SUPPORTING DISASTER SURVIVORS
CARE India considers disaster preparedness and response as a critical aspect of its organisational mandate and has a ‘Disaster Preparedness and Response Strategy’ in place. CARE India also maintains Emergency Response Teams at National and State levels in the country to be able to make timely decisions while deploying trained team members and of relief items stocks during emergencies. Throughout the year, CARE India partnered with various states to build their capacities on disaster preparedness and response, and carried out quick emergency response.
Studies and work evaluations were also conducted this year to strengthen future intervention designs.
Mayalakshmi was always determined to support her family financially. Having learned the technique of de-shelling cashew from her parents at a very early age, she had the confidence to start her own de-shelling center.
She motivated her husband to help her start a manual cashew de-shelling unit in the front yard of their house. After the first two years of hard work, Mayalakshmi could save enough to purchase two de-shelling machines and a small drier, and this helped her to increase production.
During the same time, Mayalakshmi met CARE India’s Women Leadership in Small and Medium Enterprise (WLSME) project team