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| Home | Focus Area | Disaster Relief |
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| Disaster Relief |
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| The Issue |
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When Nature unleashes its fury, tremendous damage to life and property results. Rescue, followed by relief
and rehabilitation, are imperative. |
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| Our Solution |
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ACF has always intervened, to do its bit, when calamities strike:
- During floods or following earthquakes, we distribute food packets, clothes, utensils,
- Drinking water, oral dehydration salts and cotton blankets to those affected. Our mobile health
- Van is pressed into service to provide medical aid. Our employees or volunteers take up
- Clear-up and disinfection activities to avoid the outbreak of epidemics
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| The Outcome |
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During the Mumbai deluge, Teams were formed for reaching out to the flood affected parts of
Mumbai, Konkan, Sangli, Kolhapur, Islamapur, Raigad and other parts of Western Maharashtra
- We spent approximately Rs. 80 lakh for distribution of food packets, utensils and cotton blankets to people from
affected areas.
More than 25,000 people were provided flood relief in Surat, when the Tapi river overflowed
In the past ACF has been involved in relief activities following the natural calamities like the
earthquake in Kutch and Jammu and Kashmir, the Super Cyclone in Orissa and the Tsunami
in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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