Disaster Recovery and the Road Ahead - IGNOU

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Give due attention to health, nutrition and hygiene in
the long-term rehabilitation package for women and
children
Activate/reactivate the anganwadis, day-care centres,
and old-age homes within the shortest possible time
Set up at least one multi-purpose community centre
per village
Make efforts to build residential female children homes
at the block level
Set up vocational training camps to improve the skills of orphans and children
Create self-help groups
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Livestock Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Measures would include:
Adequate arrangement for purchase of livestock that the farmers might want to sell,
out of distress. The cattle can be rehabilitated in ‘Goshalas’/‘Gosadans’.
Provision of livestock insurance for farmers of the disaster affected area to enable
them to receive adequate compensation for the livestock lost, incapacitated or dead
due to disasters.
Generation of awareness on system of distribution of cash relief by state government
for the loss of animals.
Priority to reconstruction of damaged veterinary hospitals and artificial insemination
centres.
Introduction of cattle breed of high quality and resistance in the disaster-affected
area so that better genetic stock could come up for the future.
Setting up of permanent fodder bank in drought and flood affected areas to help the
livestock in disaster situations, in order to create fodder security.
1.7 PSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION
Another crucial dimension of disaster rehabilitation is psychological rehabilitation. Dealing with victim’s
psychology is a very sensitive issue and must be dealt with caution and concern. The psychological
trauma of losing relatives and friends, and the scars of the shock of disaster event can take much
longer to heal than the stakeholders in disaster management often realize. Thus, counselling for stress
management should form a continuous part of a disaster rehabilitation plan.
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