Wagholi Educational Rehabilitation Centre- Pune(WERC),

BHARATIYA JAIN SANGHATANADisaster Management

A social welfare organisation

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BHARATIYA JAIN SANGHATANA (BJS)

VISION

To contribute towards

improving

the quality of life

for

the citizens and the society

Identifying issues related to traditions, health and education

that are hampering social growth and development

Create awareness and a vibrant national network

for social transformation

Develop and implement plans and programs

for betterment of the society

Build capability for rescue and relief operations in the wake of

disasters in the shortest possible time.

Strategy formulation and it’s implementation for long term

rehabilitation of disaster affected people

MISSION

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The Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana, A non-profit, non-political,

social service organization was founded by Shri. Shantilal Muttha

in 1985 with multifarious objectives :

Calamity & Disaster Management

Emergency Relief Work

Education of the Economically weak section of the

population

Dealing with Psychology of Children, to avoid the adverse

effects of Disasters

The vast network of selfless volunteers promptly rise to the

occasion whenever, natural or other Disasters strike the

population anywhere in the country.

Shri. Shantilal Muttha has been in the forefront of social service

for the last 20 years and more since 1985. His leadership style

reflects his personal devotion and sincerely towards selfless

service and genuine concern for social issues. He believes in the

moto

There are several thousand BJS workers and volunteers spread

across India. Awell defined organization from the National Level

right down to the village level exists.

“If the purpose is right

..... the means will follow”

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Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana (BJS)

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Shantilal MutthaFounder BJS

On September 30, 1993, early dawn, when the clock struck 4.00, the

earth was shaken. The unfortunate land was the Killari, Sastur &

Latur Districts of Maharashtra. The loss of life & property was

unimaginably heavy. Several thousand people were rendered

homeless & destitute. Casualty among women, young children and

the aged was much higher than among boys and men. About 5000

children in the age group 1-13 became orphans and destitute. About

3,00,000 people lost their homes and belongings.

The then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri. Sharadji Pawar,

reached the venue of the earthquake within an hour. He took the

lead in managing the unprecedented Disaster. When BJS

approached him with the proposal to extend its support for various

relief & rehabilitation activities, he systematically distributed the

affected villages, so that the relief measures could actually reach

the affected in a systematic, efficient & an effective way.

Under the able guidance of Shri. Sharadji Pawar, BJS swung into

action and brought in tons of relief material to the scene of

devastation. Some 800 BJS volunteers reached the affected area in

just a few hours of the tragedy. Rescue camps were promptly set up

and 30,000 people were provided food shelter and other help for a

period of one month. Medical aid also flowed in ;a team of doctors

was in attendance to provide round the clock assistance. The BJS

camps were so well managed that they drew words of genuine

appreciation from several national leaders.

RELIEF MEASURES – BY BJS

1993 – KILLARI EARTHQUAKE (MAHARASHTRA)

Relief & RehabilitationProjects by BJS

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REHABILITATIONACTIVITIES – BY BJS

BJS RATIONALE : (BASIS – SURVEYAND SOLUTIONS)

The first action, which BJS took on hand was conducting a study-

based survey of the amount of destruction the earthquake had

caused. Also, each affected place was physically visited, and the

aftermaths were measured. After this study, BJS decided to focus its

activities, majorly on Rehabilitation & Education of those children,

who had lost their parents and families.

It was observed during the study that , the empty minds of these

children would stare with vacant eyes, or run after the load full of

trucks bringing food, clothes and other survival related things. If left

out without any mental activity, they would brood over the calamity

in their hearts and it would make them magnify the disaster; finally

translating itself in an irreparable psychological damage. It could

also make them indulge in self pity and render them incapable of self-

reliance and self help. This would in turn result in a very low self-

esteem. Something had to be urgently done, for getting these

children back to study. The slightest delay in getting them back to

school would ruin their future. It would result in a large number of

school dropouts or worse make them go astray. Because of the

general drop in economic activity, many families would face ruin thus

exposing the boys to the risk of falling into the hands of unscrupulous

elements. There have also been reports in the press that a section of

survivors have moved to big cities like Bombay and Pune and have

taken to begging.

The BJS, hence, decided to focus its efforts on the educational

rehabilitation of these children.

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The then Prime Minister Shri. Chandrashekharand the then Chief Minister of MaharashtraShri. Sharad Pawar’s visit to WERC

A Ray of Hope for a Secured Future...

AIMS OF THE PROJECT :

BJSACTION PLAN –

1) Survey & Report

2) Permissions from GovernmentAuthorities

To rehabilitate 1000 orphan & destitute children affected by the

earthquake.

To provide food, shelter, clothing, Education, medical and

health support for a period of ten years.

To provide education and vocational training so that they can, if

they so desire, return to their village and contribute to the socio

economic upliftment of the area.

To provide emotional support to reduce traumatic effect.

To provide clean safe environment for all-round progress.

To provide adequate facilities for extra-curricular

development.

To provide moral & value based support.

To help making these boys responsible citizens by instilling in

them a sense of responsibility.

To train these children to enable them providing help in similar

disasters in the future.

After conducting an exhaustive survey of the affected regions, BJS

came out with a list of 1200 children, who had lost their families and

who needed immediate attention. This list was handed over to Hon.

Shri. Sharadji Pawar, for permission for taking care of their

educational rehabilitation

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BJS submitted an undertaking ensuring that all care would be taken

for the well-being of the children. The then Hon. Chief Minister, Shri.

Sharadji Pawar, extended his fullest support, in getting the required

permissions.

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The Wagholi Educational Rehabilitation Centre (WERC) –by BJS

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Relief and Rehabilitation Projects3) Shifting Children

4) Temporary Housing

5) Centre for Educational Rehabilitation

The Wagholi Education & Rehabilitation

Centre (WERC)

6) Proposal to World Bank & the

Government of Maharashtra

After merely 21 days, from the day of the

Earthquake, 1200 children (orphan) were

shifted from the devastated regions of Killari,

Latur & Sastur to Pune, on the auspicious day

of ‘Dassehra’ on October 21, 1993. Shri.

Sharadji Pawar & the then Hon. Governor,

Shri. P.C. Alexander, themselves, gave the

‘green signal’ for the departure.

The 1200 children were brought to Pimpri,

Pune and were housed in a building on the

Chief Minister’s advice. Their following needs

were taken care of :

Psychological needs & treatment

Food, Clothing, Shelter

Close care and moral support

A land of 10 Acres was purchased & a building

was proposed to be built on it, which would

serve as a permanent solution to cater to the

needs of various disasters in Maharashtra.

building was proposed to be

built.

The Government of Maharashtra and the

Wor ld Bank, were approached.On

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recommendation from the Government of

Maharashtra, the World Bank granted the

A large state-of-the art building alongwith all

facilities like hostels, laboratories,

classrooms, library, of 3 lac sq. feet was built

by the World Bank and handed over to BJS.

All the 1200 children were shifted to this

location & their education started. The

children were given free education and

housing.

Also, in 1995, when the Jabalpur Earthquake

was hit, around 50 children were relocated to

WERC for their education and rehabilitation.

In 1996, around 400 children from the Melghat

Malnutrition affected children were also

relocated to WERC, where their education &

housing, food, shelter, clothing, medical help,

etc. was taken care of.

Thus, the WERC Project has been 100%

successful and is considered to be one giving

proven results. All the desired results are

being achieved & today, this project stands as

a source of inspiration for all the schools and

educational institutes around.

Wagholi Education & Rehabilitation Centre

(WERC).

7) Building was up…

8) Shifting the Children

RESULTS OF THE PROJECT

Complete rehabilitation of the children.

Most of the children, educated in this

rehabilitation center have been education

upto graduation. Most of them have taken up

professional education & have created a

future for themselves.

Many children have been supporting other

relief & rehabilitation activities, thus helping

people get the actual benefit of their own

experiences.

Managed professionally by a team of seasoned

academicians and specialists, WERC aimed at

devoting itself wholly and solely to the

betterment of the children under its care.

The children have got a chance to contribute

to the society in a meaningful and

constructive manner.

RECOGNITION FOR THE BJS WORK

Our Hon. President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam,

chose ‘WERC’ as the first destination of his

visit, when in Pune. During his visit, he

interacted with many young, inquisitive

minds. He, alongwith many eminent officials,

praised the mammoth efforts of BJS, to help

children carve a promising future.

Daily Routine of the children at WERC

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In 2001, when the massive earthquake hit numerous villages in Bhuj,

Gujarat, a dedicated team of BJS rescue volunteers reached Bhuj &

handled the situation.

Relief work by providing food, medicine, shelter to thousands was

undertaken. Apart from this, volunteers lent the victims the much-

needed emotional support. Right from the first day, everyday, food

was cooked and distributed to 30,000 people. Clothes and other

material were continuously distributed daily. Where people would

be ashamed to come out of their destructed houses, BJS volunteers

would go to each house and give them food, water and other help.

RELIEF MEASURES – BY BJS

REHABILITATION MEASURES – BY BJS

BJS ACTION PLAN

1) A systematic survey covering the quake affected villages was

conducted.

2) One-to-one interaction, discussions were held between

Gramsabhas, Villagers , Teachers and Students.

3) Each villager was explained the urgency & the rationale for

starting schools. Even a new activity of searching for the

teachers was conducted.

2001 – GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE

Relief & Rehabilitation Projects by BJS

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4) Continuous interactions with teachers, villagers, led to listing

out the exact requirements viz. the teaching accessories, no. of

classrooms, etc for a school.

7) Day and night, plans were worked out. Shri. Shantilalji Muttha,

President BJS Shri. Sureshdadaji Jain, President, Jalgaon

Khandesh Bhukampagrast Trust lived in tents for almost 3 months

for the rehabilitation work.

8) Engineering & Architechtural plans were made. Light weight,

earthquake resistant material was gathered.

9) On Feburary 7, just after 12 days from the day of the disaster, the

first school rose out of the ashes at Samkhiyali, near Bhachau.

Hundreds of children were encouraged to build their futures.

Out of the 900 students studying in the school earlier, 500

students attended school on this day.

10) Books, notebooks and accessories were distributed in schools.

Each student was urged to attend school regularly.

11) The Teachers were requested to educate by various types viz.

academic education, play & other co-curricular activities, games

& poems or story telling & light education, to create a conducive

atmosphere.

12) 368 schools were built on R.C. plinths using Aerocon Sheets for

walls and Polycarbonate sheets for the room. erected from the

rubble in a record time of 90 days.

13) 1,25,000 students were back to school with a gleam in their eyes

and a dream in their minds. The void in their minds was filled

with knowledge. The best in education was guaranteed. Then,

their dreams got secured.

14) The 2001 Xth and XIIthe Board Exams were conducted in the

schools built by BJS.

15) On June 3 & 4, 2001, these 368 schools were handed over to the

Government of Gujarat at the auspicious hands of the then Hon.

Prime Minister, Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the then Hon.

Home Minister, Shri. LalkrishnaAdvani.

5) Written permission of the Village Sarpanch and the Gramsabha

was taken before the work of building schools in the villages.

Written commitment from the principals and teachers of the

schools was taken, which ensured appropriate utilization of the

school & taking the mission of education ahead.

6) The survey yielded in a list of the no. of schools destructed and

the type and amount of destruction, the names & phone nos. of

the principal & teachers, no. of classrooms, no. of teachers and

students, etc. Areport of 600 pages was prepared.

When the UNICEF Chief, Mr. Peter

visited Bachhav & other places, they

were astonished by the tremendous

work & said it was a miracle.

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During the devastating floods, which hit Akola during

1997, the people affected were provided immediate

rescue and relief by the BJS team. A large team from BJS

reached the venue, within no time. Material available at

hand was used for rescuing people from the floods. 2

camps were set to take care of the people affected. Food

and medical help was continuously provided.

BJS provided Temporary Housing Camps for these flood

affected people, Deepchand Gardi Nagar and Sureshdada

Jain Nagar provided shelter to around 10,000 people.

REHABILITATION MEASURES

Relief & Rehabilitation Projects by BJS

1997– AKOLA FLOODS

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1996 – MALNUTRITION AFFECTED

CHILDREN FROM MELGHAT

Melghat – Amravati district, Maharashtra has the dubious distinction

of being a perpetually famine affected area. Where every year,

hundreds of young children die of starvation. Despite the relief

provided by the Government and several welfare organizations,

there has been no perceptible improvement. BJS made a realistic

and ground level assessment of the problem to ensure long term and

sustainable growth and all round development of the affected

children.

The study brought to light that the Melghat problem is compounded

by several reasons. Illiteracy, a blind belief in rituals, practice in

child marriage an indifference to medical and other aid provided,

addiction to liquor and drugs and a total absence of family planning.

BJS decided to adopt a holistic approach. Promising youngsters were

identified and their admissions were secured at the special school at

WERC, Pune.

RESULT Today, the children from Melghat, who have been educated

and are now responsible citizens, are acting as ‘Change Agents’ in

the region of their origin – Melghat. This has brought about an inbuilt

change in the false practices and other vices, and has thus,

contributed valuably in the development process.

Encouraged by the success of the Latur experience, BJS quickly

decided to go to the aid of the children, when Jabalpur was struck

with a similar disaster in 1995, BJS rushed relief to the bereaved

and decided to give special attention to the younger generation by

selecting 50 children from the worst affected areas. These

children were relocated to WERC for their education and

rehabilitation, completely free of cost.

1995 – JABALPUR EARTHQUAKE

BJS National President, Shri. Shantilal Muttha with Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, who

supported BJS through Rajeev Gandhi Foundation for Latur Earthquake

affected children.

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Cuddalore

Pondicherry

Karaikal

Kumbakonam

Chidambaram

Sirkali

Bhartiya Jain Sanghatana (BJS) was one of the few NGOs who started

the relief and rehabilitation of affected people from the very first

day, when Tsunami struck the eastern coast of India on December

26, 2004.

BJS volunteers along with their associates established six camps and

provided rehabilitation and relief materials including food, shelter

and medicine to people of more than 50 villages. BJS and its

associates have spent more than 100 million rupees only in this

effort.

Abrief description of each camp is as follows:

BJS has contributed to the Relief Work in 50 villages surrounding this

camp. The wide span of the work included:

· Conducting a Survey, for a better estimate about the food and

sanitation, thus adopting a systematic approach for relief work.

· Construction of 200 Temporary shelters.

· Taking relevant permissions from the concerned Government

Authority, within a short time span of 4-5 days.

· Cooking hygienic Food, & distributing it systematically to the

villagers. Also providing morning milk, tea, bread, biscuits, etc.

· Providing immediate Medical Aid – Attending to emergencies &

distribution of Medicines.

· Distributing Drinking Water Sachets round the clock.

· Providing Grocery items, mats, bed sheets, blankets, Steel &

Aluminium Vessels, Footwear, Toiletries, & clothes to those

affected.

· Financial Help for Construction of Huts

· The National President, BJS & FJEI, Shri. Shantilalji Muttha, & his

team visiting the areas & meeting the Collector & Ministers,

suggesting solutions.

CAMP 1 - SIRKALI

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Tsunami Relief Activities in

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CAMP 2 - CHIDAMBARAM

CAMP 3 - KARAIKAL

CAMP 4 – KUMBAKONAM

CAMP 5 – CUDDALORE

CAMP 6 – PONDICHERRY

· Sent 40 Buses to pick up people to save them from further mishaps

· Providing immediate help in terms of Relief Material

· Survey for identifying Relief Centres & Tsunami affected areas

· Distribution of food, new utensils, clothes, mats, blankets,

biscuits, medicines continuously for 7 days.

· Conducting meetings for initiating the Survey work

· Deciding the plan of action and distribution of volunteers to

various centres & areas.

· Distributing food, water, clothing, milk, snacks, plates, medicines

· ProvidingAmbulances

· Consistent Interaction with the Collector & Government

Authorities & extending all the required help

· Food Distribution, right from day 1 to 22000 people.

· Water Distribution by M/s Jain Minerals Jaldhara

· Gada Cloth handed over to the Government Hospital

· Supply of food, milk, water, snacks to Government Hospitals &

distribution of utensils to the patients’ families

· Cradle for orphans

· Financial help to the District Collector

· Infrastructure material (Steel / Fittings) distributed to the

Primary Health Centres

· The Teams reached to Pondicherry District immediately

· Distributed Mats, clean Bed sheets and Clothing, Biscuits, Bread,

etc. to the affected people in the villages.

· Cooked food and distributed packets in and around villages

· Distributed Grains, utensils, to relief camps

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Letters indicating the

distribution of relief materials

in various rehabilitation camps

Permission taken by Jain Organisations from theAddl. Director of Rural Development, for Construction of 200Temporary Shelters

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Union Minister for Agriculture Shri. Sharad Pawar,Mr. Surendra Prahladka, Mr. S.K. Jain & Mr. S. S. Chaniwith BJS National President Shri. Shantilal Muttha atAndaman & Nicobar

After doing substantive relief work in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry,

BJS decided to take up the permanent rehabilitation in education

sector inAndaman & Nicobar.

To initiate the process, BJS team toured the entire region

extensively to assess the ground situation and was convinced that

restarting the education on a priority basis will definitely help the

affected children psychologically.

What can be even more shattering than the Tsunami is, its

aftermath. It's a heart- rendering sight to watch the affected

children stare at the destruction with vacant eyes, or run after the

load full of trucks bringing food, clothes and other survival related

things. If they are left without any mental activity, they would brood

over the calamity in their hearts and it would make them magnify

the disaster; finally translating itself in an irreparable psychological

damage. It could also make them indulge in self pity and render

them incapable of self-reliance and self-help. This would in turn

result in a very low self-esteem, which could reduce their existence

to the level of mere vegetation.

Thus to help in reducing the burden on physically and

psychologically affected children, BJS reconstructs the damaged

schools. In fact, the reconstruction of schools is an immediate and

long-term measure to reduce the effects of calamity. With the lack

of education, there are increased chances of the affected children

going astray and may damage the social fabric.

In Andaman & Nicobar, there are 87 fully damaged schools in various

islands, which are located very far from each other and also from

mainland. BJS is reconstructing only 20 of them in the first phase.

The remaining schools will be taken up in very near future in phase

wise. This has been done to ensure smooth sailing and better

coordination and better monitoring in the execution of the project.

Andaman & Nicobar Educationand Rehabilitation Project (ANERP)Phase-I

Proposed

The target date for completion of schools

is end of May 2005. This is to ensure that

students are back in classrooms from the

beginning of the academic year.

Bhoomi Pujan at the hands of Mr. Udipto Ray, SecretaryEducation, Andaman Nicobar Islands

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Permission from the Govt.to reconstruct 20 schools in Phase I

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Proposed

Once phase I is over with the satisfaction to every stakeholders, we

will go ahead with much bigger projects with more experience.

Further BJS’ has taken a policy decision that only 100% damaged

schools will be taken for reconstruction.

After doing the initial survey, BJS sought the permission from the

government of Andaman & Nicobar for reconstruction of 20 fully

damaged schools under Andaman & Nicobar Education and

Rehabilitation Project. BJS thanks the administration for granting

the permission to start the reconstruction work.

After setting up the goals and objectives, BJS prepares a detailed

action plan to achieve them. This exercise also helps in monitoring

and supervision of quality of construction. The stepwise

development of this action plan is as follows:

A. Assessment of needs by conducting surveys

B. Topographical / geographical study of the disaster area

C. Establishment of infrastructure / a centre in Port Blair

D. Joint survey with government agencies and other stakeholders

E. Appointment of highly qualified architects for preparation of

drawings in conformity with IS 1893 standard for seismic zones.

F. Appointment of professional structural consultants

G. Coordination between government, architects, structural

consultants, local contractors, villagers, and end users

Preparation ofAction Plans toAchieve the Goals ofANERP

H. System of identification of proper contractors

I. Generation of employment for locals

J. Training to labourers to ensure quality in construction

K. Back office support for communication

L. BJS approach towards collection of funds in Tsunami

M. Reporting to donors on utilization of funds

Phase II

Reconstruction of 30 Fully Damaged PHSCs and 4 PHCs

Phase III and Phase IV

After completing all the due formalities for Phase I, BJS took the

challenge for phase II.

Here again all the steps for action plans described in Phase I were

taken with due care and BJS sought permission to reconstruct 30

fully damaged Primary Health Sub Centres and 4 Primary Health

Centres.

We thank the government for providing us the necessary

permission to start the reconstruction.

The work on the action plans for ANERP Phase III and Phase IV has

been started. It will cover all the remaining schools in Andaman

and Nicobar Islands

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Permission from the Govt.to reconstruct30 Primary Health Sub Centres

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Muttha Chambers II, 8th floor,

106/1-A, Senapati Bapat Marg, Pune - India 411 016

Tel: +91-20-5605 0000 Fax:+91-20-5605 0011

Email: info@bjsindia.org

website: www.bjsindia.org

Port Blair

Andaman & Nikobar Islands

Katchal

Great Nicobar

Car Nicobar

Camorta

Teressa

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Little Andaman

North Andaman

South Andaman

Middle Andaman

Nancowrie

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