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FIVE YEARS ON FROM THE GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE
Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 @ 17:27:43 UTC by admin |
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"A learning ground for the entire world."
On the 26 January 2001, an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale
devastated five districts in the state of Gujarat in north-western India,
killing an estimated 20,000 people, injuring 150,000, and making more than a
million homeless.
Around 40% of those affected were children, and the emergency response would
become the largest Save the Children intervention up to that time, leading
to a five-year programme worth £5 million.
Save the Children was on the scene within 36 hours, providing essential
emergency relief in the form of survival kits before shifting our focus to
emergency preparedness, ensuring access to health and education services,
and longer-term reconstruction.
By the end of its initial relief operation in September 2001, Save the
Children had provided relief materials to 72,562 families and provided
materials and equipment to 23 Primary Health Centres, 148 Health Sub
Centres, 2 Community Health Centres, 9 dispensaries, a hospital, and 872
pre-school centres providing education and nutrition support to pre-school
children and mothers. It had also built 24,000 semi-permanent shelters in
partnership with a network of 22 grassroots NGOs.
Focussing on one of the most neglected and remote areas of Kutch, Rapar
taluka, Save the Children's Gujarat response continued until the end of
December 2005, highlighting the length of time it takes to rebuild
communities affected by such natural disasters.
Gareth Owen, Save the Children's deputy director of emergencies, said:
"Gujarat has been a learning ground for the entire world. It has informed
Save the Children's subsequent emergency responses in both India and
outside. It highlights the time needed to respond to an emergency of this
scale, which is why we will still be responding to tsunami-affected
countries, and more recently Pakistan, for years to come."
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