INDIA
Gujarat – A Constant Flood Victim
Heavy monsoon rains pounded the State of Gujarat in India in July, claiming at least 14 lives and displacing over 40,000 people. Following a flood alert and a call to the army for rescue operations, FOCUS assisted the local community in relocating families to the city of Jamnagar and provided immediate relief supplies. According to local reports, the torrential downpours disrupted road, railway traffic and power supply in over 2,100 villages. The farming communities of Kodiyar nagar, Jivapar and Dodhiya suffered severe economic losses as top soil on their agricultural land had eroded and homes were flooded up to four feet. The village of Chogut near Bhavnagar was totally submerged and villagers had to take refuge on rooftops with more permanent structures due to the collapse of existing mud houses.
The residents of Chogut were eventually brought to safety by community volunteers from Bhavnagar who were assisted by local government authorities. Every year, communities all over Gujarat incur economic losses due to damage to property or livelihoods. Aga Khan Development Network agencies such as Aga Khan Health Services, Aga Khan Planning and Building Services and Focus Humanitarian Assistance offered immediate assistance to the affected communities. A collaborative detailed assessment is currently being conducted to provide relief and longer-term resilience measures.
Heavy monsoon rains pounded the State of Gujarat in India in July, claiming at least 14 lives and displacing over 40,000 people
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Assistance can be provided in any field and it becomes utmost important for the organizations to see that the service is provided well.
Let me share my views about Personal Assistance services and my experiences with them.
Usually some business concerns outsource assistance services or personal assistance services when they do not locate adequate time to concentrate in their business activities. Assistance services are provided to both top executives and clients. Assistance can be provided in any service as you may necessitate. Assistants/ Personal assistants are employed only after a thorough training to support any sort of work. He does his work autonomously. They also support disabled persons and help them to guide in their day today activities. By engaging them in our work we can meet those specific circumstances accordingly.
A personal assistant uses his own office / equipment to complete the projects or assignments taken. Companies employing them need not pay compensation like monthly salary, sick pay, vacation pay, insurance and other benefits. You only need to pay for the work that is outsourced. There is no need to train them separately as they are already trained and qualified. They are always at your service and fulfill their duty on time.
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Having worked for FOCUS several yeaars ago, I was pleased to see how far FOCUS has come since those early days in Afghanistan (before the Taliban!). As mentioned in the first edition of the Strategic Plan, FOCUS has the capacity to become a humanitarian organisation as recognisable as the ICRC. Congratulations
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