ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY TEAM II

 

Team II from Department of Social Work was headed by Mr. Farrukh Faheem, lecturer, B. R. Ambedkar College , University of Delhi . The team consisted of six students namely – Mr. Ankit, Mr. Manish Kumar, Mr Nikhil, Mr. Rohit, Mr. Vinay, and Mr. Vivek and a non-teaching member, Mr. Amarjeet. They arrived at the base camp on 8th September 2008 and took over the operations from team A. The team along with them took relief materials of worth Rs. 25 lacs. After an extensive one visit to all the sites identified by team A for intervention, the team B carefully laid down their plan of action and mobilized the resources to intervene in the following fields:

 

  1. To meet the immediate health requirement of the victims at the point of their    rescue at Bhutahi Baadh, Triveniganj Block.
  2. To cater to the needs of the marooned people on the embankment.
  3. To undertake participatory methods to identify the families requiring immediate attention on health issues and other basic needs.
  4. To take measures to stop the rising cases of diarrohoea and enteric fever.
  5. Further need assessment was done taking family as a unit for intervention and as per that 2500 families with pregnant women, infant, old persons and persons with disabilities were identified from a stretch of victims comprising of the weakest sections. It laid down the road which will eventually lead to the final rehabilitation of the families.
  6. The team from Department of Social Work became the first relief providers to the victims in Dinapatti village wading through 12 kms of flood water they attended to 287 patients on the very first day and distributed relief material. Thus proving right the slogan – “We make the road by walking…”
  7. Simultaneously, in Dapharka in Bhutahi Baandh we became the first team to establish a health centre. It is now catering to a population of 4 out of the 12 panchayats around that area.
  8. A mobile medical unit with support from HelpAge is fully operational at Pattarghat in Sonbarsa.
  9. All the medical operations are facilitated by our DSW volunteers with the help of a medical team led by Dr. Saket.
  10. Based on their need assessment, the team B has started distributing the relief material to the identified families and has been applauded by the Indian army and CISF personnel stationed in the area.
  11.  Started a school “HAMARI PATHSALA” for the displaced children.
  12. Currently we can claim that the medical services provided by the department in association with its partners is the only banner which is providing health services on a regular basis at multiple sites. No other agency is providing health services in the interior most areas.