Workshop at mangaon, sindhudurg district 14 to 15 march, 2013

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Saritsa Foundation adds a simple and workable solution to move ahead to empower women and girls to win over an important cause of their suffering and poverty - losses of lives and means of livelihood disasters. Saritsa Foundation takes Disasters Risk Reduction practices to the houses and families of these disadvantage women. Saritsa Foundation has recognized that this needs a ripple of change in our hearts and minds to empower women by taking care of their Right to Life Security in disasters. Consequently, it needs awareness, access to information, education and training to move them in a state of mind where they develop an action plan to minimize risks. In India, most of these women belong to weaker sections ,including Scheduled castes/Scheduled tribes/backward classes and Muslim and Christian minority who are mostly living in rural areas and urban pockets without any access to prepare to protect. Saritsa Foundation endeavors to mainstream these women to provide equal opportunity to bring about a change in minds of women to be confident to protect themselves and their children and families to reduce risks. The team of Saritsa Foundation reached to these groups of women in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra state in Mangaon. The team led by its Director General conducted workshops from 14 to 15 March in association of Collector of the district, an NGO Nirmalgiri (A Christian MISSION to serve humanitarian causes ) 300 women and girls took part in these workshops enthusiastically to learn to protect in disasters and be Trainers and Motivators to their family members. Objectives 1) To create an enabling environment amongst participants to build capacity by raising awareness, imparting education and training with use of local resources for innovations keeping in view the significant hazard proneness of their region. 2) To empower women Self Help Group leaders to understand their role and responsibility towards preparing themselves and be accountable at local level to minimize losses. 3) To provide equal opportunities to women and girls to develop in decision making, planning, and implementation of mitigation methods for disaster risk reduction and protecting means of livelihood. 4) To ensure setting up of warning system mechanisms with communication net work with conventional expertise and technologies to inter act with local government authorities, NGOs and outside agencies. 5) To guide participants to evolve action plans to integrate disaster risk reduction with plans of poverty eradication and development with usable tools with identification of specific needs to protect property, facilities, and economic activities. 6) To be awareness raisers, trainers and motivators to sustain the initiative and keep on developing it. 7) To be able to measure and quantify sustainability of their capacity building efforts time to time and evolving future preparedness plans.

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( )SARITSA FOUNDATION (SARITSA CHARITY TRUST)

A Mobile University For Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change

"Reach to People, Talk to People and Prepare People“

Builds capacity to reduce risks from disasters and climate change by reachingBuilds 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.

Saritsa Foundation adds a simple and workable solution to move ahead to empower women and girls to win over an important cause of their suffering and poverty ­ losses of lives andmeans ofcause of their suffering and poverty ­ losses of lives and means of livelihood disasters. Saritsa Foundation takes Disasters Risk Reduction practices to the houses and families  of these d d d h d hdisadvantage women. Saritsa Foundation has recognized that this needs a ripple of change in our hearts and minds to empower women by taking care of their Right to Life Security in disasters. y g f g f yConsequently, it needs awareness, access to information, education and training to move them in a state of mind where they develop an action plan to minimize risks In India most ofthey develop an action plan to minimize risks. In India, most of these women belong to weaker sections ,including Scheduled castes/Scheduled tribes/backward classes and Muslim and Ch i i i i h l li i i l dChristian minority who are mostly living in rural areas and urban pockets without any access to prepare to protect.

Saritsa Foundation endeavors to mainstream these women to provide equal opportunity to bring about a change in minds of

women to be confident to protect themselves and their children and families to reduce risks.

The team of Saritsa Foundation Saritsa Foundation reached to these groups of women in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra state in Mangaon. h l d b l d d k h fThe team led by its Director General conducted workshops from 14  to 15 March in association of Collector of the district, an NGO Nirmalgiri (A Christian MISSION to serve humanitarian causes ) g ( )300 women and girls took part in these workshops enthusiastically to learn to protect in disasters and be Trainers and Motivators to their family membersand Motivators to their family members.

Objectives

1) T t bli i t t ti i t t1) To create an enabling environment amongst participants to build capacity by raising awareness, imparting education and training with use of local resources for innovations keeping in view the significant hazard proneness of their region.

2) To empower women Self Help Group leaders to understand2) To empower women Self Help Group leaders to understand their role and responsibility towards preparing themselves and be accountable at local level to minimize losses.

3) To provide equal opportunities to women and girls to develop in decision making, planning, and implementation of mitigation   methods for disaster risk reduction and protecting means of livelihood.

4)  To ensure setting up of warning system mechanisms with communication net work with conventional expertise and

technologies to inter act with local government authorities, NGOs and outside agencies.

5)  To guide participants to evolve action plans to integrate disaster risk reduction with plans of poverty eradication and d l h bl l h d f f fdevelopment with  usable tools with identification of specific needs to protect property, facilities, and economic activities. 

6) To be awareness raisers, trainers and motivators to sustain the initiative and keep on developing it.

7) To be able to measure and quantify sustainability of their capacity building efforts time to time and evolving future 

d lpreparedness plans.

The participants were provided opportunity to learn to protect themselves and be self reliant to cope with disasters.

The Awareness, Education and Training was conducted with interactive participatory methodology.

The participants were encouraged to analyze risk and vulnerability to them under various scenarios of their houses, y f ,their working places and their movement and their areas.

They were encourage to raise awareness among themselvesThey were encourage to raise awareness among themselves and their families and prepared to respond accordingly.

M k f l l d l l i d iMake use of local resources and local experience and expertise.

Participants were provided practical training with mock drills p p p gwith live scenarios of disasters.

Develop buddy system(jodi system) to respond to disasters.

Practice to cope with different emergencies as trained by practical training and mock drills.

The Photographs of the eventThe Photographs of the eventThe Photographs of the event The Photographs of the event speak!!!speak!!!

Colonel Verma inaugurates the workshop, Smt. RajashreeColonel Verma inaugurates the workshop, Smt. RajashreeSamant, District Disaster Management Officer is seen at the left. 

Father K K George in white shirt and a Self Help Group Leader atFather K K George in white shirt and a Self Help Group Leader at the inauguration.

Empowering ­ Inspiring and Integrating an Elderly participant byEmpowering  Inspiring and Integrating an Elderly participant by encouraging her at the beginning of the workshop – We are together.

Empowering ­ Inspiring and Integrating an Elderly participant by encouraging her at the beginning of the workshop – We areencouraging her at the beginning of the workshop – We are together.

Empowering Inspiring and Integrating a school girl participantEmpowering ­ Inspiring and Integrating a school girl participant by encouraging her at the beginning of the workshop – We are together.

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Mock Drills for Mock Drills for FloodsFloods

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A Father takes equal interest in learning (at the center of the photograph)

The participants perform a local dance event at the end of the Workshop.

The team of Saritsa Foundation with Father K K GeorgeThe team of Saritsa Foundation with Father K K George, Nirmalgiri NGO (third from right)

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