Tsunami: 5 Years After

Plan India received $12.6 million in tsunami funding, which helped survivors rebuild their lives and communities. Beyond constructing schools and homes, we helped children heal and make new friends through clubs and activities, supported their documentary film project and taught them to conduct an audit to see if Plan’s relief assistance reached those most in need. To ensure a safe and secure home life, we helped their parents return to work by providing fishing boats and making their saltwater-contaminated lands farmable again.

Beneficiaries

• 300,000 people

Water and sanitation

• 7 community water systems (mini-water tanks) constructed
• 323 Ecosan toilets and 26 urinals with toilets
• 63 hand pumps, 13 pipe lines, 6 water storage sumps, 2 desalination units
• renovated water and sanitation facilities in 33 schools
• 14 reverse osmosis systems for potable water in schools and villages
• 2 community wells rehabilitated

Housing and community development

• 872 permanent houses for fisherman and socially-marginalised Dalit families
• 1,488 temporary shelters improved or constructed

Psychosocial support and child protection

• 18,161 children and parents received counselling, and 381 village-level counsellors trained
• 714 centres for children’s activities and recreational learning
• 193 children’s clubs
• 116 10th and 12th grade students received extra after-school tutoring

Childcare and education

• 2,765 children in child care centres (0-5 years)
• 48 child care centres and 21 semi-structured child care centres constructed
• 6 schools reconstructed or renovated
• 2,221 vulnerable children supported with food and education
• 508 schools supported with counselling, school materials and involvement with child activity centres

Health

• 3,266 women received antenatal and postnatal care
• 439 health camps set up for medical check-ups in villages

Livelihood

• 1,064 women supported with livestock and small enterprise development
• 799 vulnerable women supported through loans for small shops and income generation programs
• strengthened and helped form 630 self-help groups to support women through savings, loans and financial assistance
• 341 people received small entrepreneurship support
• 148 youth given vocational training
• 270 boats and 110 engines for 367 families
• 420 fishnets
• 887 ice boxes
• 10 solar fish driers for villages
• 4 fish cold storage units for villages
• 782 acres of agricultural land reclaimed, supporting 643 farmers
• 77 Texmo motors for agricultural purposes, benefiting 157 families
• 2 brick, vermicompost and solar-dried fish production centres
• 1 milk chilling unit

Legal assistance

• 61,000 tsunami survivors given legal support through local courts