| December 2005
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Tsunami Newsletter
Series no: 3 |
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| MSSRF -Tsunami News |
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| Life Beyond Tsunami: Relief and
Rehabilitation |
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| Greetings |
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| The third newsletter from MSSRF
- Tsunami desk is reaching you now. Like the previous
one this also makes an attempt to capture the on going
processes and results gained through the activities
carried out in the field in partnership with other stakeholders.
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| M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
is making initiatives for medium and long term rehabilitation
programmes based on its long time experiences in the
coastal villages. The framework suggested by Prof.M.S.
Swaminathan, Chairman, MSSRF (in his article published
in The Hindu January 17,2005) `Beyond Tsunami: An agenda
for action' focusing on |
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| (i) strengthening the ecological
foundations of sustainable human security, |
| (ii) rehabilitating livelihoods
and fostering sustainable livelihood security and |
| (iii) putting in place knowledge
centers |
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| was taken to design and implement
the activities. |
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| The Foundation has been working
to develop biosheilds, rebuild and strengthen the livelihoods,
establish the Village Knowledge Centres and for agronomic
reclamation of the Tsunami affected agricultural fields
in Cuddalure, Nagapattinam, Chengalpattu and Kanyakumari
districts in the state of Tamil Nadu and in Pondicherry
and Karaikal region. The process mode adopted to facilitate
the activities in the field helped the community for
active participation and develop ownership of the rehabilitation
process. In the process the communities are gradually
able to revive their actitivities related to livelihood
activities and prepare for disaster preparedness. |
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