8. Emergency Relief Care
the strangers who can give you nothing in return?
A natural disaster brings with it life-shattering impact on an individual, community, city, state, nation, or even the entire world. Earthquakes, famines, floods, tsunamis and cyclones cause enormous destruction causing human suffering and producing a negative impact on national economies. India has been witness to widespread destruction and immense human suffering from natural disasters in this decade such as the Kutch earthquake, the Tsunami in Southern India, Mumbai and Surat floods and the Leh cloudburst, to name a few. Each disaster has resulted in tremendous loss of life and property.
To alleviate the pain caused by these natural disasters, 'Emergency Relief Care' was launched under the umbrella of Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care programme. 'Emergency Relief Care' works towards providing resilience, support and care as well as essential supplies and immediate relief aid to the impacted communities at the earliest. It also endeavours to raise funds, and help in the permanent rehabilitation of the affected people.
1. Financial Support
2. Immediate Relief Aid
3. Medical Aid
4. Permanent Rehabilitation Programmes
5. Counselling and Guidance
Emergency Relief Care is managed by Shrimad Rajchandra Youthwing.
India was the 3rd most severely affected country from the 2004 Tsunami. Killer waves of tsunami were triggered by an earthquake, the magnitude of which was 8.9 on the Richter scale on 26th December. Thousands of people and homes were washed off in Chennai. It was one of the biggest losses Chennai had ever witnessed. Relief work was undertaken in the form of house reconstruction and supplying clothing and food to the affected people.
On 7th August, 2006, Surat was afflicted by massive floods due to rains and the release of waters from the Ukai dam. Thousands of lives had been disrupted in Surat and all important services of the city had come to a standstill. A team of sevaks was sent to provide relief to the victims. Additional support was given to slum-dwellers by way of monthly food supplies and blankets.
Leh, the 'Tourist destination', became the destination for torrential rains and cloudbursts on 6th August, 2010.The lives of people in Leh were put through tremendous torture and hardship. A majority of all Government offices, hospitals and school buildings were destroyed.
SLRC – Emergency Relief Care provided thousands of books to the children of Leh to help towards their education.
