 In many parts of the developing world, there is a growing awareness of the vulnerability of populations to man-made and natural disasters. Without well-targeted assistance, even a small emergency can have devastating and long-term effects on children and their familiestheir health, their livelihoods, and access to clean water and sanitation, food, and housing.
Project Concern International (PCI) is committed to preventing and alleviating human suffering by providing relief to people affected by disasters and complex emergencies. In just the past year, PCI responded immediately to emergency situations around the globe including the San Diego wildfires; flooding in Bihar, India and Tabasco, Mexico; the earthquake in Peru; and Hurricane Felix in Nicaragua.
PCI works with communities to help them identify and address their priority problems in ways that are cost-effective and emphasize long-term development. From initial relief efforts to long-term recovery and rehabilitation, PCI’s humanitarian assistance programs focus on five relief areas: food aid and nutrition, healthcare, shelter, water and sanitation, and livelihood revitalization.
While many organizations focus efforts in population-dense areas where road and logistical access are easier, PCI looks for the gaps where people are not being reached. PCI’s immediate relief efforts meet basic survival needs and provide items such as water packets, food rations, cooking sets, blankets, clothing, and hygiene kits. Sanitation workers are also deployed to relief camps to prevent the outbreak of disease and to maintain latrines, cooking areas, and common areas. By using mobile health vans, PCI can reach isolated areas with emergency medical care, remain flexible, and respond where the needs are greatest.
To assist in long-term recovery, PCI fully engages communities in the design, management, and evaluation of reconstruction interventions, including temporary and permanent shelter, preventive and primary health care, water systems and hygiene education, as well as economic opportunities.
How Project Concern International is Making a Difference…
- PCI/India, in cooperation with PepsiCo, provided 25,000 liters of drinking water per day to victims in Madhubani, during the monsoon floods. And, in just one month, PCI’s mobile health team provided medical services to 8,000 men, women, and children throughout 27 of the hardest hit villages in Madhubani and Dharbanga districts.
- In 2007, PCI/India’s Tsunami program provided supplemental nutrition to a total of 787 children, health services to 32,194 villagers and education in anti-trafficking, disaster preparedness, HIV/AIDS and sanitation to 47,399 people.
- In response to flooding in Tabasco, Mexico last year, PCI worked in more than 55 communities, and benefited over 5,000 families (more than 20,000 people) with health and hygiene packets, trainings, and livelihood opportunities to help people begin generating income from livestock, fishing, and agriculture.
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Humanitarian Assistance Consultant Database.
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