Lack of societal recognitions and discrimination of the necessity to mainstream 70 Million persons who are differently abled in India are highly vulnerable to disasters in Urban and Rural India need a positive change to be inclusive part of empowering them to cope with disasters. Saritsa Foundation has been pioneering the mission to provide equal opportunities to disable people to build their capacity with needed sensitivity for past 12 years. Saritsa Foundation organized workshop for Visually Impaired Girls at Andh Kanya Prakash Grah, Memnagar, Ahmadabad on 18 January 2013 to prepare them for disasters. The participants were provided opportunity to learn to protect themselves and be self reliant to cope with disasters. The Awareness, Education and Training was conducted with interactive participatory methodology. The participants were encouraged to analyze risk and vulnerability to them under various scenarios of their houses, their working places and their movement and their areas. They were encourage to raise awareness among themselves and their families and prepared to respond accordingly. Make use of local resources and local experience and expertise. Participants were provided practical training with mock drills with live scenarios of disasters. Develop buddy system(jodi system) to respond to disasters. Practice to cope with different emergencies as trained by practical training and mock drills.

1. SARITSA FOUNDATION (SARITSA CHARITY TRUST)
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A Mobile University For Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change
"Reach to People, Talk to People and Prepare People“
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Builds capacity to reduce risks from disasters and climate change by reaching
to “Door Steps of vulnerable people ­ "A People Centered, People Led, and People Owned
Door Steps of vulnerable people A People Centered, People Led, and People Owned
Resilience and Safety Culture Methodology.

2. Lack of societal recognitions and discrimination of the necessity
to mainstream 70 Million persons who are differently abled in
India are highly vulnerable to disasters in Urban and Rural India
India are highly vulnerable to disasters in Urban and Rural India
need a positive change to be inclusive part of empowering them
to cope with disasters. Saritsa Foundation has been pioneering
the mission to provide equal opportunities to disable people to
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build their capacity with needed sensitivity for past 12 years.
Saritsa Foundation organized workshop for Visually Impaired
Saritsa Foundation
Girls at Andh Kanya Prakash Grah, Memnagar, Ahmadabad on 18
January 2013 to prepare them for disasters.
January 2013 to prepare them for disasters

3. The participants were provided opportunity to learn to protect
themselves and be self reliant to cope with disasters.
The Awareness, Education and Training was conducted with
interactive participatory methodology.
The participants were encouraged to analyze risk and
vulnerability to them under various scenarios of their houses,
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their working places and their movement and their areas.
They were encourage to raise awareness among themselves
They were encourage to raise awareness among themselves
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Participants were provided practical training with mock drills
with live scenarios of disasters.

4. Develop buddy system(jodi system) to respond to disasters.
Practice to cope with different emergencies as trained by
practical training and mock drills.

5. Disasters do not discriminate, Human beings do. To make a small
beginning to take care of above mentioned concerns, Saritsa
Foundation has chartered an innovative practices to provide an
Foundation has chartered an innovative practices to provide an
opportunity to the persons with disabilities especially women
since its birth on 05 June 2000. Saritsa Foundation has a
distinction to put the Disaster Risks Reduction practice and
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preparedness on the map of India for the disabled. Saritsa
Foundation has prepared and built capacity amongst 9000
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disabled by organizing workshops and preparedness modules in
disaster prone states of India.
The Photographs of the event speak!!!

11. The group of participants with Experts of Saritsa Foundation.

12. Thank You !!
Thank You !!