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2010
Support for Leh flood and mudslide response
24 safe, environmentally friendly, culturally relevant and efficient houses are being constructed for families whose houses were completely washed away and severely damaged in the flood and mud slides resulting from a sudden cloudburst in August 2010 in Leh area of J&K, India. |
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2010
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Flood & earthquake resistant twin unit houses, designed to house two families. |
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Mr. AbhimanyuKar, ACC dedicating one of the houses at Jorgama |
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| 24 flood affected families receive houses at Jorgama, Bihar under Project Ashreya. A joint initiative of Habitat for Humanity, ACC & Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) |
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HFH India starts rebuilding in flood-stricken Andhra Pradesh
Habitat for Humanity India has started post-flood reconstruction in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Under an agreement with the state government, HFH India will build more than 400 new houses for families affected by massive floods which struck Andhra Pradesh last October. By the third quarter of 2010, HFH India expects to have built some 430 new homes with another 400 houses renovated or repaired. The state government has agreed to fund US$653,600 for the new house construction, covering nearly 80 percent of the US$1,850-per-house cost. Each house will have access to electricity, water and sanitation. Under the repairs and renovations project, the cost per house is estimated at US$200 and will be covered by Habitat and its partners. Habitat will also work with local community development organizations - Society for National Integration through Education and Humanizing Action (SNEHA) and Association for Needy and Kindle the Illiterate Through Action (ANKITA) - on the flood response. There will be a repayment component for both new construction and repair projects for the portions funded by Habitat. Repayments will be channeled into a revolving Habitat fund to support other disaster response projects. |
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2008
Bihar Floods
Side embankment of the Saptakoshi river in Nepal (called Kosi river in India) had a wide breach that caused river shifting its traditional course and bringing unexpected flood in Bihar. This breach has flooded several villages, destroyed crops and flattened houses in its way affecting more than 4 million people. (According to Ministry of Home Affairs, India Sept’08)
Habitat along with the local NGO partner will build 100 new houses, one community Centre and generate livelihood opportunity for 300 people in Jorgama village of Madhepur District. |
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2005
Maharashtra Floods
Maharashtra experienced one of the worst floods in its history on 26th July ’05 with the highest rainfall recorded in 100 years. The torrential rains poured relentlessly, and the resulting floods and landslides took a heavy toll on lives, crops and property. |
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Mahad
Two years later, the families in Mahad town in the severely affected Raigad district have reason to smile. 78 houses were built by Habitat for Humanity and its partners in Kondivite village and in Rohan village of Mahad. The land was acquired by the state government and granted to the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that were building homes.
Kalyan
By 2006, Habitat in Kalyan, Mumbai were able to build 112 homes for the flood affected families. Families who lost their homes when floods hit in the 26th July, Mumbai Floods were back on their feet with the help of volunteers and other partners. |
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2004
Tsunami
Habitat for Humanity is working in affected coastal communities in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. The response has included construction of villages to relocate fishing families as well as repairs and renovation of many houses vulnerable to cyclone damage. In most communities, Habitat works in partnership with a local or national nongovernmental organization providing the housing component of a comprehensive community development plan. Habitat for Humanity had built more than 10,000 permanent houses under the Asian Tsunami Reconstruction Initiative by the end of December 2008 in India. |
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Habitat is committed to building more houses in India, supporting many affected families in getting permanent houses. In addition, thousands more families have been assisted under the community-based disaster mitigation and preparedness program in the tsunami-affected areas
The rebuilding activities have taken on various forms of construction such as repairs, renovations and new housing. In keeping with local building practices, as well as government stipulations, the reconstruction initiative adopted new disaster-resistant construction technologies and methodologies that help mitigate vulnerabilities to future disasters like tsunamis, floods, earthquakes and cyclones.
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The people in the affected communities were introduced to new construction technologies and methodologies through the resource centers while producing building materials required for house construction. The training of people in building material production assisted affected families in initiating small construction-related businesses creating new livelihood opportunities in affected communities.
Habitat for Humanity has mobilized an enormous number of local and international volunteers in the reconstruction of affected communities in India. International volunteer teams have traveled from Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and North America, adding more hands to the reconstruction process. |
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2001
Gujarat Earthquake
In partnership with other organizations, Habitat built homes for families left homeless when an earthquake shook the region in January 2001. The Habitat for Humanity project was completed in 2003 when 664 houses were built in the villages of Sikhra and Khumbariya. |
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1999
Super Cyclone in Orissa
Nearly 73 houses were built in Cuttack, Orissa in response to the destruction brought by Super Cyclone in 1999. |
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