| Bihar Flood Relief 2007 |
Page 1 of 10 September 5, 2007 The EHA Relief Team along with Duncan started the first relief distribution on July31 in 2 villages of Sugauli block covering 100 families with basic emergency items such as rice, jaggery (form of solid molasses), biscuits, candles, soaps, matches, chlorine tablets etc. Since then the relief operation has been progressing rapidly and the areas of operation expanded as well. As the relief operations grew, medical professionals and volunteers from various organisations, institutions and groups from different places were mobilized, to support the Duncan hospital’s medical and Para medical team. As of September 1, 2007, EHA has covered 9010 families, distributing emergency relief packets in 71 villages in 4 blocks. Along with the distribution of relief materials, the medical team has been actively conducting medical camps. During the period July 28 to Sept 1st 2007, the medical teams have conducted 35 medical emergency camps and treated 5486 patients from 71 villages in 4 blocks. Most of the problems were related to skin, diarrhoea, fever, septic leg due to cut and exposure, malnourished pregnant women, malnourished children, snake bites etc. Details of the Relief progress from 28/07/07 to 01/09/07 are given in the table below |
Kamrun Nissa struggled in poverty right from her birth. Born to a poor Muslim family, Kamrun was married off to a widower when she was just a teenager. Then Kamrun and her husband were cheated out of their only source of income - a tiny plot of land, by her husband’s brothers. Kamrun struggled daily in feeding her large family. |
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