Saritsa Foundation Educates Most Vulnerable School Children of Jammu and Kashmir to Protect Lives in Earthquakes and Other Disasters – 18 April to 24 April 2013. We have developed a deeper passion over a period of time to empower school children and teachers to protect lives in earthquakes, especially, in HINDUKUSH Mountain Regions in India and Pakistan who suffer without education. Humanizing the suffering of children in loosing lives, becoming disabled and facing life long traumas is heart rendering concern for Saritsa Foundation. Jammu and Kashmir is situated in an earthquake sensitive region and massive tremors in the past have wreaked havoc here. Moderate intensity earthquakes keep on threatening school children and the community often in Jammu and Kashmir. The Earthquake of 8 October 2005 which struck heavily in the northern area of Jammu and Kashmir destroyed among other buildings the infrastructure of School Education Department in a big way. As per the estimates of the Department concerned as many as 404 school buildings were fully damaged and partial damage was reported in case of 442 other school buildings in Kashmir Division. The destruction of school buildings rendered the schools non-functional, particularity where the buildings suffered heavy damages and the school management was also reluctant to continue schooling in relatively low damaged buildings on account of an element of risk. The impact is fresh in minds of local people. The areas that lies close to the Line of Control (LOC) were the epicenter of the earthquake. The worst affected areas were Tangdhar, Keran and Karnah in Kupwara district and Uri in Baramulla district. The death count reached 755 with Baramulla and Kupawara alone accounting for 469 and 259 deaths. Twenty-six security personnel, including 21 Army jawans, were killed and scores of others injured as the massive earthquake damaged bunkers and barracks along the Line of Control in Baramulla, Kupwara and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

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2. Saritsa Foundation Educates Most Vulnerable School Children of
Jammu and Kashmir to Protect Lives in Earthquakes and Other
Disasters – 18 April to 24 April 2013.
Disasters 18 April to 24 April 2013
We have developed a deeper passion over a period of time to
empower school children and teachers to protect lives in
earthquakes, especially, in HINDUKUSH Mountain Regions in
India and Pakistan who suffer without education.
Humanizing the suffering of children in loosing lives, becoming
disabled and facing life long traumas is heart rendering concern
for Saritsa Foundation. Jammu and Kashmir is situated in an
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earthquake sensitive region and massive tremors in the past
have wreaked havoc here. Moderate intensity earthquakes keep
on threatening school children and the community often in
Jammu and Kashmir. The Earthquake of 8 October 2005 which
struck heavily in the northern area of Jammu and Kashmir
destroyed among other buildings the infrastructure of School
Education Department in a big way.

3. As per the estimates of the Department concerned as many as
404 school buildings were fully damaged and partial damage was
reported in case of 442 other school buildings in Kashmir
reported in case of 442 other school buildings in Kashmir
Division. The destruction of school buildings rendered the schools
non­functional, particularity where the buildings suffered heavy
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the epicenter of the earthquake. The worst affected areas were
Tangdhar, Keran and Karnah in Kupwara district and Uri in
Tangdhar Keran and Karnah in Kupwara district and Uri in
Baramulla district. The death count reached 755 with Baramulla
and Kupawara alone accounting for 469 and 259 deaths. Twenty­
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and massive tremors in the past have wreaked havoc here
Moderate intensity earthquakes keep on threatening school
Moderate intensity earthquakes keep on threatening school
children and the community often in Jammu and Kashmir. Saritsa
Foundation has recognized the need that school children are most
vulnerable in disasters. Giving the due importance to safety of the
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evolved ways and means with focused realities of strengths and
challenges, which provide simple and analytical guidance to
challenges which provide simple and analytical guidance to
school and disadvantaged children in rural and urban India.
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and 1,40,000 students of 1000 schools by shaping up skills and
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confidence to minimize losses of lives. Saritsa Foundation reaches
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and motivators to towns, mega cities including the remotes
villages and snow covered areas in 18 states of India.

5. It believes in the importance of the role of children to protect
themselves and to be aware and alert citizens.
The team of SARITSA FOUNDATION conducted workshops for
school children and teachers of 6 schools of Jammu and Kashmir
starting from AKHNOOR TO POONCH along LOC (Line of Actual
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opportunity to develop Safety Culture and Resilience from 18
April to 24 April 2013. The workshops were organized in
association with Army and local administration of schools.
association with Army and local administration of schools
This passion of mine to be on border with vulnerable children to
empower them was supported by local school administrations of
schools and the ARMY.
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The Photographs of the event speak!!!

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Workshop for Government
High School Chakjarallan
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High School Chakjarallan ­
Nowshera

65. Army honors Colonel N M Verma, Director
General of Saritsa Foundation. He is
General of Saritsa Foundation He is
requested to lay a foundation stone of a
War Memorial – OP HILL Battle.
War Memorial OP HILL Battle

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75. Please Contact /Donate
saritsa@vsnl.net OR saritsafoundationindia.in@gmail.com,
http://www.youtube.com/user/saritsafoundation
http://www youtube com/user/saritsafoundation
Mob­ 09323157377,
Tel­ 91 22 24366370
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Fax ­ 022­ 24370138
Website­ saritsafoundation.org (Mozilla Firefox)
Donation/Support by donors/supporters be sent on name of
Donation/Support by donors/supporters be sent on name of
Saritsa Foundation(Saritsa Charity Trust) by Cheque/Draft to
Corporation Bank of India, Mumbai Worli Branch. SB Account No.
017400101011299. IFSC : CORP0000174.
017400101011299 IFSC CORP0000174 OR T
Transfer of the
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Donation/Support on name of Prof. Smita Kadam, Executive
Director through Western Union Money Transfer, Mumbai India.

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Thank You !!
Saritsa Foundation
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