EFICOR in partnership with partner Orissa Follow-Up provided relief to flood affected people in Balasore District of Orissa. Heavy rains last July flooded 500 villages in 6 blocks of Balasore.

After the need assessment EFICOR prepared to distribute relief kits to 1000 people. The relief kits were packed by volunteers from Orissa Follow up and flood affected villages consisting of rice, dal, groceries, salt, mat, utensils and mosquito nets.

EFICOR with partner Orissa Follow up distributed relief kits in three blocks –Basta, Jaleswar and Baliapal covering 21 villages of seven gram panchayats in the presence of Government officers - Emergency Relief officer and Tehsildar.

Orissa Follow up and EFICOR were part of the State Disaster Co-ordination Committee attending all the meetings and networked with other government departments.

When distributing the relief materials, EFICOR took special note of the poor and vulnerable groups such as the elderly, physically challenged and people suffering from Leprosy.

Mr. Anadi Mahanta belongs to Hatigarah village of Jaleswar Block who has leprosy. He had a small thatched house made up of mud and wood which collapsed in the floods Being physically challenged, he moves around in his cycle specially made for him. When the floods came into his house he could not move out of the house but fortunately his neighbour came to his rescue and moved him to an Anganwadi centre. He had to stay for few days without food and with the only set of wet clothes he was wearing until EFICOR provided him a relief kit consisting of rice, dal, onions, potatoes, salt etc. He was so grateful to receive the relief materials to survive for some days

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Distribution Detail of Beneficiaries

Block	GP	Name of the Village	No. of beneficiaries	Total
Basta	Paunskuli	Ujuda	200
		Sana Ujuda
	Raghunathpur	Gilajudi (Adivasi)
	Brahmanda	Kundupur	210
		Haldiapada
				410
Jaleswar	Kalika	Hatigarh	130
		Leprosy Colony
	RR Pur	Kutisahi	130
		Bonga
		Gobardhanpur
		Dingasul
		Patnasahi
	Paikasida	Keshpura	100
		Balikibad
		Chitmishra
		Uttarpada
		Kholabadia
		Paikasida
				360
Baliapal	Bishnupur	Kudmansingh	230
		Chadarashulpur
		Rashulpur
				230
TOTAL				1000

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