DISTRICT 322C5 ORISSA INDIA FLOOD RELIEF
AUGUST 2022 – ORISSA A COASTAL STATE IN INDIA AND HAVING A BIG NET WORK OF RIVERS FACED TWO CONSECUTIVE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS IN BAY OF BENGAL RESULTING IN HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH RESULTED IN SWELLING OF DIFFERENT RIVER SYSTEMS. THIS RESULTED IN FLOODS AFFECTING MORE THAN 5 LAKH POPULATION.
LIONS CLUBS OF DISTRICT 322C5 STARTED RELIEF OPERATIONS IMMEDIATELY TO THE AFFECTED POPULATION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES WITH EMERGENCY SUPPLIES LIKE COOKED FOOD, DRY RATION, CLOTHS, PERSONAL HYGEINE PRODUCTS AND SANITATION GOODS.
LCIF APPROVED AN EMERGENCY DISASTER GRANT TO THE DISTRCIT 322C5 OF US$ 10,000 WHICH EMPOWERED LIONS CLUBS IN AUGMENTING THEIR EFFORTS.
AN EMERGENCY KIT CONSISTING OF DRY RATION, READY TO EAT FOOD ITEMS, CLOTHS, PERSONAL HYGINE PRODUCTS AND SANITATION GOODS WAS MADE READY WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED BY DIFFERENT LIONS CLUBS TO MORE THAN 500 HOUSE HOLDS COVERING ABOUT 2500 DIRECT BENEFICIARY. THE KIT WAS SUFFICIENT TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR DAILY NEEDS FOR 2 WEEKS.
THIS EFFORT BY LIONS CLUBS AND LCIF WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED BY LOCAL ADMINISTRATION, PRESS MEDIA, ELECTRONIC MEDIA, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND BENEFICIARIES. THE DISTRIBUTION WAS WIDELY COVERED BY PRINT/ELECTRONIC MEDIA.
IT ALSO REJUVINATED LIONS CLUBS OF DISTRICT 322C5.
LCIF REALLY EMPOWERS SERVICE BY ITS INTERVENTIONS.