Disaster Management, Preparedness Education and Training Reaches to the Door Steps of Village Panchayats, Schools, Women and Youth in Goa

SARITSA FOUNDATION (SARITSA CHARITY TRUST)

A Mobile University For Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change

Builds capacity to reduce risks from disasters and climate change

by reaching to “Door Steps of vulnerable people - "A

People Centered, People Led, and People Owned Resilience and

Safety Culture Methodology.

Disaster Management, Preparedness Education and Training

Reaches to the Door Steps of Village Panchayats, Schools,

Women and Youth in Goa.

Government of Goa and Saritsa Foundation take disaster preparedness

at the Door Steps of 135 village panchayat members (Elected member

of village bodies/ municipal wards) youth, women, school/college

youth 6 tehsils (Talukas) from 29 July to 3rd August 2013 to develop

resilience and safety culture at individual, family and societal level to

minimize risks.

Saritsa Foundation advocates and practices people centered, people

led, and people owned methodology to teach participants the art of

survival in harsh reality of enhanced threats of disasters. Saritsa

Foundation makes people aware that surviving in life threatening

situations is a science of attitude, it can instill positivity,

resourcefulness, energy and fire inside us. The trick is to overcome the

mind of indifference towards individual, family and societal safety and

dependence on outside agencies to protect.

This attitude of neglect sinks people in an inaction trap. Saritsa

Foundation endeavors for a possible change at individual, family and

societal level to make people responsible for a possible change to

protect lives and property. This involves raising awareness to recognize

risks and vulnerabilities to them and inspiring them to take a decision

to learn and prepare to do it.

The participants are guided and educated to develop definite plans to

minimize risks with use of local resources. The secret to protect lies in

thinking fast with ingenuity and responding with developed skills.

Participants are told that they have to be committed to learn. No one

teaches these survival skills in school, college or other forums, the way

“aritsa does it. What ake a differe ce is that with this educatio participants learn dynamics, self protection and survival skills.

Saritsa Foundation adopted interactive and participatory methodology

to make people learn and act as: -

1. Trainers and motivators

2. Early warning groups

3. First Aid groups

4. Search and Rescue groups

Saritsa Foundation had defined the roles and responsibility of each

group and made them practice with needed equipments as part of

their learning.

The mock drills with live scenarios had made each group to rehearse

and respond to strengthen their skills for search and rescue operations

in disasters like earthquake, flood, cyclone and terrorism.

The impact quantification of this education is highly satisfying.

Participants were inspired to perform their roles to protect and raise

awareness amongst them.

It is heartening to share that on an analysis of the impacts of this

education, the following indicators were visible amongst participants:-

1) Optimism – We can do it!

2) Team work – We are together to protect ourselves and our people.

3) Initiative – Timely mind mapping of action plans with survival skills.

4) Resourcefulness to use local resources – Innovative use of local

resources.

5) Determination – We have effective skills to save lives.

6) Confidence and finding strength in themselves – We are strong

enough to take local action to protect.

7) The preparedness education will bring best into the participants to

find their own strength.

The most valuable honor and award to Saritsa Foundation was that a

number of Sarpanches /members of panchayats/others came to

co gratulate the tea of “aritsa Fou datio a d stated that The team members of Saritsa Foundation speak from their Soul and Heart

to impart education and training to participants which inspires them

i e sely.

Some of the photographs

are given showing Taluka

wise events of the

workshops

Additional Collector and Colonel N M Verma at inauguration.

The Participants

The Participants

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No. 017400101011299. IFSC : CORP0000174. OR

Transfer of the Donation/Support on name of Prof. Smita

Kadam, Executive Director through Western Union Money

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