CYCLONE VARDAH RECOVERY FOR TAMILNADU FISHER FOLK

REPORT TITLE  :  SUPPORT FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES.

PROJECT TITLE : CYCLONE VARDAH RECOVERY FOR TAMILNADU FISHER FOLK

PROJECT SITE    : CHEMMANCHERI KUPPAM,(Coastal village)KANCHIPURAM

DISASTER MANAGEMENT TRAINING : When we talk about disaster in this generation, everybody thinks about the Tsunami in this occasion. This Japanese term ‘’ Tsunami ‘’ makes shock all people in this world. Thousands of lives died during that Tsunami. Actually Tsunami has killed many lives such as men, women and also numerous children. Still not only in coastal areas, the other areas are also affected Rain and Flood affected many areas of Tamilnadu. Of which Kancheepuram, Chennai, Thiruvallur districts were severely affected during the last months of the last year 2016. In these areas cyclone ‘’Vardha’’ made a severe attack in many places peoples possessions, basic can forts of the village Health condition. Kancheepuram coastal areas were already affected by the cyclone ’’ Tsunami’’. In this bad situation cyclone ‘’Vardha affected heavily   the same locations again with much force. In these village areas many Herbal trees were found. Those also fell down by the strong effect of cyclone ‘’ Vardha’’. Those were considered as the treasures of the village. All those trees were destroyed with in a few minutes. On every direction heaps of fallen trees, damaged huts and heavy floods so as to search the roads and streets with in a short period of time all destructions, demolitions and damages happened. All these were dislocated. Most of the times fishermen are rejected. Again it was a great disaster for them. Before this cyclone disaster people had some high expectations and gladness about celebrating the New Year, Pongal festivals. But it was a great shock and huge loss to them. These were no room to search if there were any livelihood articles, or money or important records etc? They didn’t know where they should search their parents. They did not have any idea. Even they did not have any time to weep and cry? Every where it was seemed as fresh, fertile and good and healthy Now every thing is seemed as rubbish and dust and wastes. They had not time even to weep and lament. They had the great expectation of some body would come and protect them? They had no even any place to protect themselves. They had been in desperate condition. This was the condition and situation for most of the people at kovalam. In order to help and protect them they needed humanity.

MOCK DRILL TRAINING FOR SEARCH & RESCUE PROGRAMME: Disaster will be of a kind or many kinds. When huge leaves are formed and when they go back again it would go with all the lives there. When great fire there When a flood is formed anywhere it would cause the fire to a distance of many. But during the damages to the distance of many kilometers due to the velocity of the wind. Time to time the velocity of the cyclone would increase and cause greater damages than the condition. Speed of the cyclone increase gradually during the hit of cyclone. It would be from 200 – 300 k.m. per hour. All of a sudden this cyclone destructs many lives, their possessions, small and huge articles, great buildings. Roads and streets, damages the low lying areas and throw away many people and articles into corners. We have a great history about the cyclone formed in year 1963 at Ramanathapuram area. During that cyclone many lives died near by is lands and also at the sea shores of cyclone. Many movable and immovable articles were damaged during that occasion. Many people met a great loss every where. Therefore it was a great disaster that they did not ever meet before in their lives. In such situation, it is very much necessary to begin the recovery works as soon as possible. Those who drowned in water were expecting the helps of the people who were in the sea – shore. Nobody looks at the people live in the upstairs or such high places. They can not see those people also, because that situation would be hard so. Many times steps to the upstairs would have been damaged much. In that situation somebody is entangled within the demolitions of steps. It would be hard to recover them because easily we can’t see those people. In order to recover a person who is entangled with in the demolitions. In order to recover him a person goes there. He could not trace the person who is entangled. The helping person makes a load voice and goes to wards the demolitions. As there is very dark one who wants to help throw some thing upon the float and creates noise. Following that are that is with in the demolitions also throw vessels being found near him. This voice helps the volunteer to know the presence of living person with in the demolitions. That is why the volunteer makes the voice repeatedly and goes closed to the victim who is among the demolitions. When the volunteer comes very closer to the victim, he creates courage within himself and talks to the victim to remove him fear and creates confidence within him by saying that he would be provided immediate treatment. Following that he removes the demolitions which are found surrounding the victim and the volunteer carries the victim upon his down to the ground floor. As it was a high place, the volunteer carried the person (victim) upon his shoulder, hugged the victim’s body in a safe manner with his two hands and got down safety. The volunteer got down safety with the victim as he was holding properly the victim with out any defect. Then the victim was carried safely to the place where the medical treatment was provided for him. In a ground floor a disaster affected person was found entangled with in the demolitions. He was carried to the place of treatment with the help of 4 persons by using a long bed sheet for the victim. In the length wise the bed sheet was rolled up to certain distance along with long wooden sticks or 2 metallic bars. Now the stretcher like formation is ready to carry the victim who got injure. By this way the patient was carried in a protected manner. Also a person who was entangled in the help of two persons by joining their hands made a chair like formation and the disaster affected victim was seated upon that and he was brought down to the ground floor safely. Then he was sent to the hospital with the help of an ambulance.

FIRST AID TRAINING : During the time of an accident, if a person is in dangerous condition, he must be helped before he is taken to the hospital be helped before he is taken to the hospital to protect his life. That is called First Aid. If a person is found in unconscious condition, his tight dresses must be loosen. Then a huge crowd shall not be allowed surrounding him. Good ventilation must be arranged for him with a fan or cloth ventilation can be made by shaking the cloth here and there. Then his pulse rate must be checked by keeping our fingers up on his wrist of the left hand. If the pulse beat is not felt there, we can keep our ear upon the left side of his chest. If it is also found failed we can keep the hind side of our 2 or 3 fingers near his nostrils. And following this we must give pressure to his heart by providing pressure to his heart portion or we can keep our mouth upon the mouth of the disaster affected person and exhale our ear into his mouth gently. It is very important to keep a fine cloth between his and our mouth, so that we can avoid the contagious disease. This is the way of providing Artificial Respiration to the disaster affected person. If the victim’s teeth (lower jaw & upper jaw) are joined to gather we must arrange the patient to recover from that condition. Then the disaster affected person can be taken to the hospital. If a person meets an accident and has a bone fracture the location of fracture shall be found out clearly the fractured bones shall be joint together. Then upon the length wise of these bones on both up and down areas flat sticks or foot scales shall be kept and tied with a cloth torn off from a dhoty or saree or shawl tightly surrounding both the flat sticks. The fractured hand shall not be allowed to hang down. The fracture hand must be bent on the elbow side and in a cradle like form with the help of a long and harrow cloth strip surrounding the neck and surrounding the fractured hands front portion. So the injured victim would not feel much pain after this bandage and cradle like knot arrangement. Then the injured victim can be taken safely to the hospital.   

WATER ANALYSIS FOR DRINKING WATER CONSERVATION : Without water world not be established. No living being can live with out water in this world. Grass, plants, climates, shrubs and trees, animals and reptiles and every being depend upon water. In a human body there is 80% of water content. If the water content is decreased in our body our health condition would be affected and it kidney problem would be occurred. Therefore water is very much essential for us. Rain water only is the pure water. All other varieties of water would be changed according to the quality of the place where it falls. Naturally some minerals which need for our body health are available in water. After the rain water falls upon the earth, then only its quality changes. Now days in this modern world we are in the situation of buying water for money. We must many troubles by drinking such kind of water and being not known the quality of water. In order to rectify this problem we need to do the water Testing. For this purpose a box called ‘’Field water Test kit’’ (FWTK) is available in every village panchayat. In every panchayat union water sample will be taken and tested with Field water Test Kit. After that only water is supplied to the public. This test was explained to the people and to encourage them this test was shown as a practical demonstration. Finally they felt Vote of thanks to the Global Giving aided project staff team.