nets, etc. for 150 flood-affected families
