The project is implementing with the support of Caritas India in the aftermath of Kerala Flood – 2018. Goal of the project is to capacitate and empower men, women, children, elderly, special groups and other categories of people in 10 wards of Kadamakkudy panchayat through resilience building and disaster awareness programmes.

Specific Objectives:

  • To create a concrete group of Caritas Samaritans (Caritas India’s Official Volunteer Army).
  • To enrich the disaster knowledge of communities and create awareness about the need for disaster preparedness programmes
  • To build an army of first responders through the formation of Disaster Task Forces
  • To prepare a Participatory Ward Level Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan
  • To create platforms for interaction with local and state administration and to integrate the ward level plans into local level panchayat development plans