SUPPORT FLOOD-HIT VICTIMS IN VILLAGES OF GUJARAT

WORK UPDATE: SUPPORTING FLOOD-HIT VICTIMS IN VILLAGES OF GUJARAT

Hello Friends,

AWAG is pleased to share the work update with regard to the next phase of supporting flood-hit victims in villages of Gujarat.

Moving ahead with our plan of providing the much needed support, the following activities were undertaken in villages of Patan as well as in village Bismillaganj in Radhanpur- Dist Patan, Gujarat. (Please refer to the area depicted in the attached map). The criteria of selection of this area were based on its remote location where access by other agencies is negligible.

•  An Awareness Raising meeting with regard to gender-based violence was conducted for the village women. This was followed by distribution of plastic rugs/floor mats to them. These rugs are water-resistant, durable and have a multipurpose use for indoors and outdoors requirements. A total of 420 such rugs were distributed to the village women.
• Similarly, an Awareness Raising meeting was held with young girls from the village with regard to menstrual health and personal hygiene. Alongside, sanitary napkins were distributed to a total of 35 youth girls who attended the meeting.
• Supplementary nutrition packets containing Dates were also distributed to the flood-affected victims especially women and children.

 The next step will be to make an attempt to extend the above activities to other villages on a need and priority bases.