Flood Disaster Response at Tamil Nadu, S.India

REPORT TITLE : HELP THE VICTIMS OF FLOOD IN CHENNAI

PROJECT TITLE : FLOOD DISASTER RESPONSE AT CHENNAI,INDIA.

PROJECT UNDER: FLOOD DISASTER RESPONSE AT TAMILNADU,S.INDIA.

PROJECT SITE: SANTHOSH NAGAR,EGMORE.

LIVELIHOOD TRAINING PROGRAMME: A poet sang, ‘’Learn a handicraft leave the worries of you’’. If some body knows the handicraft and does the same that person can develops his livelihood condition. There are so many handicraft works. According to the availability of resource materials in their concerned area, they can prepare a material by their own handicraft economically with a different style in good manner. In order to attract the public the entrepreneur must prepare in product with the better quality than others, many people will by their product. When people our product they must be of good qualities and the rate must be reasonable. Well to do people will buy the materials if they like and they are good even through the rate is high. At present many artificial materials are sold in market. But it was arranged to provide training to prepare the handicraft with the natural materials such corals, shells etc. This type of natural articles is very rare materials. In the whole world these can be got only in a few sea shape areas. Especially at Bay of Bengal zone particularly at Gulf of Mannar only these rare materials can be got. We can prepare some home decorative articles from the shells, corals and pearls being collected it these coastal area by cleaning these materials it can be manufactured as valuable decretive articles can be made in the form of peacock, Deer, Elephant and they can be fixed upon the mirrors. It would be very nice. If we do so, it would be interesting to the people. These art materials can be got only at limited places such as Rameswaram, Kanyakumari etc. To these Southern end all over India come to these places by these decorative materials. Also many people from foreign countries also visit these areas and buy these materials according to their interest. As these decorative material differently prepare by Shells, Corals, Pearls etc these are seemed very attractive. Home decorative materials in the form of garland to fix on the door posts are also sold by these entrepreneurs’ small shells also can be fixed with the rope or string and it would be like a chain. People foreign countries happily by these chains and wear around their neck like a garland and walk happily in the market places and sea shore and shopping areas. Like these handicraft works members. Such trainings are offered by as to the victims in Santhosh Nagar area of Chennai also. As they are trained up well in this entrepreneurship, in the very near future they can develop their economic status very soon. Therefore the beneficiaries participated from Santhosh Nagar area were very happy when the last batch accomplished its training programme successfully and they conveyed their heartfelt thanks to the  Global Giving and Chevalier Roche Society. We went to meet the women in Santhosh Nagar,Egmore area. We enquired about their advantages and dis advantages. They said that usually their husbands would go for working at the sea. They had no  regular income for them. One day they will have no work for them. As the situation is very hard so, it is very hard to run their families. Therefore they asked us to provide an entrepreneurship for them. We asked them what type of Entrepreneurship they want to learn for their livelihood uplift. They were interest to do have training on corals, shell works etc. We explained them about some of the sample entrepreneurship works. They answered that they wanted to chose the coral shell works upon the mirrors. We also agreed with them to provide such Training for them. we taught them how should decorate the mirror with corals, shells etc. During this training we taught them shall we make the heart shaped models and peacock shaped models with the practical demonstration. The participants of the training programme they also learnt what we taught and they were also able to make such models we made in front of them. In this training programme we taught them almost about where should they go and sell these entrepreneurship products. We suggested them that it could be sold successfully in the tourist centre’s. We also mentioned about some Tourist Centre’s to them. During the marketing we  must embracing about the advantages of these products to the people who came to themselves to buy the entrepreneurship products. About selling these products also we provided  them the training in a simple manner. They also understood them clearly felt happy and conveyed their heart felt thanks to the Global Giving & Chevalier Roche Society.