1. Emergency Relief Proposal 2011
ALTERNATIVE FOR RURAL MOVEMENT (ARM)
Name of Organization
Executive Director Mr. Rajendra Kumar Rana
Mr.Pramod Kumar Bhuyan
Project Contact Person
ARM
AT/PO:Baliapal,Dist: Balasore,Orissa,INDIA Pin Code :756026
Mailing Address
Phone (include country ++916781253424
code)
++916781253424
Fax
armorissa@gmail.com
Email
www.armngo.com
Website
“Relief and Rehabilitation Support for Flood Victims of
Coastal Balasore”.
Project Title
USD 20,000
Amount Requested (US
Dollars)

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Summary description of relief effort
The unprecedented flood in river Subarnarekha affecting 4 blocks
of Basta, Balasore, Jaleswar and Bhograi of North Balasore has
caused widespread damage to lives and properties of people,
leaving them helpless under the sky. About 6 lakh 57 thousand
people of 548 villages of 4 blocks have been severely affected
where in 361 villages have been completely drowned. The loss of
property is to the tune of 200 crores. The flood affected people are
spending sleepless night on the roads and embankment without any
relief and rehabilitation support. The post flood situation has left the
area damp and disease prone. Under the circumstances we need
your express assistance to help the people by providing temporary
shelter materials(polythine sheets), sarees for women, teaching
material for children, sanitational Bleaching powder ,phenyls,
halogen tablets etc and critical agricultural input support for
sustainable future livelihood of marginal farmers.
Flood victims
The relief and rehabilitation assistance is meant for the flood victims of Baliapal block in
Balasore district. Who are economically backward and unable to stand themselves due to
heavy flood incidence? About 109447 number of people, from 17647 households comprising
of 71,068 number of home and children have been deeply affected and rendered helpless in
the devastating flood. Crops have been completely damaged that need immediate seeds
and planting materials support to restart. Therefore the relief proposal aims to help people
through distribution of polythine sheets, sarees for women teaching material for children,
sanitational Bleaching powder ,phenyls, halogen tablets etc, and critical agricultural input so
that the community could be restored from the present danger of living health and
sanitation to exist and continue their future livelihood.
Relief/Reconstruction Activity: Provide a detailed description of the effort for hich you
are requesting funds including a description of the region where it will take place and the
target population it will reach:
Our organization observes people to meet some essential items to maintain their families
and be saved against bad weather conditions. The affected women community in particular
need some clothing materials ,children need teaching aids and all the affected population
need medical aid as well as critical farm input support to return to normal physical and
mental conditions .Essential; food supplies and medicinal support have been met by the
state administration and is in no mood to think of the future rehabilitation of the flood
victims.
The flood relief assistance is meant for the badly affected Baliapal block of Balasore district
in coastal North Orissa which has been badly affected due to 92% of low lying areas o1

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meter above the sea level and proximally located to the Bay of Bengal. As said earlier, the
target population constitutes the people who are socio economically underprivileged having
thatched roof mud huts and farming as their mainstay for which they have been the most
affected.
Relief Implementation
TIMELINE OF IMPLEMENTATION
Sl.No. Activities Tentative Week and Month
nd
1 Identification of most affected flood victims 2 week of Oct.2011
(Completed)
(Relief Assistance restricted to 2000 families due to
funds constraints.)
2 Time of initiation of relief activities 2nd
week of October 2011
3. Distribution of Shelter material ,Clothing and 3rd week of October 2011
medical aid
4. Distribution of Children’s’ teachings aid 4th week of October 2011
5. Distribution of vegetable seeds to marginal farmers 1st week of November2011
6. Completion of program Last week of
November2011
7. Reporting of activities to Donor Last week of
November2011
Project Goals:
 Relief and rehabilitation support for restoring the health and livelihood of 2000
flood victim families.
 Critical long-term support for restoring crop and economy of the affected 2000
farm household
 Teaching aid for flood affected 1000 children to restore their schooling
Community Participation:
The relief and rehabilitation programme will be taken up in the flood affected villages
through our village level network of Village Development Committees(VDC), Women Self
Help Group leaders and Farmers Clubs, so that the affected people will participate and plan
themselves in the best utilization of relief items. The affected people are prepared to labour
hard and stand against the flood devastation for which these critical relief items could help
them in increasing their participation to build the lost resources.

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Target Beneficiaries
The flood damage being wide spread in the area, our assistance has been short listed 2000
most affected house holds which will benefit about 10,000 people in 25 villages.
Budget:
Immediate assistance requested for 2000 flood affected families in the operational area
(Baliapal Block ) of AR M activities .
Sl.No. Items Quantity Unit cost Total
USD Amount
USD
A Temporary shelters
Polythine sheets for temporary 500 6 3000.00
shelter(500 Family)
B Subsistence items
Sarees for 2000 family 2000 Pcs. 4 8000.00
Teaching materials for 1000 students 1000 kits 3 3000.00
(Pen,note book,pencil,white paper)
C Medical aid
Bleaching powder ,phenyle,halogen tab. 2 4000.00
for 2000 family
E Agriculture supplies
Improved Seeds
Vegetable seeds 100 gram /family (1000 2 2000.00
family)
Transportation and administration 200.00
Total Amount USD 20,200.00
Local Contribution USD 200.00
Amount requested USD 20,000
Twenty thousand dollar only
RAJENDRA KUMAR RANA
Coordinating Member