Our mechanism has helped the Eureka team to reach people with relief materials with safety and sense of satisfaction.

An interesting experience shared by Dharmendra: It was on 27/9/08 evening, when I reached Gwas village of Beldhaur block with volunteers from Naminathji Jain foundation. Our boat went against water current with fully loaded of relief materials but we took risk to reach village without knowing that water receded in villages were we planned to distribute material. Our boat got strucked in muddy soil and we had walk nearly 1 hr to three villages carrying relief material, putting hard effort to reach the people and distributed in a well manner, as they were given coupon in earlier visit. The team after three hourrs in field returned at night and there was no light. Even the boatman struggled to reach to the mainland.

Eureka Team in challenging task

AID- Bihar: In coordination with other Ngo’s

With Goonj: Eureka team joined its hand with Goonj (NGO) from 9-sep-2008 in relief work. Goonj provided food packets. The ingredients of food packet are:

Rice 4 kg Dhaal 3kg (3 different type of dhaal, each 1 kg) Sugar 1 kg Channa 2 kg Chuda 3 kg Biscuit 5 packet Candle 5 Match box 1

Eureka had been supporting Goonj in sending food packets, especially in which the ingredients are less or shortage. Even more, the team is supporting Goonj in terms of transporting and packing of food packets with help of village volunteers from those affected were there materials have to be distributed. It simultaneously strengthens community participation and support in AID India’s relief work.

With Pratham: AID – Bihar provided accommodation facility to Pratham volunteers from 12th Sep to 26th Sep 2008, who were engaged with children in government camps, with the main objective to help to government teachers in taking class in camps through group activity and fun games, thereby maintaining continuous schooling of all children belonging to flood victim family. The volunteer team has reached almost all the camps along with
uniceef volunteers.

With Naminathji Jain foundation: Knowing our systematic work, Naminathji Jain foundation from Mumbai through Goonj Ngo contacted AID – Bihar for material distribution. There main aim was to distribute food packets to 2350 families, and it happened on 26th and 27th Sep with our coupon system of distribution.

With Jindal foundation: our team received a helping hand in relief work by Jindal foundation – Mumbai, which provided 33 bags consisting of mixture, biscuit and old clothes that was later distributed in villages.

Field experience shared by Mr.Prabhat (AID Bihar – volunteer): I was distributing relief materials in Beldhaur, following the coupon given earlier by us in the village to flood victims. However, problem rose when a group of people, interfered our work and made a big fuss that, we are giving relief materials as we wish. These people also brought police, who finally allowed our work to carry on, after enquiring the situation. There our team was applauded for its best system of distributing materials even in difficult situation. This could not be the case if, we had not have listed the flood affected families in our pilot visit.