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| Media workshop: Managing Tsunami - Lessons of 26 December 2004 | ||
MSSRF organized a media workshop
on December 26,2005 to mark the first anniversary of
Tsunami disaster. Representatives from print and visual
media attended the workshop. Dr.M.Velayutham, Executive
Director, welcomed the gathering and made a brief presentation
about the MSSRF - Tsunami rehabilitation programmes
and thanked all donors who supported the programme with
a sense of social commitment and generosity. Prof.M.S.Swmainathan
in his speech mentioned about the research on occurrence
of disasters and disaster warning systems, for which
he drew reference from "Nature" a journal,
which pointed out, "five major events per year
are expected". He said that identification of areas
for post tsunami measures is very important. People
should have multiple livelihoods to survive disasters.
This was followed by the presentations of senior staff
of the Foundation on different aspects of Tsunami rehabilitation.
Representatives from communities shared their experiences
in details and also suggested inputs for way forward
towards a better Tsunami rehabilitation in the future.
Tribal and non tribal representatives from Andaman and
Nicobar Islands also participated in the workshop  |
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| MSSRF has coordinated a project design workshop in collaboration with Sarvodaya and ITTG, Sri Lanka with the support of CIDA and IDRC, Canada with objectives of developing bioshield, establishing Village Knowledge Centres and developing bioresources to address the livelihoods requirement of the coastal poor communities. The three organizations have decided to mutually support each other in the project implementation based on their experiences and expertise. | ||