Lack of societal recognitions and discrimination of the necessity to mainstream 70 Million persons who are differently abled in India are highly vulnerable to disasters in Urban and Rural India need a positive change to be inclusive part of empowering them to cope with disasters. Saritsa Foundation has been pioneering the mission to provide equal opportunities to disable people to build their capacity with needed sensitivity for past 12 years. It has raised awareness and imparted education and training with mock drills and local resources for 9000 people. Saritsa Foundation organized workshop for Blind Peoples Association (India) at Vastrapur on 20 January 2013 to prepare them for disasters. The participants were provided opportunity to learn to protect themselves and be self reliant to cope with disasters. The Awareness, Education and Training was conducted with interactive participatory methodology. The participants were encouraged to analyze risk and vulnerability to them under various scenarios of their houses, their working places and their movement and their areas. They were encourage to raise awareness among themselves and their families and prepared to respond accordingly. Make use of local resources and local experience and expertise. Participants were provided practical training with mock drills with live scenarios of disasters. Develop buddy system(jodi system) to respond to disasters. Practice to cope with different emergencies as trained by practical training and mock drills.

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A Mobile University For Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change
"Reach to People, Talk to People and Prepare People“
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to “Door Steps of vulnerable people ­ "A People Centered, People Led, and
People Owned Resilience and Safety Culture Methodology.

2. Lack of societal recognitions and discrimination of the
necessity to mainstream 70 Million persons who are
differently abled in India are highly vulnerable to
disasters in Urban and Rural India need a positive
change to be inclusive part of empowering them to cope
change to be inclusive part of empowering them to cope
with disasters. Saritsa Foundation has been pioneering
the mission to provide equal opportunities to disable
the mission to provide equal opportunities to disable
people to build their capacity with needed sensitivity for
past 12 years. It has raised awareness and imparted
education and training with mock drills and local
resources for 9000 people.
Saritsa Foundation organized workshop for Blind
Saritsa Foundation
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Peoples Association (India) at Vastrapur on 20 January
2013 to prepare them for disasters
to prepare them for disasters.

3. The participants were provided opportunity to learn to protect
themselves and be self reliant to cope with disasters.
The Awareness, Education and Training was conducted with
interactive participatory methodology.
The participants were encouraged to analyze risk and
vulnerability to them under various scenarios of their houses,
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their working places and their movement and their areas.
They were encourage to raise awareness among themselves
They were encourage to raise awareness among themselves
and their families and prepared to respond accordingly.
Make use of local resources and local experience and expertise.
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Participants were provided practical training with mock drills
with live scenarios of disasters.

4. Develop buddy system(jodi system) to respond to disasters.
Practice to cope with different emergencies as trained by
practical training and mock drills.
The Photographs of the event speak!!!
The Photographs of the event speak!!!

5. Shri. Govind
Shri Govind Baldva ji inaugurate the workshop
inaugurate the workshop.

6. Visually Impaired Children practice protecting their
Visually Impaired Children practice protecting their
head for an emergency of an Earthquake.

7. Visually Impaired Children practice protecting their
Visually Impaired Children practice protecting their
head for an emergency of an Earthquake.

8. Visually Impaired Children practice protecting their
Visually Impaired Children practice protecting their
head for an emergency of an Earthquake.

9. A participant learn to protect during an
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Earthquake.

10. The participants learn to protect during an
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Earthquake.

11. A participant expresses his confidence to cope with
A participant expresses his confidence to cope with
disasters with the learning.

12. A participant speaks with happiness about the
A participant speaks with happiness about the
education and training imparted to them.

13. The group of participants with Experts of Saritsa
The group of participants with Experts of Saritsa
Foundation.

14. Thank You !!
Thank You !!