Disaster Management Cell
Hidaya Foundation Trust has always stood by the suffering people during most major natural disasters.
Be it the floods of Aila Hurricane or the Nepal earthquakes or the recent floods in West Bengal during August 2017, Hidaya Foundation Trust has always sent teams to go and deliver food and necessary aid to the worst affected areas.
Udaynarayanpur, Amta Flood Relief, 2017
- Before project undertaking, a survey team was sent to scout the worst affected areas and the most optimum logistics route to them
- Parallely purchase teams started negotiating with large wholesalers in the townships closest to the affected areas, to utilize the funds in the best possible way and reduce logistics investments on the day of delivery
- All material was packed in individual units for ease of distribution in the field
- Local representatives – school teachers, doctors, merchants, were included in the teams to ensure correct distribution to the worst affected families in the villages, as well as chart the least problematic route
Nepal Earthquake Relief, 2015
Assam Flood Relief 2012
In 2012 several districts of Assam were engulfed in civil disorder, whereby about 600,000 people were affected due to rioting and half of those had to be housed in refugee camps run across the state. Hidaya Foundation Trust ran a relief camp in Bilasipara, Dhubri District and different villages of Kokrajhar District of Assam. The team distributed food and housing aid to the population, apart from providing logistics support to other agencies involved in similar relief work. Among the relief material were food utensils, mosquito nets, blankets and basic disinfecting medicines. Material worth approx. Rs. 600,000 was distributed among 1,500 affected people across different villages.
AILA FLOOD RELIEF, SUNDARABANS, 2009
Potashpur Medinipur Flood Relief 2008
In 2008, a severe flood hit West and East Midnapore, West Bengal, India, whereby about 300,000 people were affected in about 8,000 villages small villages across the District. The Government administration airdropped 4 tons of food and distributed about 2,000 tons of rice other food items in the affected areas.
Out of the entire District, the condition of Potashpur (II) in East Midnapore was the worst, boats being the only means of accessing the entire Block. Hidaya Foundation Trust Disaster Management Cell camped in Potashpur for a week and supplied the affected with food and house building aids. Material worth Rs. 500,000 was distributed across the affected areas in Potashpur.