The 3R's !
After any disaster or calamity the three main things to be followed are rescue, relief and rehabilitation. We saw how many of the common residents came to the rescue of those affected by the recent Chennai floods,volunteered to provide relief mateials. Now let's not stop at this. Let's keep the efforts going. Next step is to rehabilitate the below poverty level people. those who have lost everything. Make essential kits which will help them sustain their daily living- stoves, raw and non perishable food materials, clothes, blankets.
We did not wait for the government to act, did we? So let's learn a lesson from this calamity. There is a huge debris left in our streets after this. As everyone Gets busy getting back to their normal life, things are now going to be ignored and neglected. Let that not happen. Let's just start from out streets. Let's volunteer to just start from around our houses. If you are not able to get down and out and do it yourself, at least make sure you bug the authorities to come and clean it. Don't stop till it's done. Form a street/neighborhood team and follow it up.
After effects of the flood is not going to be good. Start from home. Take the necessary precautions to disinfect your house and surroundings, vaccinate yourselves and your family. And most importantly educate your househelps, maids, watchmen, drivers and other employees on importance of cleanliness, hygiene that is to be followed post floods. If each of us take it upon ourselves, we can bring a huge change. It's possible. We just did it. And we can continue doing it. We don't need to wait for any authorities to act up. We are the change!
-Tasneem Akbari Kutubuddin
After any disaster or calamity the three main things to be followed are rescue, relief and rehabilitation. We saw how many of the common residents came to the rescue of those affected by the recent Chennai floods,volunteered to provide relief mateials. Now let's not stop at this. Let's keep the efforts going. Next step is to rehabilitate the below poverty level people. those who have lost everything. Make essential kits which will help them sustain their daily living- stoves, raw and non perishable food materials, clothes, blankets.
We did not wait for the government to act, did we? So let's learn a lesson from this calamity. There is a huge debris left in our streets after this. As everyone Gets busy getting back to their normal life, things are now going to be ignored and neglected. Let that not happen. Let's just start from out streets. Let's volunteer to just start from around our houses. If you are not able to get down and out and do it yourself, at least make sure you bug the authorities to come and clean it. Don't stop till it's done. Form a street/neighborhood team and follow it up.
After effects of the flood is not going to be good. Start from home. Take the necessary precautions to disinfect your house and surroundings, vaccinate yourselves and your family. And most importantly educate your househelps, maids, watchmen, drivers and other employees on importance of cleanliness, hygiene that is to be followed post floods. If each of us take it upon ourselves, we can bring a huge change. It's possible. We just did it. And we can continue doing it. We don't need to wait for any authorities to act up. We are the change!
-Tasneem Akbari Kutubuddin
