Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Program-2025

ASVSS has worked for many years in disaster-affected regions of Western Maharashtra (Solapur, Sangli, Kolhapur) and in Dharashiv (formerly Osmanabad) in Marathwada, where recurring droughts and floods have hurt livelihoods, food security and socio-economic stability. It works through a community-based, sustainable approach across three phases: disaster preparedness, response and post-disaster rehabilitation.

Preparedness:

village-level awareness campaigns, training and risk-reduction measures, with special emphasis on building a local cadre of volunteers and leaders.

Response:

immediate relief including food grains, drinking water, healthcare, fodder for livestock, seeds for farmers, financial aid for school-going children and temporary shelter, coordinated with local administration, volunteers and partners.

Rehabilitation:

agricultural development, livelihood opportunities, water management and empowerment of women and marginalised groups, delivered through the SCLR (Survival and Community Led Resilience) approach. This covers school facilities, public drinking water, cremation grounds, playgrounds, libraries and community kitchens.

Key interventions

Key interventions during relief work:

•   Shelter-cum-hygiene kit distribution – 1,049

•   Support to single women – 65

•   Support to farmers – 86

•   Support to flood-affected students – 37

Key interventions through community lead response

•   Libraries set up in 3 villages – 500

•   Flood-affected school repair in 2 villages (Madha & Mohol) – 490 children

•   Cremation ground repair in 2 villages – 2,000

•   Community kitchens set up in 2 villages – 1,000

•   Boat repairing – 1,000

•   Borewell and well repair, irrigation system and drinking water support in 8 villages of Solapur, Kolhapur and Dharashiv – 5,000

•   Women's group support for Mahila Adhar Kendra in 1 village – 200

•   Musical equipment for a cultural group – 20

•   Benches in public places – 500

•   Sports ground in 1 village – 400

•   Disaster kits in 3 villages (tarpaulins, grass cutters, etc.) – 1,000

•   Farm ponds for Dalit farmers – 125

•   Sanitary napkin machine in a village school – 300

•   Consultation on disaster management – 300

Total beneficiaries: 13,582

Impact

Direct and indirect reach: over 13,582 beneficiaries across Western Maharashtra and Marathwada.

•   Relief: food grains, shelter, healthcare, hygiene kits and educational support helped flood- and drought-hit families stabilise their daily lives; targeted help for single women, farmers and students supported their social and economic empowerment.

•   Livelihoods: water management, irrigation, repair of wells and borewells and agricultural assistance improved farmer productivity.

•   Villages: school repairs, libraries, sanitary napkin machines, sports grounds and public amenities improved the educational and social environment.

•   Community participation: SCLR-based work such as community kitchens, women's support centres and support to cultural groups strengthened local participation and social cohesion.

•   Local leadership: a local disaster-management cadre can now respond quickly, manage resources and reduce risk in a crisis.