Project Name
Kalyanpur Disaster Risk Management & Resilience Project in Bihar, India
Project Location
India
Project Natures
- Humanitarian Relief and Disaster Risk Reduction
- Urban and Rural Development
- Creation Care
Project Objectives
- Manage and reduce the risk of disasters in the community in order to minimise damage to life, livestock, property and livelihoods.
- Ensure that the powers of the disaster risk management system are exercised properly.
Beneficiaries
Impoverished communities, students and farmers affected by natural disasters.
No. of Beneficiaries
Approx. 7,130
Key Activities
- Establish a disaster management committee, working groups, self-help groups, and children’s councils.
- Provide training on disaster risk management methods.
- Set up project teams to train the community through simulated exercises, dramas, and posters.
- Provide livelihood training to members of self-help groups, better farming methods for farmers, and plans to strengthen alternative income generation.
- From the second year onwards, advocacy will be strengthened – EFICOR will establish contacts with various stakeholders at the regional, state, and national levels.
- In the third year of the plan, the disaster management committee will formulate a disaster emergency plan for the village and submit it to the government for review and approval.
Project Period
Apr 2022 to Mar 2025
Expenses
Approx. HK$765,960
Impact Story
Anish is a 14-year-old boy and a member of the children’s council. He is also the Disaster Management Minister of the Shiv Ganga Children’s Council in Makkari village.
When he was elected as Disaster Management Minister by the Shiv Ganga Children’s Council, he began focusing on teaching swimming skills to the members of the children’s council. Soon, he noticed that some of the children didn’t know how to swim, so he volunteered to train them in swimming skills so that they would know how to swim in case of a flood or other similar disasters and be able to save themselves and others.
Anish invited five children from the children’s council to the village pond, where he taught them how to swim step by step, training for two hours after school every day for a week. At first, the five boys were all afraid of swimming, but Anish assured them that they would learn and encouraged them and gave them confidence.
Anish is an excellent coach. Now the five children have all learned to swim and are very grateful to Anish and the children’s council for teaching them swimming skills. These skills will stay with the children even after the project is finished and will be useful for a lifetime.
Partner Information
Partner Name
The Evangelical Fellowship of India Commission on Relief (EFICOR)
Year of establishment
1967
The Year Our Partnership Started
1993
Partner's Mission
- Influencing and educating for good governance.
- Promoting community transformation.
- Engaging in social action responsibility through convergence and collaboration.
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